Over 39% PANs linked with Aadhaar

Over 1,328 million Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) have been linked with the Aadhaar till now, official sources on Monday said.

With this, 39.5 per cent of PANs are now linked with Aadhaar numbers.

There are about 330 million PAN cards, while Aadhaar has been issued to about 1,150 million people.

The government had made the PAN-Aadhaar linking mandatory for filing ITR (Income Tax Return) and obtaining a new Permanent Account Number (PAN) from July 1.

The Supreme Court had in June upheld the validity of an Income Tax Act provision making Aadhaar mandatory for allotment of PAN cards and ITR filing, but had put