NRIs, persons of Indian origin need not link bank account, PAN with Aadhaar: UIDAI
By PTI |
Published: 17th November 2017 08:16 PM |
It said the Prevention of Money
laundering Rules 2017 and the Income Tax Act clearly stipulate that the
linking of bank accounts and PAN respectively, "is for those persons who
are eligible to enrol for Aadhaar".
It said all central ministries and
departments, state governments and other implementation agencies should
bear in mind that Aadhaar as an identity document can be sought only
from those eligible for it under Aadhaar Act, and that most NRIs/PIOs/
OCIs may not be eligible for its enrolment.
The Aadhaar-issuing body said several
representations had been received about problems faced by Non-Resident
Indians (NRIs), Person of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of
India (OCI) where Aadhaar was being demanded with regard to various
services and benefits.
It said that some Departments and
implementing agencies were asking NRIs/OCIs/PIOs to submit or link their
Aadhaar for availing services and benefits, despite the fact that they
were not entitled to the 12-digit biometric identifier.
"The laws regarding submitting/linking
of Aadhaar for availing the services/benefits applies to the residents
as per the Aadhaar Act 2016... Most of the NRIs/PIOs/OCIs may not be
eligible for Aadhaar enrolment as per Aadhaar Act...," the UIDAI said in
a note dated November 15 to central ministries and states.
It has further instructed the
implementing agency to device a mechanism "to ascertain the genuineness
of status of such NRIs/PIOs/OCIs".
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