''No Outages In Aadhaar Linking Facility With PAN Card, EPFO'': Government

Aadhaar-PAN/EPFO Linking: The comment from the government agency came amid few media reports of UIDAI system outages in linking Aadhaar with the PAN card and EPFO.

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) clarified on Saturday, August 28, that there have been no outages in its Aadhaar linking facility with Permanent Account Number (PAN) and Employees Provident Fund (EPF), which are authentication-based facilities, and asserted that all its services are stable.  The comment from the government agency came amid few media reports of UIDAI system outages in linking Aadhaar with the PAN card and EPFO. The media reports stated that Aadhaar users are struggling due to the glitches as the PAN, EPF linking deadline nears. To this, the UIDAI clarified that the reports are ''inaccurate'' and the services are working fine. (Also Read: Deadline To Link Aadhaar Card-PAN Card Extended ) In a statement, the UIDAI - mandated to issue the 12 digit Aadhaar number to residents of the country, explained that as it was undergoing an ''essential security upgrade'' in its systems in a phased manner over the last week. Some intermittent service interruptions were reported only in the enrollment and mobile update service facility at a few enrolment or update centers - which is also working fine now, after upgradation, added the Aadhaar-issuing body. Even though the system has stabilised now, but the government body is monitoring the same to ensure that no inconvenience is caused to users.