Why Zerodha collects PAN and Aadhaar through DigiLocker

Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

DigiLocker is a Government of India platform run by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the Digital India Programme that issues and verifies official documents digitally and shares them with a requester only after the document holder gives consent. When you open an account at Zerodha , the broker uses DigiLocker as the route to pull a digitally signed Aadhaar straight from UIDAI , and it separately fetches permanent account number (PAN) details straight from the Income Tax Department. This article explains what DigiLocker is, why a stock broker relies on it for paperless eKYC , what data actually changes hands, the consent and privacy model behind it, and how the DigiLocker pull differs from a plain Aadhaar OTP eKYC.

How to open a PPFAS SelfInvest direct-plan account

Sun, 17 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

SelfInvest is PPFAS’s own investor portal at selfinvest.ppfas.com, and it is the only route for direct-plan transactions through the AMC itself. Every aggregator (Groww, Kuvera, ET Money, INDmoney, Angel One, Paytm Money) sells the same direct-plan units, but those routes hold the folio at CAMS and route everything through their dashboard. SelfInvest holds the same folio at CAMS but gives you the AMC-side dashboard, the CashFlex T+0 Liquid Fund redemption, and the cleanest single-AMC view. Registration is a one-time setup; once done, every subsequent transaction (lump-sum, SIP , STP , SWP , redemption) flows through the same account.

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Why Zerodha collects PAN and Aadhaar through DigiLocker

How to open a PPFAS SelfInvest direct-plan account