Seeding of Aadhaar, a Himalayan task for NRIs

Hyderabad: Aadhaar seeding with banks and mobile operators has become a major task for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs).

While bankers and the income tax department are insisting on providing the aadhaar details by the end of the year, telecom operators have set the deadline for seeding the Aadhaar with the mobile number by February next year.

An official from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said that as per the rules, NRIs, who migrated from saving bank account to the NRIs saving account, will have no issue as the Aadhaar seeding is not needed for them. 

“Nearly 10 per cent of NRIs have converted their account to the NRI category. NRIs, who want to continue their account with domestic banks, must provide the Aadhaar details,” the official said.

G.K. Krishna Mohan from the US, said that the new rule of aadhaar seeding is troubling new comers. “Those who came to the US and the UK six months ago are now confused with the new rules. They must visit India to change the bank account category by providing visa and address details. A few corporate banks are allowing seeding of aadhaar through the net banking or mobile banking,” Mr Krishna Mohan said.

Mr Syeeduddin from Hyderabad who settled in Riyad said, “The aadhaar seeding affects more than 10 lakh workers in the Gulf from Telangana. Majority of them transfer funds to their own accounts with Indian banks and their family members withdraw the amount in India. It is a big task for them,” Mr Syeeduddin said.