SC Rejects Petition To Extend Aadhaar Deadline; Here’s All You Need to Link by March 31

You order food via your phone; you pay for things online using your card. Well, all the essential services that form your bed of comfort and complacency will go, if you don’t link your Aadhaar card to them!

The Supreme Court has rejected a plea which sought an extension of the deadline for linking it to other services.

The Supreme Court’s 5-judge bench, led by India’s Chief Justice Dipak Misra, on Thursday, rejected the petition filed by senior advocate Shyam Divan, who has been at the forefront of this battle. The bench argued that hearing into the many petitions challenging the mandatory linkage of the 12-digit number, would not be completed by the end of next month.

The opponents of Aadhaar maintain that the state cannot mandate biometrics, sans any criminality, especially since the apex court had ruled that no one would be forced to part with such information, even when they were accused of involvement in criminal offences.

However, according to its proponents, the Aadhaar card provides a layer of security. They also believe that the recent scams that have shaken the country could have probably been averted if Aadhaar card linkages had been introduced earlier, and the appropriate authorities were watching.

So, here’s the list of mandatory Aadhaar linkages:-

1) Bank Account:-
Log into net banking, and click on the link, ‘Update Aadhaar Card Details’ or ‘Aadhaar Card Seeding.’
Enter the details, verify, and submit.
Your bank will email or call you, to confirm or verify your details.

2) PAN Card:-
To link your PAN Card to your Aadhaar number, visit here and click on ‘Link Aadhaar tab’.
Enter your PAN and Aadhaar number or SMS UIDPAN and send it to 567678 or 56161.
Learn how to do this here.

3) Voter ID:-
This is a fairly easy procedure. Visit the official NVSP website here.
or
Send the SMS ECILINK < EPIC_Number > < Aadhaar_Number > to 166 or 51969
or
Call 1950 on weekdays, and provide your Aadhaar details and Voter ID number.

Keep your Aadhaar safe, learn how to here: Afraid of Aadhaar Misuse? Here’s a Guide to Track Its Usage History!

4) LPG:-
Download the subsidy form here or go to the official websites of Bharat Gas, HP Gas or Indane.
Fill up the details, and submit it to the closest LPG distributor, with an application.
Or, just call 18000-2333-555, and follow the instructions.

5) Ration Card:-
This needs to be done from the Aadhaar seeding website here. 
Click on ‘Start Now’, and enter all the details.
An OTP will be sent to your phone.
Enter this number and your application will start getting processed, and you will get a notification.
To do this offline, take photocopies of your ration card, and Aadhaar copies of family members, a passport photo of the head of the family, a photocopy of your bank passbook (if the bank is not linked to Aadhaar.)Submit all these to the ration office, and await a confirmation SMS or email.

6) Mobile Number:-
This is important if you want to keep ordering food and using cabs, as your phone needs to be added to your Aadhaar, to enable OTP transactions. To do this, follow these steps:
Download, and print the Aadhaar Update/Correction form, from the provider’s website.
Tick ‘Mobile’, in the ‘Field for Update/Correction’ Mentioned at the top.
Fill in the necessary details in the form, as per your card.
Enter your phone number, and Aadhaar card numbers, in the required fields.
Sign or give your thumb impression.
Mail the application to the Aadhaar office.

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So, whether you agree or not, like it or not, link the Aadhaar card to the services mentioned above, to ensure that they keep working smoothly.

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