Advisory for Mobile update of GST applicant/Taxpayers in Aadhaar

TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF DIFFICULTY BEING FACED BY FEW TAXPAYERS IN GETTING THEIR NEW MOBILE NUMBER LINKED TO AADHAAR, UIDAI HAS PREPARED AN ADVISORY FOR EXPEDITIOUS UPDATING OF MOBILE NUMBER

F. No. 4(4)/57/145/2012/E&U/Pt.
Government of India
Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDA1)
[Enrolment & Update Division]

2nd Floor, Tower-1, Jeevan Bharti Building

Connaught Circus, New Delhi-110 001

Date: 07/06/2017

To,
Shri Arun Goyal, IAS,
Additional Secretary,
Goods and Services Tax Council,
5^th Level, Tower-II,
Jeevan Bharati Building,
Connaught Place,
New Delhi- 110001

Subject: Mobile update of GST applicant/Taxpayers in Aadhaar.

Dear Sir,

Please refer your D.O. No. F.4/1/2017-AS(GSTC) dated 05^th June, 2017, regarding difficulty in updating mobile number in Aadhaar data by the GST applicant/tax payers who are required to migrate to GST regime. The tax payers may use Aadhaar based e-sign facility to register themselves on the GST platform which requires Aadhaar OTP.

2. In this regard, UIDAI has rolled out online Update Client (UCL) for update of mobile and e-mail in the Aadhaar which, being online, enables faster The client is already rolled out by UIDAI Registrar CSC c-gov (Common Service Center) at more than 15,000 common service centers spread across the country and more such locations are being added by them. The list of State Nodal Officers of CSC e-Gov is attached (Annexure-I) who can be contacted for more information on these centers.

3. M/s has been advised to facilitate mobile update from all its enrolment centers including, centers with UCL facility and to give priority to the GST applicant/tax payers.

4. As requested, a draft advisory is also enclosed (Annexure-II) which may be shared with field officers responsible for GST regulations and trade bodies /association.

5. Please feel free to contact us for any Clarification

Yours faithfully,

(Ashok Kumar)

Assistant Director General (E&U)

Encl: As above

ANNEXURE-II

Aadhaar enrolment and update facility is available through more than 40,000 permanent enrolment centers across the country except Assam and Meghalaya. The list of enrolment centers along with contact details is available at UIDAI website (www.uidai.gov.in) at the link ‘locate enrolment centre’. Out of these 40,000 permanent enrolment centers, over 15,000 centers run by UIDAI registrar CSC e-Gov also have online update clients (UCL) for faster update of mobile, e-mail and demographics. CSC e-Gov, has provided list of its nodal officers (Annexure-I) along with the contact details who can be contacted for more information on these centres.

2. All the Registrars/Enrolment agencies running enrolment centers have been advised to accord priority to the GST applicant/tax payers who are required to migrate to GST platform for updating their mobile numbers in their Aadhaars. These centers have been advised to use online client (UCL) wherever available for updating mobile numbers. In case UCL is not available, mobile update may be got done using offline client (ECMP) and packet be uploaded immediately preferably on the same day.

3. The taxpayers may also be advised that mobile update in Aadhaar will require their physical presence as mobile update requires biometric authentication of the Aadhaar holder. The registrars/enrolment agencies have been authorised to collect a fee of Rs. 25/- per update request.