AADHAAR
Mera Aadhaar Meri Pehchaan

01st July, 2022

LIST OF ACCEPTABLE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS FOR VERIFICATION

POI (Proof of Identity) Documents Containing Name and Photo

1. Passport
2. PAN Card/ e-PAN
3. Ration / PDS photo Card
4. Voter ID/ e-Voter ID
5. Driving License
6. Arms License
7. Photo Bank ATM Card
8. Photo Credit Card
9. Service photo identity card issued by Central Go/ State Govt./ UT Govt./ PSU/ Banks
10. Pensioner Photo Card/Freedom Fighter Photo Card
11. Kissan Photo Passbook
12. CGHS/ ECHS/ ESIC/ Medi-Claim Card with Photo issued by State/ Central Go/ PSUs/ Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) Card
13. Disability ID Card/ handicapped medical certificate issued by the respective Central/ State/ UT Governments
14. Photo ID Card/ Certificate with photo issued by Central/ State Go like Bhamashah, Domicile Certificate, Resident Certificate, Jan-Aadhaar, MGNREGA/ NREGS Job card etc.
15. Marriage certificate with photograph issued by State/ Central Go
16. ST/ SC/ OBC certificate with photograph ST/ SC/ OBC certificate with photograph
17. Valid School Identity card/ Photo ID issued by Recognized Educational Institution (during study course time e. while on the rolls only)
18. School Leaving Certificate (SLC)/ School Transfer Certificate (TC)/ Extract of School Records issued by Head of School/ SSLC book/ SSC certificate/Mark Sheet issued by board/ University containing name and photograph

19. Bank Pass Book having name and Photograph Cross Stamped by bank official
20. Transgender ID card/ Certificate issued under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Right) Act, 2019
21. Valid Long Term Visa (LTV) along with Foreign Passport (valid or expired) of origin country issued to minorities communities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jain, Parsis and Christians
22. Valid Visa along with Foreign Passport (valid only) issued in case of other Foreign Nationals who has stayed in India for 182 days or more in the 12 months
23. Certificate of Identity issued on UIDAI standard certificate format for enrolment/ update by:
    1. MP/ MLA/ MLC/ Municipal Councillor.
    2. Tehsildar/ Gazetted Officer Group ‘A’/Gazetted Officer Group ‘B’/ EPFO Officer
    3. Superintendent/ Warden/ Matron/ Head of Institution of recognized shelter homes or orphanages
    4. Recognized Educational Institution signed by Head of Institute
    5. Village Panchayat Head or Mukhiya or its equivalent authority (for rural areas),Village Panchayat Secretary or VRO or equivalent (for rural areas)
24. For Full name/first name change requests: Resident to submit the Gazette notification of new name along with any supporting PoI document of old name with photograph (Even for 1 instance of the Full name first name change)
25. .For Exception cases of Name Change: Divorce Decree
26. .For Exception cases of Name Change: Adoption certificate
27. For Exception cases of Gender Change: Medical Certificate from allopathic doctors, in case resident changed gender surgically

POR (Proof of Relationship) Documents Containing Name of applicant and Name of HoF (Head of Family)

1. Passport of Spouse/ Passport of Parents (in case of Minor)
2. Ration card/PDS Card
3. CGHS/ ECHS/ ESIC/ Medi-Claim Card with Photo issued by Centre/ State Go/ PSUs
4. Pension Card
5. Birth Certificate issued by Registrar of Birth, Municipal Corporation and other notified local government bodies like Taluk, Tehsil
6. Any other Central/ State government issued family entitlement document
7. Marriage Certificate issued by the government
8. Photo ID card issued by Central/ State Go like Bhamashah, Jan-Aadhaar, MGNREGA card, ARMY canteen card etc.
9. Discharge card/ slip issued by Government/ Private hospitals for birth of a child (only for child aged between 0-5 years)
10. Self declaration from the Head of Family (HoF) certifying the relationship with the resident residing at the same address as HoF

