National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), a nodal agency for all retail payment systems under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), has linked 15 crore bank accounts with Aadhaar number.
“NPCI reached a major milestone of successfully linking 15 crore bank accounts with Aadhaar number,” it said in a statement. “Soon all beneficiaries of all types of government subsidiaries/benefit transfers will be brought under the linkage programme.”
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“Currently, focus is on linking the bank accounts of 17 crore direct benefit transfer beneficiaries with Aadhaar numbers, latest by June 30, 2015,” it said.
