What is Aadhaar Seeding? | Where Aadhaar Seeding is Required | Benefits of Aadhaar Seeding

Aadhaar Seeding is the process of linking the Aadhaar in various service delivery beneficiary databases of service providers such as linking of Aadhaar to the Bank Account, Mobile Number, Gas Agency, Insurance Company, Pension ID for Pensioners and to Job Card Number of NREGS Wage Seekers, etc.

Where Aadhaar Seeding is Required?

Aadhaar Seeding should be done in following cases:

• Mutual Funds
• Banks
• Demat Accounts
• Income Tax Department
• National Pension Scheme (NPS)
• Employees Provident Fund (EPF)
• Life Insurance
• IRCTC
• Gas Agencies: Indane, HP, Bharat
• Ration Card
• Mobile Numbers

Benefits of Aadhaar Seeding

• It helps to clean out duplications and fakes
• Provides accurate data for direct benefit plans
• Helps in identifying persons
• Removal of fake beneficiaries for government benefits
• Helps reduction in time in receiving EPF funds
• Great reduction in fraud cases