Now, Aadhaar a must for PPF, post office, Kisan Vikas Patra deposits

Govt insisted on quoting
Aadhaar for bank deposits, obtaining mobile phone and several other utilities
to weed out benami deals and black money
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NEWS : The government has made biometric identification Aadhaar
mandatory for all post office deposits, PPF, the National Savings Certificate
scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra.
Existing depositors have been given
time till December 31, 2017, to provide the 12-digit unique identification
number.
Ministry of Finance has issued four
separate Gazette notifications making Aadhaar mandatory for opening all post
office deposit accounts, Public Provident Fund (PPF), National Savings
Certificate scheme and Kisan Vikas Patra deposits.
"Provided that where Aadhaar
number has not been assigned, the depositor shall submit proof of application
for enrolment for Aadhaar," the notification dated September 29 said.
Existing depositors who have not
provided Aadhaar number at the time of application for such deposit "shall
submit his Aadhaar number to the post office savings bank or deposit office
concerned, on or before December 31, 2017," it added.
The government has insisted on
quoting Aadhaar for bank deposits, obtaining mobile phone and several other
utilities to weed out benami deals and black money.
Last month, it extended the
deadline for obtaining Aadhaar for availing government schemes and subsidies by
three months to December 31. Earlier, those who did not have Aadhaar were asked
to procure it by September 30.
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