Enrolment Staff
Version- May 2017
Enrolment Supervisor
Enrolment Operator
Child Enrolment Lite Client Operator
Verifier
Introducer
1. Site Readiness
a. Prepare and Manage the Enrolment Centre Setup Checklist
UIDAI has provided Enrolment Centre Checklist to facilitate the Enrolment Agency
in setting up enrolment stations and centres. Supervisor must use this list to ensure
that all requirements are met for the centre that he/she is responsible for. He/she must
fill and sign the checklist at the beginning of each enrolment centre and/or once every
week (whichever is earlier). This checklist needs to be maintained for later
review/audit at every enrolment centre by Registrar/UIDAI and their nominated
performance monitors/agency.
f. Supervisor will also make sure that the Aadhaar IEC material provided by the
Registrar/UIDAI is properly displayed at the centre, as per UIDAI guidelines.
g. Ensure that the behaviour of Operator and other staff at the enrolment centre is
courteous towards the residents.
h. Take charge where Operator is not able to handle dissatisfied resident to prevent
unpleasant situations.
i. Where uniforms are provided, make sure that staff wears uniform at enrolment centre
so that if residents need help they can easily identify employees by their attire.
j. Do not undertake enrolment operations at any locations without valid agreement with
the Registrars.
a. Supervisor must submit his/her “On boarding Form” along with the required
documents to the Enrolment Agency which in turn submit the form to concerned
“UIDAI Regional Offices” for verification.
b. After verification Regional Offices will approve/reject the on boarding with the
respective Enrolment Agency.
c. Enrolment Agency will then add the Supervisor by taking his/her biometrics in the
Aadhaar client software and provide a User Name & Password to operate the
Enrolment Machine.
d. Enrolled User means user’s biometric details verification at UIDAI is successfully
completed and stored in local database at the enrolment station.
6. Performance Monitoring
a. The Supervisor cooperates with the UIDAI/Registrar’s monitors in performing
monitoring and audit functions at the enrolment centre and answers their questions to
the best of his/her knowledge. Supervisor details are recorded during performance
a. The person must be engaged and activated by any Enrolment Agency in accordance with
UIDAI guidelines prior to commencing enrolments.
b. The person should have undergone Training Session conducted by Regional
Offices/Enrolment Agency on Aadhaar Enrolment/Update Processes and various
equipment and devices used during Aadhaar enrolment.
c. The person should have read the complete Training Material on Aadhaar
Enrolment/Update available on UIDAI website before giving the certification exam.
d. The person should be comfortable with local language keyboard and transliteration
e. Operator must submit his/her “On boarding Form” along with the required documents to
the Enrolment Agency which in turn submit the form to concerned “UIDAI Regional
Offices” for verification.
f. After verification Regional Offices will approve/reject the on boarding with the
respective Enrolment Agency.
g. Enrolment Agency will then add the Operator by taking his/her biometrics in the Aadhaar
client software and provide a User Name & Password to operate the Enrolment Machine.
h. Enrolled User means that the user’s biometric details verification at UIDAI is
successfully completed and stored in local database at the enrolment station.
What are the Fifteen Commandments that an Operator must remember during Resident
Enrolment?
At the Enrolment Centre, Operator’s role is to capture Demographic and Biometric data of the
resident getting enrolled as per the guidelines of UIDAI. When performing his/her role as an
Operator at an Aadhaar Enrolment Centre ensure the following “Fifteen Commandments”:
a. Enter the Demographic details of the resident from the verified Enrolment/Update Form.
a. Check resident’s eyes and fingers for fitness (missing/amputated). If the resident has any
deformities due to which it is not possible to take fingerprints/iris, these also have to be
captured as a biometric exception.
b. Check and indicate Biometric Exceptions in the software, only where applicable. Do not
mark biometric exceptions where biometrics can be captured. It will be treated as
‘fraud’ and invite strictest penalty.
c. In case of Biometric exception, always take the Exception photograph of the resident
showing resident’s face and both hands, irrespective of the type of exception.
