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PAN-Aadhaar linking news: The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) while replying to a Right to Information (RTI) request stated that about 11.5 crore PAN cards were deactivated in total as they weren't linked to Aadhaar cards before the deadline, a report The Hindu stated..
As per the Income Tax rule, it is mandatory to link PAN and Aadhaar..
The deadline for linking Aadhaar and PAN was 30 June 2023...
More than 12 crore PAN cards-of which 11.5 crore have been deactivated-have not been connected to Aadhaar," RTI replied to Madhya Pradesh activist Chandra Shekhar Gaur, as reported by the daily..
The section 139AA of the Income Tax Act provides that every individual who has been allotted a Permanent Account Number (PAN) as of the 1st day of July 2017, and who is eligible to obtain an Aadhaar number, shall intimate Aadhaar number in the prescribed form and manner..
