MUMBAI: Several applicants who wish to enrol for the Pradhan Mantri insurance schemes have been turned away for want of an Aadhaar card. Two Supreme Court orders of March 25, 2014, and March 16, 2015, dictate that the government can not link welfare schemes to Aadhaar card.

May 30 is the deadline for signing up for the two insurance schemes. The Centre-launched schemes offer accident and life cover for a premium of Rs 12 and Rs 330 per annum, respectively.

Jaywant Patil, who works with a PR firm in Borivli, approached the Yogi Nagar branch of Corporation Bank to sign up but could not do so.

“I have a voter’s I-card, PAN card and ration card, but none of these are acceptable,” Patil said.

The scheme helpline 1800-180-1111 also informed that an Aadhaar number was a must.