d. The enrolee may not be in a position to keep herself / himself in correct posture for
reaching biometric instruments or for photograph due to old age or sickness. In such
cases the operator should arrange to take the biometric data by moving the equipment
close to the enrolee.
e. If the finger/iris of the resident has a temporary damage and it is not possible to capture
the biometric, the Operator will record it in exceptions. The resident should later get
his/her biometric updated.
f. Capture Biometrics - Facial Image, IRIS and Fingerprints for all the residents above 5
years in age.
a. Enrolee Position: For capturing facial image, it is advisable for the operator to adjust the
camera instead of the Enrolee to position herself/himself at the right distance or in the
right posture. Frontal pose needs to be captured i.e. no head rotation or tilt. The resident
should be instructed to be seated properly with their back upright and their face towards
the camera.
b. Focus: The capture device should use auto focus and auto-capture functions. The output
image should not suffer from motion blur, over or under exposure, unnatural colored
lighting, and distortion.
c. Expression: Expression strongly affects the performance of automatic face recognition
and also affects accurate visual inspection by humans. It is strongly recommended that
the face should be captured with neutral (non-smiling) expression, teeth closed, and both
eyes open and looking into the camera.
a. Illumination: Poor illumination has a high impact on the performance of face
recognition. Proper and equally distributed lighting mechanism should be used such that
there are no shadows over the face, no shadows in eye sockets, and no hot spots. No light
exactly above the enrolee should be used since it can cause shadows. Light should be
diffused and placed in front of the enrolee so that there are no shadows under the eye.
b. Eye Glasses: If the person normally wears glasses, it is recommended that the
photograph be taken with glasses. However, the glasses should be clear and transparent.
Dark glasses /tinted glasses should be taken off before taking the photograph.
c. Accessories: Use of accessories that cover any region of the face is not permitted. For
example, women in purdah would have to reveal the full face before the photograph is
taken. Similarly women in Ghoonghat would have to clearly reveal the full face before
the photograph can be captured. The head may remain covered but the full face contour
should be visible.
d. Further, accessories like turban/head gear are also allowed as religious/ traditional
practices.
e. However, accessories like eye patches are allowed due to medical reasons. This would
also mean an exception needs to be recorded for Iris, because only one Iris can be
captured.
f. Operators need to be trained to obtain the best possible face images that satisfy
requirements. Even if the quality flag is green but the Operator is able to judge that a
better picture can be taken, then same should be attempted. However, it should be borne
in mind that recapture should not become harassment for the resident.
g. For children, it is acceptable that the child sits on parent’s laps, but it needs to be ensured
that parent’s face is not captured along with child’s face. The background may get
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a. The operator and not the Enrollee will handle the capture device, generally.
b. Children can be told that it is like taking photos/pictures so that they are not
apprehensive.
c. The Enrollee will be required to sit in a fixed position, like taking a portrait photograph.
d. The software is able to measure the iris image quality. An initial image quality
assessment would be done to provide feedback to the operator during the capture process.
The Operator must show the data entered to the resident on a monitor facing the resident and if
required, read out the content to the enrollee, to ensure that all details captured are correct.
During Review of the enrolment data with resident, Operator must read out critical fields to the
resident before the Operator Finishes the Enrolment.
a. The Operator will then authenticate himself/ herself to sign-off the data captured for the
resident.
b. Do not allow anyone else to sign for an enrolment that you have done. Do not sign for
enrolments done by others.
c. Operator will get the Supervisor to Sign Off in case enrolee has biometric exceptions
d. In case the verification type is selected as Introducer/HOF, get the Introducer/HOF to
sign off on the review screen.
e. If the Introducer is not physically present at the time of enrolment select the check box
"Attach later" so that the enrolment can be verified by the Introducer at the End of the
Day.
f. Operator can select the language in which the legal/declaration text on print receipt shall
be printed on consent.
g. Operator must ask the resident his/her preferred language in which the receipt must be
printed. On selection of any of the declaration language option, the print receipt will be
printed in the selected language i.e. English or any local language set on the configuration
screen.
