Government relaxes address related Aadhaar norms

You can now give a more functional address, say a place of work, while furnishing Aadhaar as proof of identity for know-your-customer (KYC) purposes with banks and other service providers. This can be done even if the address opted for does not match with the one specified in your Aadhaar card/records.

The Finance Ministry has now amended the PMLA rules, allowing this flexibility for people who use Aadhaar for KYC and want to give their current address, which is different from the address mentioned in Aadhaar records.

This will be allowed if the individual concerned provides a self-declaration for the current address, according to the latest amendment to the Prevention of Money Laundering (Maintenance of Records) Rules 2005.