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  Dramatically increase access and affordability: Aadhaar chief architect on India's digital infra

  Business | June 29, 2020 8:50 IST

  In April and May, during an exodus unlike anything seen in India since Partition in 1947, India's migrant workers, the backbone of the country's labour force, spilled out of big cities that were shuttered and willed themselves to walk back hundreds of miles to their homes.

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  From July, register enterprise online with Aadhaar, self-declaration

  Business | June 26, 2020 21:23 IST

  The government on Friday notified new norms to allow online registration of new enterprises based on self-declaration, doing away the requirement to upload documents and certificates, from July 1. 

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  PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline extended, here's the new date

  India | June 24, 2020 21:53 IST

  PAN Aadhaar linking deadline extended: Deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar cards has been extended. Now you can link your PAN card and Aadhaar card till March 31, 2021. The old deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar was June 30, 2020.

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  Beauty parlours, salons, spas told to collect Aadhaar, mobile numbers of customers

  India | June 02, 2020 19:33 IST

  According to the standard operating procedure for salons, beauty parlours and spas, they have to maintain a record of names, addresses, Aadhaar and mobile phone numbers of the customers

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  Good News! Now get instant PAN card online through Aadhaar based e-KYC. Follow these simple steps

  Business | May 29, 2020 13:54 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday formally launched the facility for instant allotment of PAN through Aadhaar based e-KYC (on near to real-time basis). The Income Tax department took to Twitter and said the process of applying for the instant PAN is very simple. Here're simple steps to download instant PAN card.

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  Food ministry extends deadline for seeding Aadhaar with ration cards till September

  India | May 11, 2020 22:13 IST

  The food ministry on Monday said the deadline for seeding of Aadhaar with ration cards has been extended till September and stressed that all beneficiaries will continue to get their quota of foodgrains even if they do not possess the biometric identifier.

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  29 insurance cos, 9 securities-related entities can collect Aadhaar for KYC

  Business | April 25, 2020 21:54 IST

  ​The finance ministry has allowed 29 insurance companies and 9 securities entities to collect Aadhaar for the purpose of know your customer (KYC), a move aimed at checking money laundering and routing investments into shell companies.

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  Retirement fund body EPFO to accept Aadhaar as birth proof online from subscribers

  Business | April 05, 2020 19:44 IST

  The date of birth recorded in 'Aadhaar' will now be accepted as valid proof of date of birth for the purpose of rectification, provided that the difference in the two dates is less than 3 years. The Provident Fund subscribers can submit the correction requests online.

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  EPFO to accept Aadhaar as birth proof online from subscribers

  Business | April 05, 2020 17:21 IST

  Retirement fund body EPFO will accept online its subscribers' Aadhaar card as a valid proof to rectify their date of birth to ensure that the account is KYC compliant, the labour ministry said on Sunday.

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  Coronavirus Fraud: Beware! Hackers can steal your personal data by posing as WHO officials

  India | March 18, 2020 18:17 IST

  Coronavirus outbreak has become a serious matter globally as well as India. People are taking precautions to shield themselves from the deadly virus. However, the general panic has also created space for hackers and fraudster to trick millions of people into disclosing their personal data.

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  PAN-Aadhaar Linking: Link your PAN with Aadhaar card NOW to save yourself from these 3 dangers

  Business | February 28, 2020 16:41 IST

  PAN-Aadhaar Linking: This is an alarm for those who have still not linked their Permanent Account Number (PAN) with their Aadhaar. People are advised to link their PAN with Aadhaar by March 31, 2020, which is the last date. Not linking PAN and Aadhaar might land you in trouble. Here are three reasons why you must link your PAN with Aadhaar card.  

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  Now, Airtel Payments Bank rolls out Aadhaar enabled Payment System

  Business | February 27, 2020 17:37 IST

  The Airtel Payments Bank has enabled Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) at over 2,50,000 of its banking points across India. Not just customers of Airtel Payments Bank, but of any bank with Aadhaar linked bank accounts can undertake financial transactions with AePS at the designated banking points of Airtel Payments Bank. 

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  It's IMPORTANT for SBI account holders to update KYC by Feb 28. Details here

  Business | February 22, 2020 8:05 IST

  SBI account: For any bank, maintaining a record of information about its customers is of great importance.

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  Aadhaar linking with Voter ID: Govt to soon give legal power to Election Commission

  India | February 19, 2020 12:29 IST

  The Election Commission might soon be eligible to link Aadhaar with the Voter Ids as the Central government is looking to amend the Aadhaar act to legally allow the election body to link both the ids.

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  Aadhaar isn't a document of Citizenship: UIDAI

  India | February 19, 2020 15:33 IST

  Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Tuesday clarified that the Aadhaar is not a document of citizenship and the Supreme Court in its decision has directed UIDAI not to issue Aadhaar to illegal immigrants.

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  Delhi: Man arrested with 62 fake Aadhaar, PAN cards

  India | February 13, 2020 21:05 IST

  The Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a man with 62 fake Aadhaar and PAN cards in possession. The accused, identified as an associate of Tillu Tazpuria Gang, was involved in a number of crimes including duping various companies.

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  ALERT: 17 crore PAN cards may soon turn useless

  Business | February 10, 2020 11:53 IST

  Over 17 crore PAN cardholders have not linked the document with Aadhaar card despite the Income Tax department extending the deadline eight times. According to an amendment in the Finance Bill, 2019, the income tax department can make all such PAN cards which are not linked to Aadhaar inoperative.

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  Instant allotment of e-PAN based on Aadhaar to begin this month

  Business | February 06, 2020 17:21 IST

  The government this month will roll out a facility to issue online PAN cards instantly on furnishing of Aadhaar details, Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said. The Budget 2020-21 has proposed to launch a system under which Permanent Account Number shall be instantly allotted online on the basis of Aadhaar without filling up the detailed application form as it sought to further ease the process of allotment of PAN.

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  Bill likely in Budget session to allow EC link Aadhaar with voters' list to check multiple entries

  India | January 24, 2020 20:42 IST

  Accepting the proposal to give it legal backing to collect Aadhaar data, the Law Ministry is learnt to have asked the poll panel to ensure that the data is protected at multiple levels.

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  Government preparing law to link Aadhaar to Voter ID

  India | January 24, 2020 14:03 IST

  Union Law Ministry has been working on a Cabinet note to prepare a new law after considering the Election Commission's proposal to give it statutory backing to collect the Aadhaar numbers of new applicants and existing voters to check multiple entries in the electoral rolls.