h. Take Resident’s signature on consent and file the same along with resident’s other
documents. The Resident’s consents are important as they are resident’s
approval/disapproval, to the UIDAI.
i. Sign and Provide Acknowledgement to resident. The acknowledgement is a written
confirmation of the resident getting enrolled. It is important for the resident as it carries
the enrolment number, date and time that the resident will need to quote when interacting
with UIDAI and its Contact Center (1947) for information on his/her Aadhaar status.
j. The enrolment number, date and time are also required if any correction in the resident’s
data is required to be done using Correction process. Thus the operator must make sure
that the acknowledgement and consent printed is clear and legible.
k. While handing over the acknowledgement to the Resident, the Operator must inform
below to the resident
The Enrolment Number printed on acknowledgement is not the Aadhaar number and
that the Resident’s Aadhaar number will be communicated through a letter
subsequently. This message is also printed in acknowledgement.
The resident must preserve his/her and the children’s Enrolment Acknowledgement
Slip for future reference.
In case of introducer based enrolment, the introducer will have to properly sign off
within the specified period and Resident’s Aadhaar is subject to endorsement by a
valid Introducer.
There is a 96 hour period during which the resident’s data correction, so in case of
any mistake they should avail this facility.
The Operator will scan Originals of each of the documents below depending on the type of
enrolment:
Enrolment Form – For each Enrolment
PoI, PoA – For document based enrolments
DoB document – For Verified Date of Birth
PoR – For Head of Family Based Enrolments
Acknowledgement cum Consent – For each Enrolment after Operator and Resident’s
signature
a. In instances where Original documents are not available, copies attested / certified by a
public notary / gazetted officer will be accepted.
b. The documents are scanned in a sequence and all document scans are standard size (A4).
c. Make sure that the desired portions (the data entered during Aadhaar enrolment) of the
document are visible clearly in the scan and the document pages do not overlap.
d. Each scanned page must be legible and without any marks due to dust and scratches.
Remove the previous scan and re- scan a document where required.
e. Once all document pages are scanned, the Operator can see and check the total no. of
pages scanned and confirm that all pages are scanned.
f. Return all the original documents and Enrolment Form to the resident. Also handover the
acknowledgement cum Consent to the Resident.
a. The person must be engaged and activated by any Enrolment Agency in accordance with
UIDAI guidelines prior to commencing enrolments.
b. The person should have undergone Training Session conducted by Regional
Offices/Enrolment Agency on Child Enrolment Processes and CELC Tablet used during
Child enrolment.
c. The person should have read the complete Training Material on Child Enrolment
available on UIDAI website before giving the certification exam.
d. CELC Operator must submit his/her “On boarding Form” along with the required
documents to the Enrolment Agency which in turn submit the form to concerned “UIDAI
Regional Offices” for verification.
e. After verification Regional Offices will approve/reject the on boarding with the
respective Enrolment Agency.
f. Enrolment Agency will then add the CELC Operator by taking his/her biometrics in the
Aadhaar client software and provide a User Name & Password to operate the CELC
Tablet.
g. Enrolled User means that the user’s biometric details verification at UIDAI is
successfully completed and stored in local database at the enrolment station.
UIDAI Guidelines for Demographic Data Capture (Children below 5 years in age)
a. Enter the Demographic details of the Child from the verified Enrolment/Update Form
(Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Address, Father Name, Mother Name, Any one
parent/guardian Aadhaar Number).
b. Guidelines of Name of the child- The name has to written in full. No salutations such as
“Ms” etc to be used. In case the child has not been given a name, the name should be
captured as “Baby <Number> of<mother’s name>. e.g. “baby <two> of <mother’s
name>” and “baby <three> of <mother’s name>” would denote 2nd and 3rd child of the
woman (mother) respectively.
c. As the print out of the acknowledgement slips are not given to child’s parent, the
enrolment acknowledgement information as well as all the status till Aadhaar generation
is sent to mobile number given during the enrolment as well as registered mobile
(registered mobile number of the parent is the one that is captured during the parent’s
enrolment) of the parent whose biometric will be authenticated in the process of
enrolment.
