The government has deleted or deactivated over 11 lakh duplicate Permanent Account Numbers (PANs)- cases where multiple PANs had been issued to one person.
"One PAN for one person is the guiding principle for allotment of PAN," MoS Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar told the Parliament.
1,566 PANs had also been identified as fake- assigned to non-existent persons or based on false identities.
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Find out if your PAN is active
Go the I-T website at www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. On the left panel, click on 'Know Your PAN'.
Fill the necessary details on the next page. After that, you will get an OTP. Enter it on the next page.
If your PAN isn't duplicated, it will be shown as 'Active'. You might be asked for further details if there are multiple records.
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