Press Information Bureau
Government of India
14-December-2016 16:30 IST
Aadhaar
mandatory for pensioners
There
is, at present, no proposal to make Aadhaar seeding mandatory for release of
pension to the Central Government pensioners.
Eighty-seven
percent of Central Government pensioners of all age categories have seeded
their bank accounts with Aadhaar number. The remaining thirteen percent,
including those Government pensioners of the age of 80 and 90 years have not
yet seeded their bank accounts with Aadhaar number. The Government has made
efforts to seed accounts of all Central Government 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.
This
was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Dr. Jitendra
Singh in written reply to a question by Shri Natubhai Gomanbhai Patel in the
Lok Sabha today.
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