The Income Tax Department said taxpayers to link their Aadhaar with their PAN, using an SMS-based facility.

The government is selling Aadhaar like “herbal medicine” — a panacea for all ills, from black money to terrorism to leakage, senior advocate Arvind Datar told the Supreme Court on Thursday.

India is at least a decade ahead of any other country in terms of using biometrics as an identity.

government is planning up to roll out Aadhaar Pay, a digital payment platform for merchants, with 20 banks expected to go live at the launch on April 14.