With this, subscribers can now link their registered mobile numbers to Aadhaar without visiting the telecom service providers’ stores. In another development, the Centre told the Supreme Court on Wednesday that the deadline for linking Aadhaar to various government schemes would be extended till March 31, 2018. “Mobile penetration is increasing rapidly in the country and the subscribers need to be provided with the ease of linking of the Aadhaar number with the mobile number,” he added. We expect it to get much faster and easier for individual mobile subscribers to comply with the e-KYC norms using their Aadhaar registered mobile number,” the representative added. The new regulations have specified that the telecom service providers must deploy iris readers for this purpose within a reasonable geographical area.

Source: Hindustan Times October 25, 2017 12:56 UTC