DIMAPUR, DECEMBER 21 (MExN): The All India Bank Officers Confederation (AIBOC), the largest body representing over 3,25,000 officers has opposed the Centre’s move making Aadhaar mandatory and entrusting the Aadhaar enrolment job on them. AIBOC in a press release said: “As per the UIDAI guidelines, an enrolment centre should be manned by a trained supervisor and technical personnel in addition to trained operators. Any laxity in the composition of staff would be treated as violation of UIDAI guidelines. This would mean that every Aadhaar enrolment centre would require a minimum of four persons. If the enrolment work is to be handled by bank officers, banks would have to set aside a minimum of 1.20 lakh staff.” The body said banks are already reeling under acute shortage of staff and the employees and officers are overburdened. Under this circumstance, the body has opposed the Centre’s move following a direction to banks to complete Aadhaar seeding and also open Aadhaar enrolment centres in its branches. Moreover, the body pointed out that the Supreme Court has given an interim order saying that Aadhaar should not be made mandatory, while adding that the banks should not be taken to task when final judgment comes in the light of the Right to Privacy judgment. The AIBOC statement added that bank customers are also in “panic mode as they are being bombarded by ominous messages, emails and calls from banks about the dire consequences they could face if they fail to link their Aadhaar number to their bank accounts before the December 31 deadline.