DOB (Date of Birth) Documents Containing Name and DOB

1. Birth Certificate
2. Passport
3. PAN Card/e-PAN
4. Service photo identity card issued by Central Go/State Govt./UT Govt./PSU/Banks
5. Photo ID card having Date of Birth, issued by Recognized Educational Institution
6. Transgender ID card/ Certificate issued under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Right) Act, 2019
7. or University
8. School Leaving Certificate (SLC)/ School Transfer Certificate (TC)/ Extract of School Records issued by Head of School/ SSLC book/ SSC certificate containing Name and Date of Birth
9. Central/ State Pension Payment Order
10. CGHS/ ECHS/ Medi-Claim Card issued by Centre/ State/ UTs Go/ PSUs having with Photo & Date of Birth
11. Valid Long Term Visa (LTV) along with Foreign Passport (valid or expired) of origin country issued to minorities communities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jain, Parsis and Christians
12. Certifi of Identity having Name & DoB issued on UIDAI standard certifi format for enrolment/ update by:
    1. Gazetted Officer Group ‘A’/ EPFO officer
    2. Recognized Educational Institution signed by Head of Institute
13. Exception cases of DoB Change: Resident to submit self-declaration as per notified format

POA (Proof of Address) Documents Containing Name and Address

1. Passport/ Passport of Spouse/ Passport of Parents (in case of Minor)
2. Bank Statement (with Bank stamp & signature of bank official)/ Passbook/ Post Office Account Statement/ Passbook
3. Ration Card
4. Voter ID/ e-Voter ID
5. Driving License
6. Arms License
7. Service photo identity card issued by PSU/ Banks/ State/ Central Governments
8. Pensioner Card/ Freedom Fighter Card
9. Kissan Passbook
10. CGHS/ ECHS/ ESIC/ Medi-Claim Card with Photo issued by State/ Central Go/ PSUs
11. Disability ID Card/ handicapped medical certificate issued by the respective State/ UT Governments/ Administrations/ Central Govt.
12. Photo ID Card/ Certificate having address issued by Central/State Govt. like Bhamashah, Domicile Certificate, Resident Certificate, Jan-Aadhaar, MGNREGA/ NREGS Job card etc.
13. Valid School Identity card/Identity Card issued by recognized educational institutions (during study course time e. while on the rolls only)
14. Transgender ID card/ Certificate issued under the Transgender Persons (Protection of Right) Act, 2019
15. School Leaving Certificate (SLC)/ School Transfer Certificate (TC)/ Extract of School Records issued by Head of School/ SSLC book/ SSC certificate containing name and Address
16. Signed Letter having Photo issued by Recognized Educational Institution on letterhead or Photo ID having address issued by Recognized Educational Institution
17. Electricity Bills (not older than 3 months) including prepaid receipts
18. Water Bill (not older than 3 months)
19. Telephone Landline Bill/ Phone (Postpaid Mobile) Bill/ Broadband Bill (not older than 3 months)
20. Insurance Policy (Life & Medical only)
21. Property Tax Receipt (not older than 1 year)
22. Registered Sale/ Rent Agreement/Registered Gift Deed in Registrar office/Registered or Non Registered Lease Agreement
23. Gas Connection Bill (not older than 3 months)
24. Allotment letter of accommodation issued by Central/ State Go (not more than 3 years old)
25. Marriage Certificate issued by the Government containing Name and address
26. Valid Long Term Visa (LTV) along with Foreign Passport (valid or expired) of origin country issued to minorities communities of Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan namely Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jain, Parsis and Christians
27. Valid Visa (if comprises of Indian address) along with Foreign Passport (valid only) issued in case of other Foreign Nationals who has stayed in India for 182 days or more in the 12 months
28. Certificate of Address issued on UIDAI standard certificate format for enrolment/ update by:
    1. MP/ MLA/ MLC/ Municipal Councilor.
    2. Tehsildar/ Gazetted Officer Group ‘A’/ Gazetted Officer Group ‘B’/EPFO Officer
    3. Superintendent/ Warden/ Matron/ Head of Institution of recognized shelter homes or orphanages
    4. Recognized Educational Institution signed by Head of Institute
    5. Village Panchayat Head or Mukhiya or its equivalent authority (for rural areas),Village Panchayat Secretary or VRO or equivalent (for rural areas)

Note:

• Only a Gazetted officer Group ‘A’, EPFO Officer & Head of Institute of a Recognized Educational Institution can issue UIDAI Standard certificate in case of DoB update.
• Exception handling process is carried out under jurisdiction of UIDAI Regional Offices and considered only after due diligence of the case by the concerned Regional Office.
• Bring original documents for Enrolment/ Update. No photocopy required.
• Original documents are scanned and given back to you.

