Linkage of Aadhaar with Voter ID Cards

Linkage of Aadhaar with Voter ID Cards

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), under the Ministry, only issues Aadhaar numbers to the residents of the country, and provides authentication services. It is up to the Departments/Ministries/ Agencies concerned to decide on the use of Aadhaar for providing services/ benefits to the people as per the provisions of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.

The Election Commission launched National Electoral Roll Purification& Authentication Programme (NERPAP), 2015 on 3rd March 2015 in all States/Union Territories with major objective of linking of Aadhaar with Electoral Roll database. In August,2015 when collection, feeding and seeding of Aadhaar number were in full swing, Hon’ble Supreme Court, while considering WP(C) No 494 of 2012 titled Justice Shri K.S. Puttaswamy (Retd.) & Another V/s Union of India & Others), inter alia passed the following interim order on 11th August, 2015:-

“————— 3. The Unique Identification Number or the Aadhaar card will not be used by the respondents for any purpose other than the PDS Scheme and in particular for the purpose of distribution of foodgrains, etc. and cooking fuel, such as kerosene. The Aadhaar card may also be used for the purpose of the LPG Distribution Scheme. —————— ”.

As the Election Commission was one of the respondents in the matter, it had to suspend all activities relating to collection/ feeding/ seeding of Aadhaar number, being undertaken under NERPAP.

The Election Commission has filed Application for Implement (I.A.No. 51252 of 2017) and Application for Directions (I.A No. 51253 of 2017) in the matter on 4th July 2017, before Hon’ble Supreme Court praying to permit the Election Commission to obtain Aadhaar details from the voters who are willing to submit or have submitted it voluntarily in order to link the same with the Voter Electoral Database.

The matter is presently sub-judice. As the matter is still pending before the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the Election Commission has not reviewed its instructions mentioned above. Based on the outcome of the case, the Election Commission will consider the proposal of linking Aadhar number for various electoral services, at appropriate time.

This was stated by the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology in a written reply to a question in the Parliament on 9.3.2018.

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CBDT extends date till 31.3.18 for linking of Aadhaar with PAN

CBDT extends date till 31.3.18 for linking of Aadhaar with PAN

Press Information Bureau 

Government of India 

Ministry of Finance

08-December-2017 12:21 IST

CBDT extends date till 31.3.18 for linking of Aadhaar with PAN

Under the provisions of recently introduced section 139AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act), with effect from 01.07.2017, all taxpayers having Aadhaar Number or Enrolment Number are required to link the same with Permanent Account Number (PAN). In view of the difficulties faced by some of the taxpayers in the process, the date for linking of Aadhaar with PAN was initially extended till 31st August, 2017 which was further extended upto 31st December, 2017.

It has come to notice that some of the taxpayers have not yet completed the linking of PAN with Aadhaar. Therefore, to facilitate the process of linking, it has been decided to further extend the time for linking of Aadhaar with PAN till 31.03.2018.

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Deadline for linking of Aadhaar number Extended – List of 252 Services and Schemes

Deadline for linking of Aadhaar number Extended – List of 252 Services and Schemes

Deadline for linking of Aadhaar number

The deadline for linking of Aadhaar number has been extended up to 31 March, 2018 for the services/schemes as per the list enclosed at Annexure, vide Office Memorandum dated 07.12.2017 issued by Ministry of Electronics and IT.

A similar action has been taken for linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts and other account based relationship by the client, under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) Rules, 2005 and linking of Aadhaar with Permanent Account Number (PAN), under Income Tax Act, 1961. Further, Hon’ble Supreme Court vide its order dated 15th December, 2017 in Writ Petition (Civil) no. 494 of 2012, has also extended the deadline for Aadhaar linking to mobile number upto 31 March 2018.

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