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Date: 2017-12-19 Category: Extra Ordinary State: Union Government Country: India

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23

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**Executive Summary:** This notification, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), addresses complaints regarding unauthorized overriding of bank accounts on the Aadhaar Payment Bridge (APB) mapper. It directs banks and the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) to implement measures ensuring informed consent from Aadhaar holders before mapping or overriding bank accounts. The directive aims to prevent inconvenience to Aadhaar holders and misuse of Aadhaar data. Banks must retain consent records for 7 years and make them available for audit. **Key Points / Main Content:** * **Context:** Addresses complaints of LPG subsidy not being credited to designated bank accounts and unauthorized bank account mapping by telecom operators (e.g., Airtel) and banks during Aadhaar verification. * **Directive to NPCI:** * NPCI must allow override requests only with the current bank's name on the APB mapper and confirmation of Aadhaar holder consent from the requesting bank. * Disable the override feature on the APB mapper immediately until the above is implemented. * **Directive to Banks:** * Obtain explicit informed consent from customers before mapping a new account or overriding an existing one on the NPCI. * Inform account holders via SMS and email within 24 hours of sending a mapping/change request to NPCI, including details of the current and new bank accounts and providing a method to reverse the mapping if desired. * If a customer lacks email or a mobile number, obtain a physical signature on a consent form before sending the request to NPCI. * **Record Keeping and Compliance:** * Banks must retain records of consents and communications for 7 years. * These records must be made available for audit. * **Enforcement:** * Violation of these directions will result in penalties under Sections 37, 40, 41, 42, and 43 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016, and other applicable laws. **Impact Analysis:** * **Aadhaar Holders:** * *Impact:* Greater control over which bank account is linked to their Aadhaar for subsidy and benefit transfers; reduced risk of unintended or unauthorized changes to their APB mapping. * *Action Required:* Provide explicit informed consent to banks before any changes are made to their APB mapping. * **Banks:** * *Impact:* Required to implement new procedures for obtaining and documenting consent for APB mapping changes; increased compliance burden. * *Action Required:* Modify processes to ensure explicit informed consent is obtained, implement communication protocols for notifying customers of mapping requests, maintain records of consent for 7 years, and comply with audit requirements. * **NPCI:** * *Impact:* Must modify its APB mapper system to accommodate the new consent verification requirements and temporarily disable the override feature. * *Action Required:* Implement changes to the APB mapper system to verify consent, disable the override feature temporarily, and cooperate with banks to ensure compliance. * **UIDAI:** * *Impact:* Responsible for enforcing the new directives and ensuring compliance by banks and NPCI. * *Action Required:* Monitor compliance, conduct audits, and take enforcement actions as necessary.