a. Enrolee’s Position: As far as possible, Child facial image shall be taken alone. However,
for infants, it is acceptable that the child sits on parent’s lap or in supine position, but it
needs to be ensured that parent’s face is not captured along with child’s face.
b. Adjusting the Camera: It is advised that the Operator should adjust the camera instead
of changing Enrolee’s position for the right distance and posture. Frontal pose needs to be
captured i.e. no head rotation or tilt. Child should be guided to be seat properly with their
back upright & their face towards the camera.
c. Focus: The capture device should use auto focus and auto-capture functions. The output
image should not suffer from motion blur, over or under exposure, unnatural colored
lighting, and distortion.
d. Enrolee’s Expression: Expression strongly affects the performance of automatic face
recognition and also affects accurate visual inspection by humans. It is strongly
recommended that the face should be captured with neutral (non-smiling) expression,
teeth closed, and both eyes open and looking into the camera
e. Illumination: Poor illumination has a high impact on the performance of face
recognition. The lighting should be such that there are no shadows over the face, no
shadows in eye sockets, no shadows under the eye and no hot spots.
f. Eye Glasses: If the Children normally wear glasses, it is recommended that the
photograph be taken with glasses. However, the glasses should be clear and transparent.
Dark glasses /tinted glasses should be taken off before taking the photograph.
g. Accessories: Use of accessories that cover any region of the face is not permitted. The
head may remain covered but the full face contour should be visible. Further, accessories
like turban/head gear are also allowed as religious/ traditional practices. Accessories like
eye patches are allowed due to medical reasons.
h. Manually Capturing the photograph: The camera used is auto focus and not auto
capture. The Operator has to click a button in the Child Enrolment Lite Client application
software to capture the facial image.
i. Picture Quality: Since this client is deployed on tablet, Brightness of photo should also
not be focused upon too much because photograph quality might not be as good as that of
the one taken through webcam used with ECMP. However, quality of photograph shall
be such that the child can be identified from photograph.
j. Backdrop: White/plain background for photo should not be mandatory in this case
because photograph can be taken at places like nursing homes/house etc.
How does the CELC Operator Review Data with the Parent?
a. Once capture of all the fields and photograph along with biometric authentication of any
one parent is complete, the same is shown to the parent for confirmation.
b. If the operator/parent finds any mistake in the data entered, it is to be corrected before
proceeding to CELC Operator confirmation.
c. The CELC operator needs to enter his/her Aadhaar and authenticate himself/herself
biometrically to provide sign off to the enrolment.
When the resident comes to enroll for Aadhaar to an Enrolment Centre, demographic
information will be entered from documents that the resident provides. The authentication of
documents submitted by the resident is duly verified by the officials authorized to verify the
documents. Such officials are termed as verifiers. The verifier present at the Enrolment Centre
will verify the documents submitted by the resident against the enrolment form filled by the
resident. The services of the retired government officials who are generally well acquainted with
such verification procedures should be utilized by the Registrars in case they are unable to spare
serving officials for document verification.
a. Any serving /retired official both from Government (including Armed forces and
CPMFs) and PSUs including Banks not below the rank of Group ‘C’/ class III employees
may be allowed to be deployed as Verifiers. In the areas, like big cities and Metros,
where registrar is unable to avail the services of such Retired/Serving government
officials, services of an outsourced vendor can be availed of to provide verifiers with the
approval from UIDAI Regional Office.
b. The verifiers in an enrolment centre cannot be from the same vendor, hired as enrolment
agency. Registrar needs to ensure that verifiers are appropriately trained before being put
in the field. The Registrar may appoint more than one Verifier in a centre, if and where
required. The list of all Verifiers must be notified, by designation, by the Registrar before
commencement of the enrolments and the list should be shared with the Regional office
concerned.
What are the responsibilities of a Verifier?
For enrolment, Resident will bring his/her Original documents/ Attested Photocopies along with
filled Aadhaar Enrolment/Update Form. Verifier must verify the information mentioned in the
supporting documents with the information mentioned in the Aadhaar Enrolment/Update Form.
