The deadline to link bank account with Aadhaar number
has been extended from December 31, 2017 to March 31, 2018 by the government. Announcing
the extension of deadline, Ministry of Finance tweeted, "It has been
decided by the Government to notify 31st March, 2018 or six months from the
date of commencement of bank account based relationship by the client,
whichever is later, as the date of submission of Aadhaar number & PAN or
Form 60 by the clients to the reporting entity." The decision effectively
means that for existing bank accounts which are more than six months-old, the
deadline is March 31, 2018. On the other hand, for accounts opened after
October 1, 2017, the deadline will be six months from the date of opening the
account.