December 15, 2017 5:30 PM

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UIDAI asks banks to expedite Aadhaar enrollment for new account

The Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI, has asked banks to install fingerprint and iris scanners in 10 per cent of their branches to expedite Aadhaar enrollment mainly for those seeking to open new bank accounts. <br/><br/>The CEO of UIDAI Ajay Bhushan Pandey told this to news agency PTI after Supreme Court's interim order today. He said, this will enable people who do not have Aadhaar to get the Aadhaar enrollment facility in the bank itself, and link bank accounts by 31st of March next year. <br/><br/>He said, so far more than 3,000 enrollment centres have already been set up in bank branches all over the country, and overall they have to set up enrollment facility in 14,000 bank branches. <br/><br/>Mr Pandey clarified that people who already have Aadhaar and wish to open a new bank account will have to furnish the 12 digit identifier.

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