Sebi directs freezing of all demat accounts not linked to Aadhaar by December 31
It also asked West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to file the plea as an individual
To make the Aadhaar citizen identification mandatory for investment
The court asked the West Bengal counsel to amend its prayer and submit a fresh plea
In a second set of polls related to mandatory linking of Aadhaar card and bank accounts, 39% said they would completely support the move while 12% declined support.
The UIDAI had earlier asked states to ensure that enrolments, even those by private agencies
Differently-abled persons will have to produce a disability photo ID or a medical certificate
Several petitions, challenging the Centre's move to make Aadhaar mandatory for welfare schemes and notifications to link it with mobile numbers and bank accounts, are pending in the apex court
The govt will soon put in place a mechanism for authentication of cellphone subscribers who do not have Aadhaar numbers
On a plea challenging a notification of the DoT for mandatory linking of mobile numbers with Aadhaar
The circular said in the case of an individual one has to furnish his/her Aadhaar details
Now, you can re-verify existing SIMs with One-Time Password (OTP)-based authentication
500 mn mobile numbers registered in Aadhaar database, OTP can be used for verification in all these cases
No action has been taken against those who do not want to link their Aadhaar with either bank accounts or mobile numbers
RBI should have waited for the Supreme Court's verdict that is likely to be declared next month
Department of Telecom issued a notification on linking of mobile numbers with Aadhaar while the plea called it null and void, unconstitutional
The RBI clarification followed media reports quoting a reply to an RTI application that suggested RBI hadn't issued any order for mandatory Aadhaar linkage
Bank customers are worried whether their details will be safe after linking it with Aadhaar or not
Govt made it mandatory to link bank accounts with 12-digit biometric identification number, deadline is Dec 31
Any card, including a driver's license and voter ID card or any specified card, is permissible for procuring food grains, he said