On 42nd GST meet the Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman states that refund is to be disbursed in the validated bank account linked through Aadhaar or PAN card
In the investigation done by the ministry, it is concluded that several people take money for their businesses but gets disappeared thus to keep an eye the officials have sought an idea to give loans to only those people whose bank account is validated with PAN and Aadhar.
This idea of the ministry is invoked to avoid the fraud and keep a note on the loyalty of the companies who claim for funds. From 1 January 2021 onwards, the refunds are to be given particularly to those bank accounts which are validated with PAN and Aadhaar.
For the simplification of the process, GST officials have found the way that the refund application will be signed via Aadhar authentication for those who want to claim for the GST refund