It quoted a World Bank 2016 report, which says if Aadhaar was applied to all social programmes and welfare distribution, it would save the government USD 11 billion annually.
A bench of Justice AK Sikri and Justice Ashok Bhushan said that those who already possess Aadhaar number will have to link it with PAN.
The petitioners had told the court that the provision mandating linking of Aadhaar number with the PAN would have "extremely far-reaching consequences not only for individuals but small businesses too".
The Aadhaar card has now been made mandatory for government subsidy on purchase of kerosene and benefits of Atal Pension Yojana.
The list of dos include reading the Aadhaar Act carefully and ensuring that data norms are complied with, creating awareness about the consequences of data breach and acting swiftly on any incident of breach
In a move aimed at easing the process of linking the Aadhaar number with PAN for taxpayers, the Income Tax (IT) department today said it has introduced an SMS-based facility that can be used to link the two.
The bench said it would be appropriate to hear all these pleas seeking interim relief together to "avoid multiplicity" and fixed the matter for hearing on June 27.
The Finance Ministry has issued a notification which exempts residents of Assam, Jammu and Kashmir, Meghalaya, and citizens above 80 years from mandatory quoting of Aadhaar to obtain PAN cards and file income tax return (ITR).
The CBSE has asked its affiliated schools to set up Aadhaar enrolment centres and encourage students who do not have the identification number to be enrolled.
The Income Tax department has launched a new e-facility to link a person's Aadhaar with the Permanent Account Number (PAN), a mandatory procedure for filing IT returns now.
Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on mandatory linking of Aadhaar with PAN card.
UIDAI has repeatedly said that every citizen of India was entitled to obtain it voluntarily, senior advocate Shyam Divan said in Supreme Court.
Government today asserted in the Supreme Court that Aadhaar was made mandatory for PAN card to weed out fake PAN cards which were used for terror financing and circulation of blackmoney.
The government will soon make quoting of Aadhaar number compulsory for key managerial personnel and directors in regulatory filings under the Companies Act.
The Human Resource Development (HRD) Ministry has notified that students seeking government scholarships and fellowships will need to declare Aadhaar numbers by the end of June.
As per the changes brought by the government in the Finance Bill, those PAN cards that are not linked with Aadhaar numbers will lose their validity.
In an attempt to set up a national teachers’ portal and detect “fake teachers” in the country, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has profiled at least 60 per cent of more than 15 lakh university and college teachers.
A Unique Identification Number for every cow and its progeny has been suggested by an expert panel to stop trafficking of cattle across the Indo-Bangla border, the Centre today told the Supreme Court.
The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has filed FIRs against eight unauthorised websites for promising Aadhaar-related services, and illegally collecting Aadhaar number and enrolment details from people.
On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today launched BHIM-Adhar biometric interface to push the digital payments.
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