Key Entities Referenced

Aadhaar Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services Act, 2016: An act by the Government of India to provide for, as a good governance, efficient, transparent, and targeted delivery of subsidies, benefits and services, the expenditure for which is incurred from the Consolidated Fund of India, to individuals residing in India based on their Aadhaar numbers. Unique Identification Authority of India: A statutory authority established by the Government of India under the Aadhaar Act, 2016, responsible for issuing Aadhaar numbers and regulating the Aadhaar ecosystem. Aadhaar Payment Bridge: A system facilitated by NPCI to channelize government subsidies and benefits directly to Aadhaar holders' bank accounts. National Payments Corporation of India: An organization that operates retail payments and settlement systems in India. Lokniti Foundation: An organization that filed a case (W.P. Civil No. 6072016) in the Supreme Court of India related to Aadhaar. Supreme Court of India: The highest judicial body of India. Department of Telecom: A department of the Government of India responsible for telecommunications policy and regulation. PML Rules: Rules related to Prevention of Money Laundering.
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(cid:26)ाZ (cid:1)कए जान ेचािहए। 4.6 यूआईडीएआई िविनयम(cid:25) के अनुसार ब8क(cid:25) Rारा परै ा 4.3 म) (cid:26)ाZ सहमित और परै ा 4.1, 4.3, और 4.4 म ) (cid:1)कए गए प] nय वहार और परै ा 4.5 म ) सहमित (cid:26)प] क$ Qकैन क$ गई (cid:26)ितिलिप का रकाडJ 7 वषp तक अनुरि(cid:30)त रखा जाएगा। 4.7 आधार ((cid:26)माणीकरण) िविनयम, 2016 के (cid:26)ावधान(cid:25) के अनसु ार ब8क और एनपीसीआई ऑिडट के समय उपयुJ[त रकॉड JउपलAध कराएगं े। 5. इन िनदशX (cid:25) का कोई भी उ(cid:3)लंघन आधार अिधिनयम, 2016 क$ धारा 37, 40, 41, 42 और 43, और इसके अधीन बनाए गए िविनयम(cid:25) तथा भारत के अ(cid:22)य लागू कानून(cid:25) का उ(cid:3)लंघन माना जाएगा। डॉ. अजय भूषण पाrडेय, मुk य कायकJ ारी अिधकारी, यूआईडीएआई [िवsापन-III/4/असा./346/17]¹Hkkx IIIµ[k.M 4º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3 UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION AUTHORITY OF INDIA NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 19th December, 2017 No. 13012/79/2017/Legal-UIDAI (No. 6 of 2017).—In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23 (2)(h) of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016, the Unique Identification Authority of India hereby issues the following notification regarding “Process for placing and overriding bank accounts on Aadhaar Payment Bridge–National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) Mapper”:— 1. Whereas various complaints are being received from the Aadhaar holders that their subsidy particularly of LPG gas (PAHAL) has not been credited in their designated bank account. As per the Supreme Court Judgment dated 6th February, 2017 in Lokniti Foundation case (W.P. (Civil) No. 607/2016), the Department of Telecom has issued instructions to Telecom Operators to verify each mobile number with Aadhaar. There have been complaints that, when an Aadhaar holder visits the telecom service provider for verifying his mobile number with Aadhaar, Airtel is opening his payment bank account and putting that bank account on NPCI’s APB mapper overriding the existing bank account mapping without the informed consent of the Aadhaar holder. 2. And Whereas similar problem is being encountered by the Aadhaar holders, when they are verifying their bank accounts with Aadhaar in compliance of PML Rules. Many banks are seeding Aadhaar on NPCI APB mapper overriding existing bank account mapping without informed consents of the residents. As a result, the subsidy from the Government under various schemes are getting credited in the new/ latest bank account on Aadhaar payment Bridge mapper without knowledge and informed consent of the beneficiary. As per the extant instructions, every bank has to obtain express consent of the individual before putting his bank account on the mapper. Non-compliance of these instructions at the ground level is leading to aforesaid complaints and inconvenience to account holders. 3. And Whereas due to the above, people particularly in rural and remote areas are being put to inconvenience as they are clueless about receipt of subsidy and also unable to withdraw the subsidy amount credited in payment bank accounts as payment banks are not having branches or cash out points in sufficient number in these areas. 4. Therefore, the UIDAI, in accordance with Sub sections (2) & (3) of both Sections 8 and 29 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 “Aadhaar Act 2016”, Regulation 6 and 17 of Aadhaar (Authentication) Regulations, 2016, and Regulations 4, 5 and 6 of Aadhaar (Sharing of Information) Regulations, 2016 and to avoid further inconveniences to Aadhaar holders and to ensure that the Aadhaar collected for a purpose is not used for any other purpose without informed consent of the Aadhaar holders, hereby directs banks and NPCI as below:— 4.1. NPCI shall allow override request pertaining to an Aadhaar holder only if it is accompanied by the name of his current bank on the APB mapper and confirmation from the requesting bank that it has obtained the requisite consent of the Aadhaar holder for switching to the requesting bank on the mapper. 4.2. Till above is implemented, NPCI shall disable the override feature on the APB mapper immediately. 4.3. Banks shall send request for mapping of a new account or overriding an existing bank account to NPCI only after taking explicit informed consent of their customers. 4.4. Banks shall inform each account holder through sms and email within 24 hours that a request has been sent to NPCI to put his bank account on the mapper or, as the case may be, to change his bank account on the NPCI mapper (providing the name of current bank on the mapper and the last four digits of the account number of the new bank alongwith the bank name) and in case he does not want to put his new bank account on the mapper, then the customer should be provided a methodology to reverse this mapping.4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART III—SEC. 4] 4.5. If a customer does not have email or mobile number and communication as per para 4.4 cannot be sent, then his physical signature on a paper consent form should be obtained prior to sending the request to NPCI mapper. 4.6. The records of consents obtained in Para 4.3 and the communications made in Para 4.1, 4.3, and 4.4 and scanned copy of the consent form in Para 4.5. shall be retained for 7 years by the banks as per the UIDAI Regulations. 4.7. Banks and NPCI shall make available the aforesaid records at the time of audit as per the provisions of Aadhaar (Authentication) Regulations, 2016. 5. Any violation of these directions shall amount to violation of Sections 37, 40, 41, 42, and 43 of the Aadhaar Act, 2016 and Regulations framed thereunder and other applicable laws of India. Dr. AJAY BHUSHAN PANDEY, Chief Executive Officer, UIDAI [ADVT.-III/4/Exty./346/17] Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

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