Verifier also checks that the names of the documents captured in the enrolment form are correct
and same as the original documents produced by the resident.
a. Verifier needs to be available in the enrolment center throughout the operating hours of
the center. Registrars should ensure physical presence of verifiers during the enrolment.
b. It is verifier’s responsibility to ensure that Enrolment/Update Form is filled completely
and correctly as per UIDAI enrolment process. No mandatory field should be left blank
and resident should be encouraged to fill optional fields like mobile number and email
address.
What are the UIDAI Guidelines for Verification that the Verifier must keep in mind while
verifying the Documents?
a. Make sure that the resident has original documents for verification. In instances where
original documents are not available, copies attested / certified by a public notary /
gazetted officer will be accepted.
b. The documents produced by the resident for Aadhaar enrolment/Update must be in the
list of approved documents only.
c. The format is for certificate to be issued by officials/ institutions (only those that are
recognised in the UIDAI’s valid list of documents) for Proof of Identity and Address is as
per Appendix A/B.
d. Verifier can refuse verification, if they suspect forged/altered documents. In cases where
Verifier refuses verification of the documents produced, reasons should be recorded in
brief by the Verifier on the Enrolment Form.
e. In case the Verifier refuses verification with reasons or turns the resident back without
recording any reasons, the resident can approach a designated Authority created by the
Registrar at the Block level for Grievance Redressal.
f. Verify Name, Date of Birth, Address, and Relationship Details against PoI, DoB, PoA,
PoR, respectively.
Name
PoI requires a document containing the resident’s name and photograph. Verify that
supporting document has both.
If any of the PoI document submitted does not contain the photograph of the resident,
then it will not be accepted as a valid PoI. In order to be inclusive and free of
harassment, documents with older photographs are acceptable.
g. It is very important to write the person’s name very carefully and correctly. For example,
the respondent may tell that his name is V. Vijayan whereas his full name may be
Venkatraman Vijayan and similarly R. K. Srivastava’s full name may actually be Ramesh
Kumar Srivastava. Similarly, a female enrollee may tell her name as K. S. K. Durga
while her full name may be Kalluri Surya Kanaka Durga. Ascertain from her/him the
expansion of her/his initials and check the same in the documentary evidence produced.
i. If two documentary proofs produced by the enrollee have variation in the same name
(i.e., with initials and full name), the enrollee’s full name should be recorded.
j. Sometimes the infants and children may not have been named yet. Try to ascertain the
intended name for the child by explaining to the enrollee the importance of capturing the
name of the individual for allotting UID. In case of non availability of supporting
documents for PoI, the name should be recorded with the assistance of the Introducer.
a. Date of birth of Resident must indicate day, month and year in the relevant field.
b. If the Resident provides documentary evidence of Date of Birth, then the Date of Birth is
considered as “Verified”. When resident declares the DoB without any documentary
evidence, then date of birth is considered as “Declared”.
c. When the resident is unable to give exact date of birth and only age is mentioned by the
resident or approximated by the verifier then only age is recorded. The software will
automatically calculate year of birth in such case.
d. The Verifier should check the entry in the Enrolment/Update Form and ensure that the
resident has correctly indicated the date of birth as “verified”/”declared” or has filled
his/her Age.
2. Residential Address:
a. Verify that the PoA contains the name and address. The Verifier should ensure that the
name in the PoA document matches with the name in the PoI document. A difference in
the name in PoI and PoA document is acceptable if the difference is only in spelling
and/or sequence of first, middle and last name.
b. The “care of” person’s name, if any, is usually captured for children and old age people
living with parents and children, respectively. If not available, one can leave this
Address line blank.
c. Enhancement of address is allowed. The resident may be allowed to add minor fields
such as House No., Lane No., Street Name, correcting typographic errors, minor changes/
corrections to pin code etc. to the address listed in the PoA as long as these
additions/modifications do not alter the base address mentioned in the PoA document.
