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Linking Rupay Card and Accounts with Aadhaar
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....inking Rupay Card and Accounts with Aadhaar <br>News and Press Release<br>Dated:- 23-7-2019<br><BR>With regard to linking of bank account with Aadhaar, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technolo....
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....gy (MeitY) has apprised that "The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019" has been passed by the Parliament. The bill, inter-alia, has the provision for allowing the use of Aadhaar authenticati....
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....on on voluntary basis as acceptable Know Your Customer (KYC) document, by inserting Section 11A under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. Further, as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI's) Maste....
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....r Direction on KYC dated 25.2.2016 (as amended in May 2019), banks are to obtain the Aadhaar number from an individual who is desirous of receiving any benefit or subsidy under any scheme notified und....
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....er section 7 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 (18 of 2016). Account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) are provid....
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....ed with a RuPay Debit card, having an inbuilt accident insurance cover of ₹ 1 lakh (₹ 2 lakh for PMJDY accounts opened after 28.08.2018). As apprised by National Payments Corporation of In....
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....dia (NPCI), linking of Aadhaar is not mandatory for activation of RuPay cards. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs in a written reply to a q....
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....uestion in Rajya Sabha today.<BR> News - Press release - PIB....