Top 10 Benefits Of Aadhar Card
Aadhar card is a unique-identity given to
residents of India. Aadhar means ‘base’ which represent the native land of
Indian people. It was launched on 28 January 2009. It allows 12-digit unique
number issued to all Indian residents based on their biometric and demographic
data.
Aadhar is the world's most extensive biometric ID system, with over 1.171 billion enrolled
members as of 15 Aug 2017. The data for Aadhar Cards were collected by Unique
Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), a statutory authority established in
January 2009.
In the Aadhar Act 2016, UIDAI is responsible
for enrolment and authentication, including operation and management of all
stages of Aadhar life cycle, developing, procedure and system for issuing
Aadhar numbers to a citizen of India and perform authentication.
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HISTORY -:
The first step towards a unique
nationalised digital identity was the approval of a Multipurpose National
Identity Card (MNIC) in 2003 by the NDA government. With the change in the
governing party, an empowered group of ministers (EGOM) headed by Shri Pranab
Mukherjee was formed. A proposal to set up the UIDAI was mooted in August 2008,
and soon after, the decision to notify the UIDAI as an executive authority
under the planning commission was taken. The current stage of the UID scheme or
Aadhar and it is called as a centralised, biometrics-based database took shape
under the guidance of Nandan Nilekani,
erstwhile head of the IT major Infosys, who took over as the first Chairperson
of the UIDAI.
Here is a short year brief on the history of Aadhar
Card-:
• 1999-: Later the
Kargil war, the Kargil Review Committee, headed by security analyst K.
Subrahmanyam, was formed to study the state of National Security.
• 2000-: They
submitted their reports to Prime Minister Atal Bihari Bajpayee on 7 January
2000.
• 2001-: Then in late
September 2001, the Ministry of External Affairs proposed that a mandatory
national identity card.
• 2003-: In December
Citizenship Bill, 2003 was introduced in Lok Sabha by L.K Advani.
• 2009-: The UIDAI
was established on 28 January after planning commission of India issued a
notification.
• 2010-: In April,
the first logo of Aadhar launched by Nilekani.
• 2012-: On 26
November, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh launched an Aadhar-linked direct
benefits transfer (DBT) scheme. The project aimed to eliminate leakages in the
system by directly transferring the money to the bank account of the recipient.
• 2013-: On 9
October, the National Payments Corporation of India launched an Aadhar-based
remittance system. Using the system funds could be transferred to any
Aadhar-linked bank accounts if only the Aadhar number were known.
• 2014-: On 5 July, Modi announced that his government
retained the project and asked the official to look into linking the project
with passports.
• 2016-: As of 31 March
2016, 99.9 corers (999 million) Aadhar numbers have been issued in the project.
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BENEFITS -:
As per current Government of India trying
to make Aadhar card as mandatory in every document and an identity as the soul
of every Government sectors (i.e. banking sector etc.). Aadhar Card makes
possible to get any type connection without huge documents. It is easy to carry
and fetch the data from anywhere. Some of the benefits are follows-:
• JAN DHAN
YOJANA-:
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) is
National Mission for Financial Inclusion to ensure access to banking services,
saving, deposits, credits etc. Aadhar Card as an only document to open the Bank
Account. Record Holder, the citizen came forward and participated in this
Yojana. Benefits provide an opening of the bank account at zero balance,
offered Rupay card, life and accident insurance and many other.
• LPG SUBSIDY-:
The 12 digit individual identification
number on Aadhar card is used to get LPG subsidy amount directly into bank
account. To get this benefit, you need to link your 17 digit LPG consumer
number. Although now you can get direct benefits transfer by connecting the
bank account to the LPG number.
• PASSPORT -:
If you have Aadhar card you can get the
passport in just ten days. Under this format, police verification will be done
at a later date as opposed to the previous rule requiring police verification
which used to be time-consuming. Also under the new government’s rule, if you
need a passport, Aadhar number is compulsory.
• Voter Card Linking-:
Linking of Aadhar card is done to remove
the ambiguity of voters. Once an Aadhar number is linked, it would become
impossible for a multiple voter ID card holder to make illegal use as per
registration requires voter card holder to be physically present and represent
Aadhar card to the polling booth officer for linking.
• Provident
funds-:
Provident fund money will be given to the
account holder who has registered their Aadhar number with employee provident
fund organization (EPFO).
• Pensions-:
All the pensioners from select states will
now have to disclose (register) their Aadhar card number to their respective
department to receive a monthly pension.
• Digital
Locker-:
Government of India has launched Digital
locker system for everyone for storing all personal documents on the
government’s server. It needed 12 digit Aadhar number to sign in.
• Income Tax-:
Aadhar card has cut down the several steps
and documentation needs. We can just verify our Aadhar card with simple steps
online. Log into the e-filing website of the Income Tax department using your
PAN number. Then link your Aadhar number. You can upload your Income Tax Return
(ITR) forms. Choose the option to generate an Aadhar one-time password. This
will verify your number. You can upload your Income Tax Return (ITR) forms.
Furnish this code to verify your Income Tax Return. You can also verify returns
uploaded on an earlier date. Do this by choosing the Aadhar OTP verification
option.
• Digital Life
Certificates-:
Aadhar card linked digital life certificate
is another initiative which was launched by Department of Electronics and IT
named as ‘Jeevan Praman for Pensioners’, this system will end the process where
pensioner had to be physically present at Pension Disbursing Agency to avail
pension.
• SEBI-: It is now accepted as a proof of address by Securities and Exchange
Board of India for investing in stock market. Till now, it was used by SEBI as
identity proof.
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