Importance and benefits of Aadhar card’
Aadhar card is an indispensible identity proof for Indians. These days we need to link almost all important things with the Aadhar number. This card is considered as one of the most important identity proofs by the government of India. Keep in mind that this is not like any other identity proof. Let us look at the importance and benefits of this 12 digit aadhar number.
Understanding the importance of Aadhar Card:
The main objective of this card was to give unique identification number to each and every resident of India. This official document is mandatory for a number of government programmes and schemes. With this card the government wants to bring down corruption. As every resident will have their unique identity it will naturally help in reducing corruption.
Benefits of Aadhar card:
- Benefits of aadhaar card for Senior citizens:
It was mandatory for pensioners to be present in front of the pension distributing agency for getting their life certificate. This was a cumbersome thing for the senior citizens especially if their pension disbursing agency was in a different city. But the Ministry of Electronics and IT has come up with Aadhar linked digital life certificate which has all the details about the pensioner. The pension disbursing agency can check this digitally.
The problem of fraudulent beneficiaries is also taken care by Aadhar card. The pensioners now have to register their Aadhar number to get their monthly pension. Similarly the provident fund holders can also submit their claim through Aadhar based online claim submission.
- Benefits of aadhaar card in bank and finance sector:
This card has also made it very easy to streamline the processes in banks. Earlier to open a bank account one had to submit a number of documents. But now you can simply submit the Aadhar card as your address proof as well as your photo id proof. If you have plans of investing in the stock market then too you can submit the Aadhar card as your id proof. Any investments that you are making like mutual funds etc you need to submit the Aadhar card. Linking of PAN card with the Aadhar number is compulsory. This is one of the best ways to curtail the problem of black money. If your PAN number is not linked with the Aadhar number then it will lead to deactivation of the PAN number. It must be noted that your IT return will also be considered as invalid if you do not link your PAN number with your Aadhar number.
The Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has a number of advantages like opening of zero balance savings account for free, insurance, RuPay card etc. For this scheme the addhar card is the only document that is needed to open the bank account.
One can also take the advantage of direct benefit transfer of LPG subsidy. For this you have to link your Aadhar number with the 17 digit LPG consumer number. Once you do this the LPG subsidy amount will get directly transferred to your bank account.
- Benefits of aadhaar card for students:
The aadhar number of children has to be linked with their admission number and with the documents of the government benefits that these students are getting. This move will help in keeping a check on whether these students are dropping out of schools. The main aim is to make sure that these students get elementary education. It will also ensure that they enjoy the various government benefits.
- The benefits of aadhar card for other important documents:
A person having Aadhar card can now get their passport in just ten days. The police verification will be done later on. One thing that needs to be kept in mind is that if you want a passport then you first need to have a aadhar card. The problem of bogus voting and illegal use of voter id card has also been taken care by aadhar card. It is now mandatory to link the aadhar card with your voter id card. Now storing all your personal important documents on the government server is possible with the help of Digital Locker of DigiLocker. The sign up process for this DigiLocker requires the Aadhar card number.
- Benefits of the Aadhar card for day to day activities:
All new mobile connections need the Aadhar card. The existing prepaid and postpaid customers also need to link their mobile numbers with their Aadhar number. This will help in doing away with the problem of fraudulent connections. If a person does not link his mobile number with the aadhar number then his number will get deactivated.There is news that soon one will have to link their driving license with the aadhar number. This will help in keeping a check on the problem of multiple licenses. More details on this are awaited from the government.
Overall you can see that the main objective of the Aadhar card is to make sure that each Indian gets a unique identity. The government is encouraging linking of this number with all important documents and schemes. The main reason for this is to curb illegal activities. Once the process of linking of aadhar number with important things like PAN card, bank account, voter id etc is complete it will surely help in streamlining a number of processes. It will make the life of the citizens easy. It will help in completion of many procedures fast.
But for this we as the citizens of this country need to take active steps. If the government is giving us deadlines to link our aadhar number with important documents and processes then we must do it at the earliest before the deadline. We must not wait for extension neither should we delay the linking. If we do not link our Aadhar numer with the important documents then it can lead to deactivation of the same.
We need to understand that this process is for our benefit. It is one of the best initiatives which will help in bringing down fraudulent activities and will help in the process of making Indian truly Digital India.