SELF-DECLARATION FROM THE HEAD OF FAMILY (HOF) FOR SHARING ADDRESS WITH A RELATIVE RESIDING AT THE SAME ADDRESS

I, …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….. (Name as in Aadhaar), resident of …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….. (Address as provided in Aadhaar holding Aadhaar Number …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….., do hereby solemnly affirm and declare as under:-

1. That resident Mr./Ms. …. …. …. …. …. …. holding Aadhaar number …. …. …. …. …. is related to me as my …. …. …. …. …. (Please specify the relation with applicant) and is residing with me at the above mentioned address.

ii. That I agree to share my address in my Aadhaar with Mr./Ms. …. …. …. …. for updating his/her address in Aadhaar in my capacity of Head of the Family (HoF).

iii. That the undersigned undertakes that, the above mentioned information is correct to the best of my knowledge and belief and at any point of time if any of the said information is found to be incorrect/fraudulent/false, the Aadhaar of Mr./Ms. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. …. ….. and mine can be deactivated and legal action may be initiated against me, as per the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016) and, Regulations framed there under and other applicable Acts and Rules, etc.

Date DD/MM/YYYY

Name & Signature of Head of the Family (HoF)

Note:
1. This document is valid for Head of Family (HoF) based Aadhaar address update purpose only.
2. This document is valid for 3 months from date of issue

CERTIFICATE FOR AADHAAR ENROLMENT/ UPDATE

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Ministry of Labour & Employment

EPFO Issues Revised Instructions to Facilitate PF Members to Rectify their Birth Records

05 APR 2020

In a move to extend the availability and reach of online services in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, EPFO has issued revised instructions to its field offices to facilitate PF members to rectify their date of birth in EPFO records, thus ensuring that their UAN is KYC compliant.

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 PF subscribers can submit the correction requests online.

This will enable EPFO to validate the date of birth of members online with UIDAI instantaneously, thus authenticating and reducing the processing time of change requests.

EPFO has instructed field offices to expedite disposal of online requests, enabling PF members in financial distress, to apply online for availing non refundable advance from their PF accumulations to tide over the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UIDAI – Unique Identification Authority of India Rules Employees Rules 2020

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 21st January, 2020

Unique Identification Authority of India (Appointment of Officers and Employees) Rules

(No. 1 of 2020)

No. A-12013/13/RR/2016-UIDAI (No 1 of 2020). In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 21 read with sub-section (1) of section 54 and clause (x) of sub-section (2) of section 54 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), as amended vide the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (14 of 2019), the Unique Identification Authority of India hereby makes the following regulations governing appointment of officers and other employees of the Authority, namely:‒

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Chapter I

Preliminary

Short title and commencement. (1) These regulations may be called the Unique Identification Authority of India (Appointment of Officers and Employees) Regulations, 2020.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

Definitions.- (1) In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires, ‒

(a) “Act” means the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services)Act, 2016 (18 of 2016), as amended vide the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Act, 2019 (14 of 2019);

(b) “Appointing Authority” means Chief Executive Officer or such other officer to whom such powers and functions have been delegated by the Authority by general or special order;

(c) “Authority” means Unique Identification Authority of India established under sub-section (1) of Section 11 of the Act;

(d) “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Authority appointed on full-time or part-time basis under Section 12 of the Act;

(e) “Chief Executive Officer” means Chief Executive Officer of the Authority appointed under Section 18 of the Act by the Central Government;

(f) “Post” means any post in a grade whether permanent or temporary mentioned in the Schedule annexed to these regulations;

(g) “Selection Committee” means a committee constituted to consider selection for appointment, absorption, promotion and deputation of officers and other employees in any grade in accordance with the Schedule to these regulations.

(2) The words and expressions used in these regulations, but not defined, shall have the same meaning as respectively assigned to them under the Act.

(3) For the purposes of these regulations, the terms ‘he’, ‘him’, ‘his’ and ‘himself shall also refer to ‘she’, ‘her’ and ‘herself’ wherever the context warrants and singular will also include plural.

Power to implement.

(1) The power to implement these regulations vests in the Chief Executive Officer or with such officer to whom powers have been delegated by the Authority.

(2) The powers exercisable under sub-regulation (1) shall also be exercisable by any superior entity including officer higher in precedence.

(3) The Chief Executive Officer or the officer to whom such powers have been vested shall be responsible for deciding on all complaints, grievances, disputes and other similar matters arising in the course of implementation of these regulations:

Provided that any officer or employee aggrieved of the decision may institute an appeal against such decision within forty five days of the issue of order conveying the decision before :

(a) the Chief Executive Officer where such orders have been passed by an officer subordinate to him, or

(b) the Authority where such orders have been passed by the Chief Executive Officer: Provided further that the Chief Executive Officer shall not participate in the meeting of the Authority where an appeal on his decision is decided.

Constitution of Officers and Employees Cadre.

(1) The officers and employees cadre shall consist of:

(a) any person absorbed at the time of initial constitution of the cadre of the Authority under regulation 5; and

(b) any person appointed to a post under regulations 7, 8 and 9 after initial constitution of the cadre.

(2) Any person appointed under clause (a) of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation shall on such appointment be deemed to be a member of the cadre in the appropriate grade applicable to him from the date of his initial appointment with the Authority or the twelfth date of July 2016, whichever is later.

(3) The pay, on appointment in the Authority under this regulation, shall normally be fixed as per the relevant rules, regulations or instructions of the Central Government as applicable on the appointee or at the minimum of the pay in the respective level in the pay matrix. The Authority may, however, fix it at a higher point in the level keeping in view the seniority and pay already being drawn, higher academic qualifications or special experience of value to the Authority, by granting additional increments, not exceeding four in the pay matrix level fixed for the grade in which the appointment is made, on the recommendation of the Selection Committee.

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Cabinet
Making Aadhaar people friendly

No individual to be compelled to provide proof of Aadhaar number unless provided by law

Aadhaar number on voluntary basis to be accepted as KYC document

Cabinet approves The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019

12 JUN 2019

In a major move aimed at making Aadhaar making people friendly, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved “The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019” to replace the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019. The amendments proposed are the same as those contained in the Ordinance promulgated by President on 2nd March, 2019. The Bill will be introduced in ensuing session of Parliament.

The decision is expected to go a long way in meeting the people friendly and citizen centric nature of Aadhaar.

Impact:

The decision would enable UIDAI to have a more robust mechanism to serve the public interest and restrain the misuse of Aadhar.
Subsequent to this amendment, no individual shall be compelled to provide proof of possession of Aadhaar number or undergo authentication for the purpose of establishing his identity unless it is so provided by a law made by Parliament.

For the convenience of general public in opening of bank accounts, the proposed amendments would allow the use of Aadhaar number for authentication on voluntary basis as acceptable KYC document under the Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002.
Details:

The salient features of the amendments are as follows :

• Provides for voluntary use of Aadhaar number in physical or electronic form by authentication or offline verification with the consent of Aadhaar number holder;
• Provides for use of twelve-digit Aadhaar number and its alternative virtual identity to conceal the actual Aadhaar number of an individual;
• Gives an option to children who are Aadhaar number holders to cancel their Aadhaar number on attaining the age of eighteen years;
• Permits the entities to perform authentication only when they are compliant with the standards of privacy and security specified by the Authority; and the authentication is permitted under any law made by Parliament or is prescribed to be in the interest of State by the Central Government;
• Allows the use of Aadhaar number for authentication on voluntary basis as acceptable KYC document under the Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002;
• Proposes deletion of section 57 of the Aadhaar Act relating to use of Aadhaar by private entities;
• Prevents denial of services for refusing to, or being unable to, undergo authentication;
• Provides for establishment of Unique Identification Authority of India Fund;
• Provides for civil penalties, its adjudication, appeal thereof in regard to violations of Aadhaar Act and provisions by entities in the Aadhaar ecosystem.

Background:

The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 was considered by the Cabinet in its meeting held on 28th February, 2019 and the Ordinance was promulgated by the President on 2nd March, 2019.

The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019 amongst other things envisaged strengthening of the Aadhaar Act as per the directions of the Supreme Court and recommendations of Justice B.N.Srikrishna(Retd) Committee.

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As many as 20 lakh people have joined the modified Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojna (PMJDY), taking the total number of account holders in the flagship financial inclusion programme to 32.61 crore as on September 5, according to finance ministry data.

The government earlier this month relaunched PMJDY as an open-ended scheme with higher insurance cover and double the overdraft (OD) facility.

The Union Cabinet decided to continue the scheme beyond the four-year period ended August 14 with an aim to take the formal banking system from “every household to every adult“.

During the August 15-September 5 period, the total deposits in 32.61 PMJDY accounts witnessed an increase of Rs 1,266.43 crore.

The balance in PMJDY accounts was Rs 82,490.98 crore as on September 5.

Under the revamped scheme, accidental insurance cover for new RuPay card holders has been raised from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 2 lakh for new PMJDY accounts opened after August 28.

Also, the existing OD limit of Rs 5,000 has been increased to Rs 10,000. Further, no conditions will be attached for OD up to Rs 2,000.

The data also showed that nearly 7.18 lakh people, who opened PMJDY account after August 28, may get the benefit of increased accidental insurance cover of Rs 2 lakh.

Launched in August 2014, the first phase of PMJDY focussed on opening basic bank accounts and RuPay debit card with in-built accident insurance cover of Rs 1 lakh.

Besides, it provided Basic Banking Accounts with OD facility of Rs 5,000 after six months.

Phase II beginning August 15, 2018 was planned to provide micro-insurance to the people and pension schemes to unorganised sector workers through Business Correspondents.

About 53 per cent of PMJDY account holders are women, while 83 per cent of the total accounts are seeded with Aadhaar.

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12 MAR 2018

Members registered on the UAN portal may get their details available with EPFO by giving a missed call at 011-22901406 from their registered mobile number. If the UAN of the member is seeded with any one of the Bank A/c number, AADHAAR and PAN, the member will get details of last contribution and PF balance. To avail this facility, mobile number must be activated with UAN at Unified Portal. Giving missed call from registered mobile number at 011-22901406 automatically gets disconnected after two rings. This service is available free of cost to the member. Moreover, these services can be availed from non-smart phones also.

The information for availing missed call facility and SMS service for getting PF balance and last contribution is now available on UMANG app also.

Universal Account Number (UAN) activated members may know their latest PF contribution and balance available with EPFO by sending an SMS at 7738299899 from registered mobile number. The Member has to SMS “EPFOHO UAN” to 7738299899. The facility is available in 10 languages viz. English (default), Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, Marathi, Kannad, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Bengali. For receiving SMS in any of the languages other than English, first three characters of the preferred language needs to be added after UAN. For example, to receive SMS in Telugu, then SMS to be send will be “EPFOHO UAN TEL” to 7738299899

SMS should be sent from the registered mobile number of UAN. In response, EPFO will send last PF contribution and balance details of the member alongwith available KYC information.

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

RAJYA SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-865

ANSWERED ON 09.02.2018

Linking of ration card with Aadhaar

865 . Shri B.K. Hariprasad

(a) whether Government has taken any steps to ensure that no individual is denied PDS benefits even if he/she does not have Aadhaar or has not linked his ration card to the number; and
(b) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (b): Yes, Sir. The Department of Food and Public Distribution has issued clear instructions to all States/UT Governments that no beneficiary/household shall be deleted from the list of eligible beneficiaries/households only on the ground of not possessing Aadhaar, and shall also not be denied subsidized foodgrains or cash transfer of food subsidy under NFSA due to non-availability of Aadhaar or failure of biometric authentication due to network/ connectivity/ linking issues/ poor biometric of the beneficiary or other technical reasons. The State/UT Governments are required to comply with the provisions of the notification issued by this Department vide SO No. 371[E] dated 8/2/17 [as amended from time to time], for granting PDS benefits to those beneficiaries who do not possess Aadhaar.

