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Aadhaar Linking Deadlines For These 6 Services Are Fast Approaching

According to the government’s mandate, you have to link your Aadhaar number with various key documents and services to continue using them. The deadlines for doing so are fast approaching, therefore, if you haven’t done it yet, it’s time to get a move on. Read on to find out how to go about the linking process.
PAN
You should visit the Income Tax website, enter your PAN and Aadhaar details, and complete the authentication process
Bank account
You can link your bank account with your Aadhaar at a bank branch, or using Internet or mobile banking facilities. To do it through Internet banking, log in to your online banking account and click on the ‘Update Aadhaar’ link. Enter your Aadhaar details and submit it. Use the OTP sent to your registered number to complete the process.
Mutual fund folio
CAMS and Karvy Computershare offer an online facility for linking your Aadhaar to your mutual fund account. Go to the CAMS or Karvy website and click on the ‘Link Your Aadhaar’ tab. Follow the steps to fill in the form and submit it, then enter the OTP generated and sent to your registered mobile number to complete the linking process.
Deadlines to watch out for
Service
Deadline for Linking
What will happen if you fail to link?
Banking
31st December 2017
Your Bank accounts will be blocked.
PAN
31st December 2017
Your Income Tax returns will not be processed.
Mutual Funds folio
31st December 2017
Your account will cease to be operational.
Insurance
31st December 2017
Your Insurance policies will become inaccessible.
Post Office schemes
31st December 2017
Your accounts will be blocked.
Mobile Number
6th February 2018
Your Phone number will be deactivated.
Insurance policies
You can link Aadhaar to your insurance policies by logging on to the website or visiting the customer service department of your insurance provider. In most cases, you are only required to provide your policy number and date of birth for the verification. Once verified, you will be asked to update your Aadhaar number. At present, only LIC, SBI Life Insurance, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance and Max Life Insurance offer online Aadhaar linking services.
Post office schemes
Aadhaar linking is mandatory for opening or holding a Post Office account or investing in small savings schemes like NSC and PPF. To do this, log on to the India Post website, download the Aadhaar linkage form, fill it up and submit it to the post office where you hold an account.
Mobile number
Visit a store or service centre of your mobile service provider or call their customer service to request Aadhaar linking

Do You Know Where Your Aadhaar Number Has Been Used? This Is How You Can Find Out

Now that Aadhaar is used for authentication for various services, you might be a bit worried about its misuse. But do you know you can track when and where your Aadhaar number was used for authentication? Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has provided a provision of checking details about when and where was a person’s Aadhaar was used on their website.
Here in this articles we will let you know the steps to check the when and where your Aadhaar was used for authentication:
1. Go to Aadhaar authentication history page
2. Enter your Aadhaar number and the security code in the picture.
3. Click on ‘Generate OTP’.
4. You will receive an OTP on your mobile phone. Be sure you had verified your mobile number with the UIDAI website.
5. You will see options to choose the period of information you need to gain and the number of transactions. Write your OTP and hit on ‘Submit’ button.
6. You will see date, time and type of all Aadhaar authentication requests made in the period you had chosen. However, you cannot see who made the requests on the page.
If you are doubtful that some suspicious activity has been done, then you can even lock your Aadhaar information online and unlock it whenever you wish to use it again. And while you are figuring that out, don’t forget ..
PAN
You should visit the Income Tax website, enter your PAN along with Aadhaar details, and that is how you can complete the process  of authentication. The last date for this has been extended to March 31.
Bank account 
You can link your bank account with your Aadhaar number at a bank branch, or with the help of Internet or by using mobile banking facilities. To do it through Internet banking online, log in to your online banking account and click on the ‘Update Aadhaar’ link. After this you are required to enter your Aadhaar details and submit it. Use the OTP sent to your registered number to complete the process. Deadline for this is March 31, 2018.
Mutual fund folio 
CAMS and Karvy Computershare offer an online facility for people to link their Aadhaar to your mutual fund account. Go to the CAMS or Karvy website and click on the ‘Link Your Aadhaar’ tab. Follow the steps to fill in the form and then hit submit, then you need to provide the OTP generated and sent to your registered mobile number to complete the linking process. Last date to do this is March 31, 2018.

Check Your EPF Account Balance In 6 Easy Steps

Do you know the total accumulated balance in your employee’s provident fund (EPF)? In case you are keen to know the balance and are unable to do so, it is an easy process if you have been allotted an Universal Account Number (UAN) by the EPFO.
 In case you do not have your 12-digit UAN, you can get it activated through your employer to know the summary of PF deducted through EPFO portal. All employees need to have only one UAN throughout their working life irrespective of the number of companies they change. It is a universal account number (UAN) which facilitates in linking of multiple EPF accounts of a member.
To see your EPFO account and view your provident fund passbook online, you need to follow these simple steps:
Step 1
Employees need to login the member portal by visiting the EPFO website (unifiedportalmem.epfindia.gov.in/memberinterface/). You need to enter your 12 digit Activated UAN number and the password to view your account details. If you have not activated your UAN, you can also activate it by clicking on the tab below. Once you have entered the right credentials, it takes four days to activate your UAN.
Step 2
Once you have entered into the portal, you can find all kind of online services that are available on the EPFO website. From there you can track your queries related to claim status, transferring request, which is required in case your current employer has created another UAN number to track your PF account.
Step 3
You can see various tabs present on the dark green ribbon above. Clicking on the ‘view’ tab will take you to visit your profile, service history, UAN card and your passbook address. This passbook address is a separate website link where you can view your PF account.
Step 4
To view your PF passbook, you need to visit epfindia.gov.in website. This is a different website where you can view various other details related to EPFO. You need to go to the ‘our service’ tab and under our service tab, you need to click on the ‘for employees’ link. To view the EPF contributions done by your employer every month you need to then click on the ‘member passbook’ link.
Step 5
After clicking on the member passbook link, you will be redirected to a separate tab, where you need to re-enter your activated UAN and the same EPFO passwords which you used it for the EPFO member login portal.
Step 6
Once you have entered your credentials, you can visit your EPF passbook and view your PF contribution made by the company.
The government has come up with various other benefits where they are giving special benefits to employees who had to leave their current job due to some physical incapacitation. If you want visit the office, you may even locate the nearest EPFO office through this EPFO website, you can also view the eligibility for making online claims and obtain lots more service facilities through this online portal.
One should also know that the accumulated amount is payable on retirement, resignation or death. You can also make partial withdrawals for financing life insurance policies, acquiring a house, wedding of self or dependents, child’s education planning or any treatment of illness etc.