The Centre is likely to extend the deadline to link Aadhaar card with PAN card. The current deadline for linking the 10-digit alphanumeric PAN (Permanent Account Number), issued by the Income Tax Department, with Aadhaar is 31 December. The government had in August extended by four months the deadline for linking PAN with Aadhaar till December 31, pending the Supreme Court verdict. LIC cautions policyholders against linking Aadhaar via text messageLast month, the apex court refused to put stay on linking of Aadhaar with bank accounts and mobile phones. The deadline for linking Aadhaar with bank accounts is December 31, while for the mobile number it is February 6.

Source: dna December 04, 2017 06:51 UTC