Nearly 1.65 lakh a/c holders avail overdraft under PMJDY

Last Updated: Friday, September 4, 2015, 18:13

The government on Friday said nearly 1.65 lakh Jan Dhan account holders, of the total 18 crore accounts opened under the scheme, have availed overdraft facility.

I-T to send OTP, include Aadhar to ease taxpayer e-filing

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 21:29

Taxpayers will soon get relief from sending a paper acknowledgement of their e-filed return as Income Tax department is set to introduce a new customer verification system for the task by sending One Time Passwords, validating net banking identity and enrolling Aadhaar number in the returns form.

Govt expenditure on Aadhaar project Rs 5,630 crore

Last Updated: Friday, March 13, 2015, 21:01

Government has so far spent Rs 5,630 crore on UID project and generated as many as 78.65 crore Aadhaar numbers under the scheme, Parliament was informed Friday.

Aadhaar to be used as 'digital identity' for mobile banking

Last Updated: Friday, January 30, 2015, 22:20

The union government under its ambitious 'Digital India' programme has decided to use the Aadhaar number as a "digital identity" for the purpose of mobile banking.

Govt to test UIDIA's e-KYC for mobile SIM

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 17, 2014, 21:27

Getting mobile SIM activated for Aadhaar number holders may be a matter of few minutes in the coming days as government has decided launch a pilot project to test UIDAI's electronic-Know-Your-Customer service.

10 crore Aadhaar numbers linked to bank accounts: UIDAI

Last Updated: Monday, December 15, 2014, 15:37

It said establishing a link between an Aadhaar number and a bank account makes it easy for the government to identify genuine beneficiaries and route welfare payments and subsidies directly into their bank accounts.

EPFO to become UIDAI registrar to enrol its subscribers

Last Updated: Sunday, November 30, 2014, 10:35

The EPFO wants to seed over 4.2 crore portable Universal PF Account Numbers issued by it, with the Aadhaar number of subscribers.

Bank accounts for all adults by 2016 very much possible: Mor

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 21:06

The target of having a bank account for all adults in India by 2016 is not too ambitious and can be achieved with progress made in Aadhaar number rollout, said Nachiket Mor, who headed the RBI panel on financial inclusion.

Aadhaar not mandatory for LPG subsidy: Moily

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 19:02

Having made Aadhaar mandatory for receiving subsidised cooking gas (LPG) in 19 districts, Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily on Wednesday said the unique identification card will no longer be a must for giving subsidises unless cleared by the Supreme Court.

UID project expenditure at Rs 3,062 cr as of July end

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 17:20

The Unique Identification (UID) project has incurred an expenditure of Rs 3,062 crore as of July end as against a total cost of Rs 12,398 crore sanctioned by the government, Parliament was informed Thursday.

FinMin tells bankers to seek Aadhaar numbers from customers

Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 20:20

Seeking to expedite implementation of Direct Benefit Transfer scheme, Finance Ministry today asked the banks to approach the customers for submission of Aadhaar number to ensure seamless transfer of cash benefit.

'Credit bureaus should have a provision for Aadhar in systems'

Last Updated: Friday, July 5, 2013, 21:03

Credit information bureaus should use Aadhaar number to enable smoother working of the credit market and root out cases of identity frauds, RBI Deputy Governor KC Chakrabarty said on Friday.