A Right to Information (RTI) query has revealed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has not issued any updates to the eKYC norms for its regulated entities. This is 56 days after the Supreme Court struck down provisions of the Aadhaar Act, therefore disallowing private entities from using Aadhaar eKYC. The RTI was filed by Srikanth L. (The RTI responses embedded at the end of the story.) Last year, the prevention of money laundering rules were amended to make the Aadhaar KYC mandatory. However in the RTI, the RBI said that on July 12, 2018, the RBI amended its master directions on KYC to change in accordance with the Supreme Court's judgement. The RBI regulates banks, wallets, payment system operators in the country. Meanwhile, the RBI has not clarified on the status of Aadhaar eSign nor has it indicated if…
