(TOI)
Duplication of Aadhaar mapping with the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has been raised by citizens hesitating to link their Aadhaar numbers to their bank accounts. Customers with multiple accounts are confused whether to submit their Aadhaar details to link other accounts as well.
Pune district has only 47% linkage. According to bank officials, some bank accounts are already linked and mapped to get LPG subsidies. However, people are apprehensive of linking multiple bank accounts with their Aadhar number for other benefits as they feel they might lose out on the LPG subsidy by doing so.
A senior bank official told TOI, it is confusion and lack of awareness that is impeding the linkage. “There is a communication gap. If a person with multiple accounts has to avail more than one government subsidy, there is bound to be confusion. This needs to be clarified by the government,”stated a bank official.
