The government had earlier set a deadline of December 31 for linking Aadhaar with several financial services and welfare schemes. The apex court will commence the final hearing on the petitions challenging the Aadhaar scheme itself from January 17, 2018.

Attorney General K K Venugopal, representing the Centre, said the government was willing to extend the deadline up to March 31 next year for mandatory linking of Aadhaar to avail the benefit of various services and welfare measures.

On Thursday, a five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra heard arguments in support and against the mandatory linkage of Aadhaar for nearly three hours in a packed courtroom and said it would pronounce its interim order Friday morning.

Problems might arise with claim settlements if the insurance policies are not linked by the given deadline.

As the most popular cryptocurrency touches new highs, the income tax department on Wednesday began its nationwide crackdown on Bitcoin exchanges.

The government amended Prevention of Money-laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules, 2005, which was notified in June 2017, requiring you to link your Aadhaar with your various investments such as bank account, insurance and mutual funds by December 31, 2017.

Bringing a much needed relief to individuals who are yet to link bank accounts with Aadhaar, the government on Wednesday postponed the Aadhaar-bank account linking deadline to March 31, 2018.

Last Saturday, SpiceJet conducted a successful trial flight of a seaplane that landed at the Girgaon Chowpatty in Mumbai, in the presence of Union Minister for Civil Aviation Ashok Gajapthi Raju and the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Shipping and Water Resources Nitin Gadkari.

From January 1, telecom operators will roll out the much-delayed voice-guided system that will help subscribers complete the process of linking Aadhaar to mobile number through a one-time password (OTP).

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This is not the first time the government extended the linking deadline. The date for linking of Aadhaar with PAN was initially extended till 31st August, 2017 which was further extended upto 31st December, 2017.

The government had earlier fixed a December 31, deadline linking the 12-digit Aadhaar number with bank accounts, PAN card and other welfare schemes for the poor.

ICICI Bank is the first lender in the country to introduce a fully digital and paperless procedure for opening a PPF account. The online facility will be available 24x7 and on all days.

The Modi government on Thursday informed the Supreme Court that it was willing to extend the deadline of various 131 services and welfare schemes to March 31 next year

Centre had earlier set December 31 as the last date to link Aadhaar, except the Aadhaar-Mobile SIM linking, which is February 6 next year.

The official website of the Unique Identification Authority of India helpfully lists out some of them, while others came to light when activists took up cudgels on behalf of Aadhaar-harassed citizens. But, either ways, you need to know the hard truth behind them.

The deadline to register your PAN and Aadhaar number with LIC policy is December 31

The current deadline for linking the 10-digit alphanumeric PAN (Permanent Account Number), issued by the Income Tax Department, with Aadhaar is December 31.

According to guidelines being given to insurance companies it is most likely that the policy  will continue, provided one collects KYC documents at the renewal stage.

The current deadline for linking Aadhaar card with bank accounts, PAN, insurance policies, small savings schemes like PPF and NSC, mutual fund investments and social security schemes is December 31, 2017. And the deadline for Aadhaar-Mobile SIM linking is February 6 next year.