Baby girl gets Aadhaar number in 6 minutes of birth

Hyderabad Sept 25: In a rare event on Sunday a newly born baby has received her Aadhar number within short span after her birth.The girl's parents enrolled for her Aadhaar number which they received in just six minutes after her birth today which is a rare case of getting the vital identity proof within minutes of being born.

Bhavna Santosh Jadhav was born at the Osmanabad district women’s hospital at 12.03 pm on Sunday and at 12.09 pm, her parents got her online birth certificate and the Aadhaar number from the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)".



District collector Radhakrushna Game said that "It's a proud moment for Osmanabad. We will soon register all children for Aadhaar and link them with their parents Aadhaar cards".

Doctors have said that "around 1,300 children born at the Osmanabad district women's hospital in the last one year have got their Aadhaar numbers".