According to the latest report from the Niti Aayog, it has come to be known that the number of downloads of Aadhar card on the UIDAI website has crossed 40 crores. This means that on an average 6 lakh downloads are done per day. In order to apply for Aadhar card, a resident must produce a valid proof of identity and a proof of address document at the Enrolment Centre. The UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) has listed down documents that are considered as valid for identity and address proof for Aadhar card. There arises a common question about the Bank passbook that can be produced as Aadhar card address proof.
But, which Bank Passbook will work as Aadhar Card address proof?
Using Bank Passbook as Aadhar Card address Proof:
Recently it was in the news that Aadhar Card holders have grown to 1 billion and of them the users of eAadhar are over 40 Crores. Let us first understand a few reasons behind this.
The Niti Aayog has cited the following reasons for the growing popularity of Aadhar card downloads:
Many service providers have started accepting Aadhar number as Proof of Identity and Proof of Address.
User-friendliness of UIDAI website, where residents can easily download their Aadhar card.
Among the documents to establish the Address proof of a person, the UIDAI has mentioned that bank passbook/statement can be produced as an Aadhar card address proof at the time of enrolment.
As per the existing provisions, Passbook/Statement of active bank account of Public Sector Banks is accepted as one of the valid documents for Proof of Address for submitting an Aadhar Card application.
Please click here to read more about the Complete list of documents required for Aadhar card application.
Ministry of External Affairs’ Approval for the same:
The Ministry of External Affairs has been receiving references from various levels seeking clarity and requests to list the name of banks whose passbook/statement is acceptable as proof of address.
Also the Ministry has been encountering references for inclusion of photo passbooks issued by the Scheduled Private Indian Banks as well as Regional Rural Banks in addition to Scheduled Public Sector Banks.
After examining this issue carefully, it has been decided that henceforth, photo passbooks of the following categories of banks authorized by the Reserve Bank of India can be accepted as Proof of Address and photo identity:
Scheduled Public Sector Banks
Scheduled Private Sector Indian Banks
Regional Rural Banks
Please find below an indicative list of above three categories of banks.
List of Public sector Banks whose statements / passbooks are accepted as Aadhar Card Address Proof:
1. Allahabad Bank
2. Andhra Bank
3. Bank of Baroda
4. Bank of India
5. Bank of Maharashtra
6. Canara Bank
7. Central Bank of India
8. Corporation Bank
9. Dena Bank
10. Indian Bank
11. Indian Overseas Bank
12. Oriental Bank of Commerce
13. Punjab National Bank
14. Punjab & Sind Bank
15. Syndicate Bank
16. Union Bank of India
17. United Bank of India
18. UCO Bank
19. Vijaya Bank
20. IDBI Bank Ltd
21. State Bank of India
22. State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur
23. State Bank of Patiala
24. State Bank of Hyderabad
25. State Bank of Mysore
26. State Bank of Travancore
List of Regional Banks whose statements / passbooks are accepted as Proof of Address:
1. Allahabad UP Gramin Bank
2. Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank
3. Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank
4. Arunachal Pradesh Rural Bank
5. Gramin Bank of Aryavart
6. Assam Gramin Vikash Bank
7. Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank
8. Baroda Gujarat Gramin Bank
9. Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank
10. Baroda UP Gramin Bank
11. Bihar Gramin Bank
12. Central Madhya Pradesh Gramin Bank
13. Chaitanya Godavari Grameena Bank
14. Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank
15. Deccan Grameena Bank
16. Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank
17. Ellaquai Dehati Bank
18. Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank
19. Jharkhand Gramin Bank
20. Jammu and Kashmir Gramin Bank
21. Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank
22. Kashi Gomti Samyut Gramin Bank
23. Kaveri Grameena Bank
24. Kerala Gramin Bank
25. Langpi Dehangi Rural Bank
26. Madhyanchal Gramin Bank
27. Maharashtra Gramin Bank
28. Malwa Gramin Bank
29. Manipur Rural Bank
30. Marudhara Rajasthan Gramin Bank
31. Meghalaya Rural Bank
32. Mizoram Rural Bank
33. Nagaland Rural Bank
34. Narmada Jhabwa Gramin Bank
35. Pallavan Grama Bank
36. Pandyan Grama Bank
37. Paschim Banga Gramin Bank
38. Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank
39. Prathama Bank
40. Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank
41. Punjab Gramin Bank
42. Purvanchal Bank
43. Saptagiri Grameena Bank
44. Sarva Haryana Gramin Bank
45. Sarva UP Gramin Bank
46. Saurashtra Gramin Bank
47. Sutlej Gramin Bank
48. Tripura Gramin Bank
49. Utkal Grameen Bank
50. Uttar Banga Kshetriya Gramin Bank
51. Uttar Bihar Gramin Bank
52. Uttarakhand Gramin Bank
53. Vananchal Gramin Bank
54. Vidharbha Konkan Gramin Bank
55. Odisha Gramya Bank
56. Madhya Vihar Gramin Bank
List of Scheduled Private Banks whose statements / passbooks are accepted as Proof of Address:
1. Bank of Rajasthan Ltd
2. Bharat Overseas Bank
3. Catholic Syrian Bank Ltd
4. Federal Bank Ltd
5. Dhanlaxmi Bank Ltd
6. Jammu & Kashmir Bank Ltd
7. Karnataka Bank Ltd
8. Karur Vysya Bank Ltd
9. City Union Bank Ltd
10. Lakshmi Vilas Bank Ltd
11. Nainital Bank Ltd
12. Ratnakar Bank Ltd
13. South Indian Bank Ltd
14. Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Ltd
15. ING Vysya Bank Ltd
16. ICICI Bank Limited
17. Axis Bank Ltd
18. Induslnd Bank Ltd
19. Yes Bank Ltd
20. SBI Commercial and International Bank Ltd
21. HDFC Bank Ltd
22. DCB Bank Limited
23. Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd
Thus, residents possessing Bank passbook / statement from any one of the above categories of Banks can produce the same as a valid Aadhar card address proof.
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