The Ministry of Finance has made Aadhaar and PAN (Permanent Account Number) necessary for PPF, NSC, and varied small financial savings plans, as introduced in a notification dated March 31, 2023. This mandate additionally applies to current buyers.
According to the notification, depositors who’ve already opened their accounts and have not submitted their Aadhaar quantity to the Accounts Office should accomplish that inside six months, efficient from April 1, 2023. The deadline for compliance is September 30, 2023.
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Failure to offer the Aadhaar quantity throughout the stipulated six-month interval will render the account inactive till the depositor furnishes the Aadhaar quantity to the Accounts Office, the ET report stated.
In case your put up workplace investments are frozen it may consequence within the following:
- Non-crediting of curiosity to the investor’s checking account
- Inability to make deposits into PPF or
Sukanya Samriddhi accounts - Non-crediting of the maturity quantity to the investor’s checking account.
Additionally, buyers who did not present their Permanent Account Number (PAN) on the time of account opening should submit it to the Accounts Office inside two months of the earliest of the next occasions:
- When the stability within the account exceeds fifty thousand rupees.
- When the mixture of all credit within the account in any monetary 12 months exceeds one lakh rupees.
- When the mixture of all withdrawals and transfers from the account in a month exceeds ten thousand rupees.