No Deadline for Linking Aadhaar Card to Services Avail by Government Agencies
You may at present get a message or two from your telephone specialist organization or bank requesting that you link your Aadhaar with different services however now there is no due date to do as such. There is great news for those who didn't link their Aadhar card till now. The Supreme Count on Tuesday issued a between time arrange to spread the due date for linking Aadhaar numbers to financial balances, cell phone numbers, passports and different services inconclusively past the past due date of March 31. A Constitution Bench is likewise hearing a case on this issue.
The five-judge Bench containing Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A M Khanwilkar, Justice D Y Chandrachud, Justice A K Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan said there was no necessary reason to connect Aadhaar to these services till a judgment was articulated on the lawfulness of the Unique Identification Program. The Unique Identification Authority had likewise set up enrolment work areas at numerous bank offices to make it simpler for clients to get Aadhaar numbers.
As per the assessments are given by Minister of State Arjun Ram Meghwal to the Lok Sabha, 160 million perpetual record numbers (PANs) and 870 million financial balances have just been connected with Aadhaar. There are 1.2 billion dynamic investment funds financial balances in the nation. Six days prior, the court had additionally decided that Aadhaar was not compulsory for taking a selection test, including the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test, operated by the Central Board of Secondary Education. Supreme Court additionally said that the help won't have any significant subsidies to services under section 7 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016.
What is Section 7?
As per the UIDAI (Unique Identification of India) Section 7 of the Aadhaar Act expresses that Central or State Governments can make ownership of an Aadhaar number or Aadhaar verification compulsory for receipt of sponsorships, advantages or services financed out of the Consolidated Fund of India.
Aadhaar Linking Not Must As of Now
• Passports
• Mobile SIM Cards
• PAN Card (as per UIDAI tweet)
Where You Need Still Aadhaar As Per UIDAI
• Applying for tatkal passports
• Opening a new bank account
• Availing government subsidies