3. Relationship Details:
a. In the case of children below 5 years, “Name” and “Aadhaar Number” of one of the
parents or guardian is mandatory. Parent/Guardian must produce their Aadhaar letter
when enrolling children (or they can be enrolled together).
b. In the case of an adult, no verification will be done for the information on parent or
spouse. They are recorded for internal purposes only.
4. Head of Family(HoF):
a. Verify that the PoR document establishes relation between the Head of Family and the
family member. Only those family members can be enrolled based on the relationship
document (PoR), whose names are recorded on relationship document.
b. Head of Family must always accompany the family member when the family member is
getting enrolled.
c. The verifier must also check the HoF details in the Enrolment/ Update Form in case of
HoF based verification. HoF’s Name and Aadhaar Number in form should be verified
against the Aadhaar letter.
d. Ensure that in case of HoF based enrolments, the relationship details mentioned in the
form are of the HoF only.
5. Mobile Number, Email address: If the enrollee possesses and is willing to provide his/her
Mobile Number and / or Email Address, these optional fields must be filled in. Verifier can
inform the importance of these fields to the resident. UIDAI can get in touch with the
resident using this information, if required, like in case of returned letters.
a. Key demographic data needs to be verified properly at the time of enrolment. Residents can
bring any of the approved documents as Proof of Identity (PoI) and Proof of Address (PoA).
b. If a resident is unable to provide documentary proof of identity or proof of address, they can
be enrolled through a pre-designated “Introducer” who is identified and notified by the
Registrar or Regional Offices.
c. An Introducer is a person who is authorized by the Registrar to introduce a resident who does
not possess any PoA/PoI documents. This introduction does not tantamount to giving a
character certificate to resident.
Who is an Introducer?
a. Introducers are individuals (for example, Registrar’s employees, elected local body members,
members of local administrative bodies, postmen, influencers such as teachers, health
workers & doctors, Aanganwadi / ASHA workers, representative of local NGO’s etc.)
identified by a Registrar and registered in UIDAI’s CIDR as “Introducers”.
b. In certain cases, the UIDAI Regional Office may itself take the initiative to identify a pool of
Introducers for the convenience of the Registrars.
c. Introducer must be above the age of 18 years and Introducer must not have a criminal record.
d. Introducers will be linked to a Registrar. The same Introducer may be used by more than one
Registrar as long as they are identified by the concerned Registrar and registered in UIDAI’s
CIDR as “Introducers” for the particular Registrar. Therefore, the Introducer can only
introduce people within the Registrar’s jurisdiction. In addition, a Registrar can further limit
the operations of an Introducer by administrative boundaries (State, district level).
a. Once the Registrar identifies introducers region-wise (District/State in which the Introducer
is authorized to work), he will notify the Introducers.
b. The Introducers must attend the Aadhaar awareness workshop organized by the Registrar and
UIDAI to acquaint them with the Aadhaar program and understand Introducer
responsibilities and liabilities.
c. If the identified Introducer is ready to work as an Introducer, he/she will have to give a
written consent (prescribed Performa attached as “Appendix C”) to being an Introducer for
the purpose of enabling Aadhaar enrolments and to follow the guidelines and procedures laid
down for the Introducers by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) and the
Registrar.
d. Introducers need to be enrolled and must have received their Aadhaar numbers and signed
the consent forms before they start introducing residents in the field.
e. They must ensure that the Registrar has registered and activated them as an Introducer at
UIDAI.
a. Introducer must not collude with a person to impersonate another person (dead or alive) at
the time of enrolment.
b. Introducer must not help an Aadhaar holder to deliberately take on the identity of another
person by changing their demographic information or even collude to provide false biometric
information.
c. Strict action will be taken against the Introducer for violation of guidelines.
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To,
______________________________________ (Name / Designation of Registrar Nodal Officer)
______________________________________(Name of Registrar)
I will not collude with a person to impersonate another person (dead or alive) at the time of
enrolment.
I will not help an Aadhaar holder to deliberately take on the identity of another person by
changing their demographic information or collude to provide false biometric information.
Name: Designation:
Signature: Date: