Facility of NPS on-boarding through online Aadhaar e KYC: PFRDA Circular 27-04-2021

PENSION FUND REGULATORY
AND DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
B-14/A, Chhatrapati Shivaji Bhawan,
Qutub Institutional Area,
Katwaria Sarai. New Delhi-110016

CIRCULAR

CIR No.: PFRDA/2021/13/SUP-CRA/10

Date: 27 April 2021

To
All Stake Holders

Subject: Facility of NPS on-boarding through online Aadhaar e KYC

e-NPS is the online NPS on boarding portal hosted by the Central Record Keeping Agencies (CRA) appointed by PFRDA wherein one can register and contribute online into NPS and the existing Subscriber can activate their Tier II account. At present, the registration under e NPS occur either through Aadhaar Offline e-KYC or through PAN & Bank Account.

2. Now, pursuant to the approvals from Dept. of Revenue, Government of India to undertake Online Aadhaar e-authentication services from UIDAI under Section 11A of PMLA 2002 (the copy of the notification dated 22/12/2020 enclosed at Annexure I) and NSDL – CRA has enabled the Aadhaar based online e-KYC authentication functionality for subscriber registration in e NPS platform.

3. The above online _ facility has been’ rolled out under’ the link https://enps.nsdl.com/eNPS/OnlineSubscriberRegistration.html?appType=main. The online Aadhaar e KYC shall further simplify the process of Account opening which offers the Subscribers, a unique digital
experience with instantaneous generation of Permanent Retirement Account Number (PRAN). The process flow of using online e KYC is given in the Annexure II for the benefit of Subscribers.

4. This Circular is issued under Sec 14 of PFRDA Act 2013, placed in the CRA section of intermediaries and also under the Circular sub section of Regulatory framework section of PFRDA website www.pfrda.org.in.

K Mohan Gandhi
(General Manager)

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 22nd December, 2020

G.S.R. 784(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 11A of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002 (15 of 2003), the Central Government on being satisfied that the reporting entities mentioned below comply with standards of privacy and security under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016) and it is necessary and expedient to do so, and after consultation with the Unique Identification Authority of India established under sub-section (1) of section 11 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 and the regulatory authority, namely the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority of India, hereby notifies the reporting entities specified below to undertake Aadhaar authentication service of the Unique Identification Authority of India under section 11A of the Prevention of Money-laundering Act, 2002, namely:—
“M/s NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited.”

[F. No. P-12011/10/2020-ES Cell-DOR]
RITVIK PANDEY, Jt. Secy. (Revenue)

Annexure II – Process for Subscriber registration through Aadhaar based eKYC on eNPS platform

Prerequisites of Registration through Aadhaar are as follows:

1. Aadhaar Number or 16 digit Virtual Identification (VID) Number provided by UIDAI

2. Aadhaar Registered Mobile Number

Process to be followed is as follows:

1. To open NPS account online using Aadhaar, Subscribers need to visit eNPS portal using https://enps.nsdl.com/eNPS/NationalPensionSystem.html

2. Subscribers need to click on “National Pension System” and subsequently click on “Registration” option.

3. Subscribers is now required to select the category of account opening – “Individual Subscriber” or “Corporate Subscriber” category. Further, the applicant status is to be selected from – “Citizen of India” or “Non Resident of India (NRI)” or “Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)”.

4. The Subscribers need to select “Aadhaar Online/ Offline KYC” option during registration and select the “Tier types’ for account opening.

5. To continue with “Aadhaar online” process, Subscribers are required to select and provide “Aadhaar” (12 digit) or “Virtual ID” (16 digit) number provided by UIDAI and click “Generate OTP”. In case, Virtual ID is not available then Subscribers need to click the link https://resident.uidai.gov.in/vid-generation to generate the VID.

6. Generation of OTP – Subscribers are required to click on the “Generate OTP” and submit the OTP received on mobile number registered in Aadhaar.

7. After submission of OTP alongwith consent to use Aadhaar details, the demographic details (Name, Gender, Date of Birth, Address, Photograph etc.) will be fetched from Aadhaar records.

8. Other mandatory details need to be completed by Subscriber in order to complete the NPS registration process.

9. Subscribers are required to make NPS contribution and complete digital registration process through digital authentication (OTP on registered Mobile number and email ID or eSign).

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Ministry of Labour & Employment
New Facilities for UAN- Aadhar Linking Introduces By EPFO

27 FEB 2018

Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced UAN-Aadhaar linking facility for the convenience of members using EPFO Link in UMANG Mobile App. This is in addition to the existing web facility already available at EPFO’s website www.epfindia.gov.in >> Online Services >> e-KYC Portal>> LINK UAN AADHAAR.

The facility on e-KYC Portal has further added a new feature to link UAN with Aadhaar online using biometric credentials. Using the aforesaid facilities, EPFO members can link their UAN with Aadhaar as under:

For using this facility with UMANG APP, Member will have to provide his/her UAN. An OTP will be sent to the UAN registered Mobile Number. After OTP Verification, member will have to provide Aadhaar details and gender information (where gender information is not available against UAN). Another OTP will be sent on Aadhaar Registered Mobile Number and/or email. After OTP verification, Aadhaar will be linked with UAN where UAN and Aadhaar details are matched.

For using this facility through E-KYC Portal, Member will have to provide his/her UAN. An OTP will be sent to the UAN registered Mobile Number. After OTP Verification, member will have to provide Aadhaar details, gender information (where gender information is not available against UAN) and select Aadhaar verification method (Using Mobile/email based OTP /using Biometrics). Another OTP will be sent on Aadhaar Registered Mobile Number and/or email or Biometric will be captured using Registered Biometric Device. After verification, Aadhaar will be linked with UAN where UAN and Aadhaar details are matched.

Moving towards Digital India, EPFO has also launched e-Nomination facility for filing nomination form by the member. This functionality is available at Member Interface of EPFO Unified Portal (https://unifiedportal-mem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/). Any member having activated and Aadhaar seeded UAN, can avail this facility.

This functionality is independent from employer. After giving nomination details online, member has to digitally sign the nomination. Aadhaar based eSign is being used for digital signing of nomination form. Aadhaar based eSign is being provided to members free of cost by EPFO. Only member’s mobile number should be linked with Aadhaar. This functionality will also be made available on UMANG mobile app soon.

PIB

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13-September, 2017 16:34 IST

Ministry of Railways permits m-Aadhar as one of the prescribed proofs of Identity for Rail Travel Purpose.

Ministry of Railways has decided to permit m- Aadhar (Aadhar card on mobile app namely m- Aadhar launched by UIDAI) as one of the prescribed proofs of Identity for Rail Travel purpose in any reserved class.

m- Aadhar is a mobile app launched by UIDAI on which a person can download his/her Aadhar Card. It can be done only on the mobile number to which Aadhar has been linked. For showing Aadhar, the person has to open the app and enter his/ her password to show the Aadhar Card.

m- Aadhar when shown by the passenger on his/her mobile after entering the password should be accepted as proof of identity for undertaking journey in any reserved class over Indian Railways.

Source : PIB

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“As per extant instructions, half-a-day’s casual leave should be debited for each day of late attendance, but late attendance upto an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month, and for justifiable reasons may be condoned by the competent authority.”

Principal Controller of Defence Account; (Central Command),
Carriapa Road, Lucknow Cantt, Pin-226002

Circular

No.AN/1A/1004/Misc/2017

Dated:27/01/2017

To
The CDA, RTC Lucknow
All Sub Offices
(under the organisation including lFAs)
All sections in main office

Sub:  Aadhar enabled Biometric Attendance System for marking attendance.

The Department of Personnel & Training vide letter No.11013/9/2014-Estt(A-III) dated 21st November 2014 (circulated vide Hqrs Office letter No. AN/III/3012/Misc/BAS dated 20.02.2015) has decided to use an AADHAR based Biometric Attendance System (AEBAS) in all offices of the Central Government, including attached/sub-ordinate offices in India.

Biometric Attendance System is only an enabling platform. There is no change in the instructions relating to office hours, late attendance etc. which will continue to apply. As per extant instructions, half-a-day’s casual leave should be debited for each day of late attendance, but late attendance upto an hour, on not more than two occasions in a month, and for justifiable reasons may be condoned by the competent authority. In addition to debiting Casual Leave(or Earned Leave, when no CL is available) disciplinary action may also be taken against government servants who are habitually late. Early leaving is also to be treated in the same manner as late coming.

Therefore, all the staff and officers will mark their attendance through AEBAS only. The manual attendance may be discontinued immediately.

GO(AN) has seen.

sd/-
(S.K.Gupta)
Sr. AO(AN)

Click to view the order

Authority: http://pcdacc.gov.in/

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE
CENTRAL PENSION ACCOUNTING OFFICE
TRIKOOT-II,BHIKAJI CAMA PLACE.
NEW DELHI-110066

CPAO/Tech/Jeevan Pramaan /2014-15/218-259
20.03.2015

Office Memorandum

Subject:- Aadhar based Digital Life Certificate (Jeevan Pramaan)

The Hon’ble Prime Minister has launched “Jeevan Aadhaar” (Aadhaar based biometric verification system for pensioner).  To make its implementation successful Department of Financial Services has constituted a sub-group comprising of RBI, Indian Bank’s Association (IBA),, State Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Bank of Baroda and Canara Bank. Accordingly,’RBI, IBA and Department of Financial Services have issued necessary guidelines/ instructions to all banks for their convenience. To implement Jeevan Pramaan it is necessary on the part of banks to seed the Aadhaar number with Pension Payment Order and bank account number. To complete this task, all banks have to take special drive to collect the Aadhaar number of pensioners and make it a part of their master data.

In the above context Addl. CGA has taken a meeting on 24.12.2014 with the discuss the further strategy for speedy implementation of the system. In the meeting, it was decided that to ensure the genuineness of the pensioner it is necessary to seed the Aadhaar number with PPO and pensioners bank account. Because at present banks are not having pensioners’ data base on their server to link them with the details of PPOs and Aadhaar numbers, they were advised to prepare a data-base of pensioners account first at the earliest and link them with Aadhaar server. For this purpose, they will call the pensioners to come to bank alongwith their original Aadhaar card and its photocopy for identification. The designated officer of the bank will identify the pensioner with reference to the PPO and KYC document and seed his pension account with Aadhaar server.

He will keep the photocopy of Aadhaar Card in the pensioners’ folder for record. The bank will apply this strategy immediately with those pensioners whose life certificates are still pending and are interested to opt for digital certification of their life. Thereafier, they may complete this task well before November, 2015, when life certificate becomes dues.

A column for Aadhaar number has been provided in the format of master data and made available on CPAOs website. All CPPCs are advised to update their master data duly seeded with PPO number & bank account numbers and send the same to CPAO by e-mail at cpao.masterdata{@}gmail.com at the earliest so that CPAO also updates its master data for validation purpose.

This task must be completed on top priority basis.

(Dilip Kumar)
Controller of Accounts

Source: http://cpao.nic.in/pdf/CPAO_Tech_Jeevan_Praman_2014-15.pdf

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Aadhar cannot be made mandatory says Supreme Court, asks Government to abide by the interim order passed: Live Law

Erasing the sense of doubt about the legitimacy of Aadhaar card for availing benefits given by government, the Supreme Court on Monday affirmed that the Aadhar card is not mandatory, and further, authorities who demand them will be taken to task.

A seething Supreme Court issued a stern warning to the government on discovering that numerous government agencies still demand Aadhaar for giving subsidies and essential services to common citizens.

A Bench of Justices J. Chelameswar, S.A. Bobde and C. Nagappan elucidated that requests made by authorities for Aadhaar card is in clear violation of the Supreme Court’s earlier order of September 23, 2013.
In the 2013 order, the Apex Court had said, “no person should suffer for not getting the Aadhaar card, inspite of the fact that some authority had issued a circular making it mandatory”.

While hearing the matter today, Justice Chelameswar observed, “Aadhaar is being insisted upon by various authorities. We do not want to go into specific instances. We expect the Union of India and all the States to adhere to the order dated September 23, 2013. We will take the officers concerned to task if any order comes on record making it (Aadhaar) mandatory.”

Appearing for the petitioners, senior advocate Gopal Subramanium submitted to the Court“It is a matter of great public importance. The issue has serious implication in terms of Constitution. Notwithstanding the court’s order, there is insistence for Aadhaar. There is complete apathy on the part of officials.” He also gave an example, Delhi government’s notification on March 9, 2015 after which it is compulsory for couples to produce Aadhaar cards to get their marriage registered under the Special Marriage Act.

Senior advocate Anil Divan also submitted that Registrar of the Bombay High Court had received an official communication regarding Aadhar. The Registrar was asked to make Aadhar mandatory for disbursal of salary to staff and even judges.

After this, the Apex Court observed, “You better advise the States, if the officials insist, it would have consequences. We will take them to task. This is absolutely not right.”

Mr. Gopal Subramanium also questioned the mechanism of Aadhar, he said, “On the surface it (Aadhaar) is a simple document of identity, but it has linkages by means of iris scans and biometric details. God forbid if identities are exchanged or mistaken. the Executive’s scheme involves private partners. Who are these private partners?” He also said, “Sovereign State also has the duty to protect its citizens, to protect his identity, his personal information against possible misuse.”

Meanwhile over 750 million Aadhar numbers have already been issued as the battle over validity of the card carries out in Supreme Court.

Read at: Live Law

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Press Information Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

04-March-2015 17:23 IST

Biometric Attendance System

The Government has decided to use an AADHAR Enabled Bio-metric Attendance System (AEBAS) in all offices of the Central Government, including attached / sub-ordinate Offices, in India. There is no change in the instructions relating to office hours, late attendance etc. Biometric attendance system is only an enabling platform.
As per the available information, there is a difference between the number of registered employees and number of employees marking their attendance. This Department has issued fresh instructions to all Ministries that necessary directions may be issued to all employees to mark their attendance in the Biometric Attendance Portal on regular basis.

As per the available information, the present status of implementation of the biometric attendance system is as under:

PIB

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Subject: Employee Registration for Aadhar based Biometric attendance- reg.

Further, pursuant to a letter dated 29.12.2014, received from the D/o Electronics & Information Technology pointing to the low registration of employees. in Delhi by CBDT for the Aadhar Enabled Biometric Attendance System, all Fr.CCsIT/DCisIT were also requested vide OM of even number dated 7.1.2015 to ensure that necessary steps for expediting registration of all officers/employees are taken on priority by the nodal officers for implementation of the AEBAS in their offices and a report submitted by 20.1.2015. A reminder in this regard recapitualating in brief the action to be taken and details of the officers in NIC who may be contacted by the nodal officers for seeking any clarification/guidance was also issued vide OM of even number dated 22.1.2015.

This issues with the approval of Chairperson, CBDT.

Source: http://irsofficersonline.gov.in/Documents/OfficalCommunique/129201550604.PDF

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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (HQ)
18, Institutional Area, SJS Marg,
New Delhi – 110016

F. No. 110240/4/2014/KVS/ HQ/ Budget/PF-l

Date: – 23rd December, 2014

To,
The Deputy Commissioner
All Regional Offices.

Sub: – Integration of AADHAR UID in student data base-Reg.
Madam/Sir,

In the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting held on 1oth December, 2014, a direction was issued to KVS to integrate the AADHAR Unique Identity No. (UID) issued by Government of India in the student data base to be compiled on UBl Portal for fee collection.

In compliance with the direction of BOG, a column of AADHAR UID no. of student has been inserted in the Excel sheet forwarded to the Regions for compilation of student data for third phase so that same can be uploaded online by respective KVs. AADHAR UID no. has been incorporated at serial no 17 of the proforma, making the revised proforma of 27 column against the earlier 26 columns.

It may please be emphasized to all of students studying in your Region to enroll themselves for AADHAR UID so that student data base can be also linked to AADHAR UID in future through appropriate intervention in the software for fee collection through UBI.

The compliance of above may be reported after issuing necessary direction to all KVs under your Region.

Yours faithfully
(Rajesh Yadav)
Deputy Commissioner (Fin.)

Source/View/Download: http://www.kvsangathan.nic.in

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