Aadhaar-based instant PAN allotment service is to allot PAN in near-real time. You are required to quote a valid Aadhaar number and is not linked with any PAN. The e-KYC data of that Aadhaar number is exchanged with the Unique Identification Authority of India(UIDAI). After due process of e KYC data in Income-tax database , you get a PAN.

This PAN is valid. It is not different from the PAN issued by Income-tax department via other modes of application(through NSDL or UTIITSL). However, this PAN is paperless, online and free of cost.

The government has launched digilocker for securing lot of documents online and safe. digilocker now allows citizens to access their digital Aadhaar. Digital Aadhaar in digilocker is the same as eAadhaar issued by UIDAI.

digilocker has partnered with UIDAI to make it available automatically to its users when they link their digilocker account with Aadhaar. The advantage of digital Aadhaar is that it can now be used in the same way as any other digilocker document.

Linking your PAN card with Aadhaar is compulsory if you want to file your income tax return. You can get your PAN and Aadhaar linked online by following the steps mentioned below:

1 Go to official website

To link your Pan with your Aadhaar you need to visit income tax India official website.

Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS)

To bring all citizens in the banking framework and to carry out financial transactions through Aadhaar, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has developed Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AePS) which allow users to send funds from one bank account to another simply through their Aadhaar numbers.

Aadhaar Paperless Offline e-KYC is a secure document that you can download and share, you can use it for offline verification of identity instead of providing photo copy of Aadhaar letter you can download the KYC XML and provide the same to government/private agencies wanted to have your KYC.

The KYC details is in machine readable XML which is digitally signed by UIDAI allowing agency to verify its authenticity and detect any tampering.

Ways to Lock/Unlock Aadhaar

1. Through UIDAI government website
2. By sending SMS to UIDAI number(1947)
3. By installing mAdhaar mobile App

How To Lock Aadhaar

To strengthen the privacy and security of your Aadhaar number UIDAI has introduced a new feature to lock and unlock your Aadhaar number.

Learn How to Lock Aadhaar

Ways to Lock/Unlock Biometric in Aadhaar

1. Thru UDAI government website
2. By sending SMS to UDAI number(1947)
3. By installing mAdhaar mobile App

Ways to Lock/Unlock Aadhaar

1. Through UIDAI government website
2. By sending SMS to UIDAI number(1947)
3. By installing mAdhaar mobile App

Biometric Locking/Unlocking is a service that allows an Aadhaar holder to lock and temporarily unlock their Biometric. Your Aadhaar card contains details like your name, age, address, signature, fingerprints, iris scan, etc.

Aadhaar Virtual ID is a 16-digit temporary code that can be used for Aadhaar authentications. You can provide the UIDAI virtual ID instead of your Aadhaar number to protect your Aadhaar details from being accessed by someone else. You can provide the Aadhaar virtual ID to get your e-KYC done at both private and government organizations.

You have to generate the virtual ID(VID) to use it against your Aadhaar. The virtual ID can be generated by two modes

mAadhaar is an official mobile application developed by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) with the goal of reaching out to large numbers of smart phone users. The Application features an array of Aadhaar services and a personalized section for the Aadhaar holder.

The key features in mAadhaar are:-