Source : Rajya Sabha

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE
LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

R A J Y A S A B H A

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 914

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 9TH FEBRUARY, 2018

Linking of Aadhaar with Registration of Marriage

914. SHRI HARSHVARDHAN SINGH DUNGARPUR:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state

(a) whether Government have received any request from Law Commission for linking of Aadhaar with registration of marriages to prevent fraudulent marriages and denial of subsistence to deserted women;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the action taken/to be taken by Government on their request?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

(SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (b) The 21st Law Commission of India in its 270th Report titled “Compulsory Registration of Marriages” has observed that it would be desirable to have a centralized national portal for maintenance of records of marriage registration and if registration of marriage is linked to the unique identification number (UID), it would be possible to achieve universal tracing of records.

(c) The Government is yet to take a decision in the matter.

Source : Rajya Sabha

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Under the provisions of recently introduced section 139AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), with effect from 01.07.2017, all taxpayers having Aadhaar Number or Enrolment Number are required to link the same with Permanent Account Number (PAN). In view of the difficulties faced by some of the taxpayers in the process, the date for linking of Aadhaar with PAN was initially extended till 31st August, 2017 which was further extended upto 31st December, 2017.

It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed the linking of PAN with Aadhaar. Therefore, to facilitate the process of linking, it has been decided to further extend the time for linking of Aadhaar with PAN till 31.03.2018.

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The 219^th meeting of the Central Board of Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) held in New Delhi yesterday under the chairmanship of Union Minister of labour & Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar.

Following where are the key decisions of the Board:

a) The Board took note of the 10 requests from ineligible establishments for waiver of damages during the period May 20, 2017 to September 30, 2017 which were earlier rejected by EPFO.

b) The Central Board started investing in Equity Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) from August 2015. The Accounting Policy for valuation and accounting of equity investments were prepared in consultancy with IIM Bangalore. The observations of the CAG were also incorporated in the accounting policy. The same was approved by the Central Board.

c) Present decentralized system of EPFO for making payment to its beneficiaries involves higher cost of transactions, delays in recredits in case of failed transaction and does not provide for AADHAAR enabled payments. Hence, EPFO proposed to move towards the Centralised Payment System using National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) platform. The benefits of the proposed system are:

• Funds will be transferred on the same day to the beneficiaries through NPCI platform.
• Office may reconcile the transaction status on T+0 basis. This will result in early recredit in the accounts of beneficiaries in the case of failed transactions.
• Availability of the facility of AADHAAR enabled transfer of funds.
• Transaction cost by way of bank charges will also come down.

The Board gave in-principle approval for the same.

The Central Board also took note of the recent IT based initiatives of EPFO for better services to its stakeholders:-

(1) Online Adhaar Verified UAN allotment to any citizen at Unifed Portal: Universal Account Number (UAN) is mandatory for filing the returns and depositing the contributions. However, the establishments face difficulties in seeding Aadhaar details of the employees. To obviate this difficulty, an open functionality has been introduced through which any citizen / present prospective employee can generate his/her UAN on the basis of Aadhaar and link his KYC details. The registration facility is available at Member Interface in the Unified Portal (https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/). It being an online facility, there is no need to submit any physical documents.

(2) Introduction of Online request functionality to EPF Subscribers for correction in Name, DoB and Gender:

In line with the decision of Government for digital India, a functionality has been developed where member can give online request to his/her employer at Member Interface in the Unified Portal (https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/) for correction in Name, DoB and Gender.

EPFO is committed to strengthen the e-governance system to bring more transparency and to provide better services to its stakeholders. EPFO has already launched a number of e-governance initiatives such as Electronic Challan-cum-Return, Member e-passbook, payment through National Electronic Fund Transfer, Online Registration of Establishments, Mobile governance, Online receipt of claims, Auto transfer of Accounts etc.

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