e-KYC service of UIDAI - Investors to authorise the transaction through OTP send by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to the mobile number linked with Aadhar. However only investments upto Rs 50,000 can be done through e-KYC
Government of India authorised the Central Registry of Securitisation and Asset Reconstruction and Security Interest of India (CERSAI) to act as and to perform the functions of the Central KYC Record Registry under the PML Rules 2005, including receiving, storing, safeguarding and retrieving the KYC records in digital form of all the clients in the financial sector
Every reporting entity shall within three days after the commencement of an account-based relationship with a client, file the electronic copy of the client's KYC records with the Central KYC Registry.
In-Person Verification (IPV) by a SEBI-registered intermediary is compulsory for all investors. IPV done by only one SEBI-registered intermediary (broker, depository, mutual fund distributor etc.).
This IPV will be valid for transactions with other SEBI-registered intermediaries too. Distributors who have a valid NISM-Series-V-A: Mutual Fund Distributors certificate and a valid ARN can carry out the In-person verification if they have completed the KYD process.