Aadhaar must for PPF, NSC & KVP: Here are Sanjay Hegde's views

Aadhaar is now mandatory for all post office deposits, the public provident fund (PPF), the national savings certificate (NSC) scheme and the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP). The Finance Ministry has issued four separate notifications, declaring Aadhaar is mandatory for the schemes. Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, to provide the 12-digit unique identification number. In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sanjay Hegde, Senior Lawyer at Supreme Court discussed the ramifications of this move.

October 07, 2017 / 14:14 IST

Aadhaar is now mandatory for all post office deposits, the public provident fund (PPF), the national savings certificate (NSC) scheme and the Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP). The Finance Ministry has issued four separate notifications, declaring Aadhaar is mandatory for the schemes. Existing depositors have been given time till December 31, to provide the 12-digit unique identification number.

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Sanjay Hegde, Senior Lawyer at Supreme Court discussed the ramifications of this move.

For full interview, watch accompanying video...

first published: Oct 7, 2017 02:14 pm

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