New Delhi, Jul 1 (PTI) The Income Tax Department has introduced a one-page form for taxpayers to manually apply for linking their Aadhaar with Permanent Account Number (PAN), apart from the available online and SMS facilities. An individual will have to mention both PAN and Aadhaar numbers, the spelling of the names mentioned on them and give a signed declaration that the Aadhaar number provided in the application form has "not been provided" by them for the purpose of linking it with "any other PAN". "The form is just another procedure, via the paper medium, to link the Aadhaar with the PAN database, as required from July 1. The department, as per latest data, has linked over 2.62 crore Aadhaar numbers with its PAN database. There are over 25 crore PAN numbers allotted, while Aadhaar has been alloted to about 115 crore people.

Source: India Today July 01, 2017 09:30 UTC