Wednesday, 14 December 2016

No proposal to make Aadhar mandatory for pensioners: Government

No proposal to make Aadhar mandatory for pensioners: Government

IANS  |  New Delhi 

There is no proposal to make Aadhar mandatory for release of pension to the central pensioners, was told on Wednesday.
"There is, at present, no proposal to make Aadhaar seeding mandatory for release of pension to the central pensioners," said Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh told the Lok Sabha in a written reply.
Noting 87 per cent of central pensioners of all age categories have seeded their bank accounts with Aadhaar number, he said that the has made efforts to seed accounts of all central pensioners with Aadhaar numbers so as to enable them to benefit from the additional facility of submission of Digital Life Certificate.
"Public Sector Banks are authorised to enroll pensioners for issue of Aadhaar number, including old and infirm pensioners," he added.
--IANS
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