
Now access Digilocker services on WhatsApp
This includes creating and authenticating their Digilocker account, downloading documents such as PAN card, driving license, vehicle registration certificate, among others, all on WhatsApp.
This includes creating and authenticating their Digilocker account, downloading documents such as PAN card, driving license, vehicle registration certificate, among others, all on WhatsApp.
Quoting PAN and Aadhaar details is also mandatory for opening of current account or cash credit account with a bank.
The observations are part of CAG's performance audit on the functioning of UIDAI.
Those linking PAN and Aadhaar from April 1, 2023 will have to pay fees for doing so.
More than any other governmental initiative, it is the thrust on Digital India that has given the country a new vocabulary of oneness.
Initiatives such as Jan-Dhan Yojana and Aadhaar have helped bring a large number of Indians into the formal financial system.
The government will have to come up with rules or legislative changes to comply with the verdict. However, the debate over privacy will continue.
While ruling that the collection of data for Aadhaar does not violate the fundamental right to privacy, the apex court has set riders on the use-cases for the biometric-data-based unique identity.
The South African effort to plug leakages in its social security scheme could provide valuable lessons to the Indian government.