More than 17 crore PAN cards will become inoperative if not linked with the Aadhar by end of March.
In a move with large scale disruption potential, the Income Tax Department has said that Permanent Account Number (PAN) will become inoperative if not linked with Aadhaar by March 31, 2020.
It may be recalled that the deadline for linking of PAN and Aadhar has been extended several times and the latest deadline ends on 31 March, 2020.
As per the latest figures, over 30. 75 crore PANs have already been linked to Aadhaar.