What is the Aadhaar card?
The Aadhaar is a unique identity system launched by the government of India to enable them to receive various subsidies like the one on LPG. The aadhaar card contains a unique 12-digit number assigned to each citizen after biometric and retina scans. The card also contains the permanent address of the cardholder and even gives a place for a QR code which can be digitally scanned.
The main purpose behind the introduction of the card was to
- Â Â Â Help each citizen in getting benefits, such as government subsidies.
- Â Â Â To provide an identity proof that is accepted nationally and internationally.
- Â Â Â To stop the number of illegal immigrants entering the country.
Other benefits of the Aadhaar Card:
There are several instances where the 12 digit aadhaar number is helpful. Some of them are explained below.
Income tax filings: Income tax filing has now become very easy after the introduction of the aadhaar card. After linking your aadhaar card, you can verify your income tax return based on mobile verification through the registered aadhaar number.
Passport and travel documentation: the introduction of aadhaar has enabled the passport application to be verified quickly. In order to do this, just attach a copy of your aadhaar with the online application and you will get an interview probably after three days, this will mean that you will get your passport in the coming 15 days.
Getting a bank account: Bank accounts can be opened within a single day because of the aadhaar card. This is because you don’t need multiple documents to verify your address and identity.
Get pension benefits on time: earlier pensioner had to fill out long forms mentioning information that they do not understand, now they just need to register their aadhaar number to ensure effective and timely payouts of pension.
The digital life certificate: this has enabled pensioners to not go to the bank each and every time for collecting their monthly pension money, a digital life certificate can be obtained by registering your aadhaar online.
PF availability: pensioners also have an option to link their aadhaar to their pension accounts making them capable of receiving provident funds, this amount will now be directly transferred to the pension account.
Government subsidies: your unique identification number can help you get subsidies on LPG directly back to your bank account. This is also true in the case of many other instances where the aadhaar has been proven critical for the approval and confirmation of government schemes to citizens.
Ever since the government made the aadhaar mandatory for literally everything you do, we have all been rushing in and out of government offices and grama panchayats to successfully complete the aadhaar form completion and get the aadhaar card. Many people are also making corrections to their existing cards because of the human error made while processing the applications.
After the offline applications have been processed, we can now look into the online aadhaar portal and find out the status of the aadhaar application. Here is how we can check our aadhaar card status online hassle free.
Steps to find out your Aadhaar card status
- Â Â Â The first and foremost thing to do is to head out to the link https://resident.uidai.gov.in/ web/resident/check-aadhaar-status. This website is the primary for people wanting to check the aadhaar card status online.
- Â Â Â After entering this webpage, you will be automatically redirected to a page where you can check your aadhaar status.
- Â Â Â You will need to enter your enrolment ID which will be given at the time of processing or application entry
- Â Â Â Now you will be required to enter the date and time in a format specified by the Aadhaar providers.
- Â Â Â Now, you will have to enter a security code which will enable you access to the depository. If the security code is unable to be seen, you can click the try another option on screen and another code will come in.
- Â Â Â After all this, you can finally click on check status and now you can view the progress of your aadhaar card. This status will be displayed on the screen. The processing time for aadhaar is pretty long and can take up to 6 months if you have corrections.
You can also download a PDF version of the report to ensure that the data is always available with you even at this time.
The impact Aadhaar in the everyday life of an Indian.
Like every other documented by the people, Aadhaar had a great impact on the very day life of Indians.
Now aadhaar card is mandatory for everything, recently Indian phone numbers which were not linked by aadhaar were going to be dead in a few months. Even if this was not very much approved.
Similarly, aadhaar brings so many changes to the life of the people and makes it convenient for people to apply for and find jobs.
Getting a bank account was the toughest thing to take in India. Long ques ensured that you will be staying for a long time and at the end, your account will have activated only after each and every one has approved the signature and go ahead what they were doing.
What is next for Aadhaar card in India?
There have been many talks about the future of aadhaar since the government is democratic, it will the dependent upon the nest ruling party to create an action plan for modification and integration of Aadhaar.
Now aadhaar can be used as highest authoritative address proof. In the future, this may become the only form of card available apart from the Passport.
The government might also try to completely dilute the aadhaar process with simple and easy to attain steps, in the future, we can see it becoming a multi-purpose card, with many things enabled along with it. Anyways, the future looks bright for India’s unique identification system. While there were shortcomings, the general benefits cannot be ignored for a long time.
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