Rules for Issuing Pan Card
Proof of date of birth of the applicant in addition to proof of identity is required
The Income Tax Department has made
changes in rules for issuing Permanent Account Number (PAN) Card. It has
vide notification S.O. 3794 (E) dated 23.12.2013, amended Rule 114 of
the Income-tax Rules, 1962 to provide , inter alia, that the application
for allotment of PAN shall be accompanied by proof of date of birth of
the applicant in addition to proof of identity (POI)/proof of address
(POA). The notification has also amended the prescribed list of
documents which can be furnished as POI/POA and Aadhar Card has been
included as one of the POI and POA document.
The number of PAN Card holders in the
country as on 17.2.2014 is 20.24 crores. So far, 9.73 lakhs PAN have
been issued where Aadhar has been captured and seeded in PAN database
for maintain uniqueness.
Identification of bogus/duplicate PAN
Card is an integral part of the data management system. In order to
ensure that bogus PAN cards are not issued, the Income-tax Department
has started capturing Aadhar number, as mentioned in para above, in PAN
application forms in cases where it is available so that the additional
uniqueness is brought in PAN allotment process.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri J.D. Seelam in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha.