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UIDAI allows residents to verify email, mobile number seeded with Aadhaar

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday announced the addition of new facility on its webiste and mobile app to allow residents to verify their mobile numbers and email IDs seeded with their Aadhaar. The development comes after the Aadhaar custodian noticed that in some instances, residents were not aware or sure about which of their mobile numbers is seeded to their Aadhaar. "Hence residents were worried that Aadhaar OTP might be going to some other mobile number. Now, with this facility, the residents can check these quite easily. The facility can be availed under 'Verify email/mobile Number' feature on the official website or through mAadhaar App. This feature gives confirmation to resident that email/mobile number under his/her knowledge is only seeded to respective Aadhaar," UIDAI said in a statement. The facility also notifies the resident in case a particular mobile number is not linked, and informs resident to take necessary steps to update the mobile

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Over 10 mn mobile numbers linked with Aadhaar in Feb on residents' requests

Over 1 crore mobile numbers were seeded in Aadhaar following requests from residents in the month of February, an official statement said on Friday. The linking of mobile numbers with Aadhaar jumped 93 per cent in February from 56.7 lakh registration in January, according to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI). "Over 10.97 million mobile numbers were seeded in Aadhaar following requests from residents in the month of February 2023, a jump of more than 93 per cent over the previous month," the statement said. Linking of Pan number with Aadhaar is considered to be one of the key factors that pushed the growth of seeding mobile numbers with Aadhaar. Till date 90 crore Aadhaar holders are estimated to have linked their mobile numbers with their unique ID. "The UIDAI has been encouraging residents to link their Aadhaar with mobile number for better and effective communication while availing welfare services and accessing multitude of voluntary services," the statement

Aadhaar authenticated transactions jump over 13% to cross 226 crore: UIDAI

Aadhaar authenticated transactions in February jumped over 13 per cent over last month to cross 226 crore, the UIDAI said, noting that there is growing adoption and usage of Aadhaar

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PAN-Aadhaar link: Last date to link these two cards extended to June 30

PAN-Aadhaar link: The main reason behind making the linking of PAN cards and Aadhaar cards mandatory was to reduce the duplication of PAN cards

Pan-Aadhaar link online: What happens if cards are not linked by March 31?

Pan-Aadhaar link last date: Centre has fixed the last date to link the two cards as March 31

PAN-Aadhaar link status: Are your cards already linked? Learn how to check

PAN-Aadhaar link last date: The Income Tax Department has fixed the last date to link the two cards as March 31, 2023, but the users will have to pay a penalty of Rs 1,000

UIDAI suspends 1.2% of total Aadhaar operators for attempting fraud

The Unique Identification Authority of India has suspended 1.2 per cent of Aadhar operators in the last year for attempting fraudulent activities, an official statement said on Tuesday. The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is estimated to have 99,000-1 lakh operators who enrol individuals as well as provide other Aadhaar services like name correction, address change etc. "About 1.2 per cent of total operators have been suspended in the last one year, due to attempted fraudulent activities. Necessary penal action is taken in such cases," UIDAI said in a statement. In a security update of the Aadhaar system, the UIDAI said that it has restricted the number of enrolments per day per machine. "To discourage mischievous operators from misusing the system, GPS fencing has been embedded in the Enrolment machines. An operator is required to verify the credentials of the Enrolment machine regularly with the UIDAI data centre and only a limited number of enrolments are allo

Centre authorises states to conduct Aadhaar authentication of prisoners

The Centre has authorised state governments to carry out Aadhaar authentication of prison inmates on a voluntary basis so that they will be able to get health care, skilling, vocational training, interview with relatives and legal aid, among other services. In a notification, the Union Home Ministry said the decision has been taken after it was authorised under Rule 5 of the Aadhaar Authentication for Good Governance (Social Welfare, Innovation, Knowledge) Rules, 2020, for the targeted delivery of financial and other subsidies, benefits and services. The Aadhaar authentication will be carried out on the prison inmates on a voluntary basis using Yes/No authentication facility for delivery of various benefits or facilities to which they are entitled, such as correctional reform measures, health, skilling, vocational training, interview with relatives, legal aid, etc, the notification said. The prison authorities of the states and Union Territory administrations shall adhere to the ...

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Sebi allows 39 entities to use e-KYC Aadhaar authentication services in mkt

Capital markets regulator Sebi on Wednesday came out with a list of 39 entities, including Nirmal Bang Securities, NJ Indiainvest and Muthoot Securities, that can use e-KYC Aadhaar authentication services in the securities market as sub-KYC user agency. This came after Sebi in May 2020 listed eight entities including BSE that can undertake Aadhaar Authentication service of UIDAI as KYC user agency (KUA) in the securities market. Further, a KUA can permit Sebi-registered intermediaries to undertake Aadhaar Authentication of their clients as sub-KUA for the purpose of KYC (Know Your Client). Other entities listed by the regulator include Indbank Merchant Banking Services, Orbis Financial Corporation, Indo Money Securities, HSB Securities and Equities, Flourish Fincap and Vogue Commercial Company. "The above mentioned entities shall enter into an agreement with a KUA and get themselves registered with UIDAI ( Unique Identification Authority of India) as sub-KUAs. The agreement in this

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Linking PAN with Aadhaar: CBDT chairperson says 480 mn linked so far

About 48 crore individual Permanent Account Numbers (PANs), out of the total 61 crore issued till now, have been linked with Aadhaar till date and those who do not link it by the declared deadline of March 31 will not get benefits while undertaking various business and tax-related activities, CBDT Chairperson Nitin Gupta said. The government has made the linkage of the two databases mandatory and declared that those individual PANs that are not attached to the Aadhaar by the end of this financial year (March 31, 2023) will be rendered inoperative. A fee of Rs 1,000 will be payable for those who want to link their PAN and Aadhaar between now and March 31. "There are about 61 crore individual PANs issued till now and out of this, around 48 crore have been seeded with Aadhaar. The difference is around 13 crore now, including the exempt category, and we hope the rest will also be linked by the end date," Gupta told PTI in a post-Budget interview. We have undertaken a number of public .

Aadhaar e-KYC transactions up 18.53% in Q3 of FY 2022-23: Govt data

In December alone, 32.49 crore e-KYC transactions were carried out using Aadhaar, over 13 per cent more than the previous month

Govt expects 5-7 countries to sign up for India's tech stack by March

The government expects five to seven countries to sign up for adopting India-developed technology platforms like UPI and Aadhaar by March for accelerating digitisation, according to Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar. While speaking at India Stack Developer Conference, the minister said that the Prime Minister has decided to offer India technology platforms to countries to help them accelerate digitisation. "I expect by February-March, about 5-7 countries around the world to sign up (for adopting platforms)," Chandrasekhar said. The government plans to reach out to several countries to offer them technology stack (Aadhaar, UPI, Digi Locker, Co-Win, GeM, GSTN etc) as part of its responsibility as G20 Presidency and expects Indian startups and system integrators to gain from the exercise.

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