Lok Sabha Question No. 1790 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-10
Subject: PAN through AADHAAR’s e-KYC Facility
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, BHARATENDRA SINGH, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1790 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 10 TH   MARCH, 2017 19, PHALGUNA, 1938 (SAKA)

## PAN THROUGH AADHAAR'S E-KYC FACILITY

## 1790.   DR.J. JAYAVARDHAN: SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: KUNWAR BHARATENDRA: SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) is working on issuing Permanent Account Number (PAN) on a real time basis using Aadhaar's e-KYC facility and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)    whether CBDT has tied up with Ministry of Corporate Affairs to issue PAN to new companies through a combined form within 4 hours and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)    whether CBDT is developing application for paying taxes online and also performing a host of other services such as applying for PAN and tracking returns and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)    the other steps taken by the Government to provide more facility and services online to facilitate senior and young taxpayers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) Income  Tax  Department  is  considering  issuing  of  Permanent  Account  Number (PAN) on a real time basis using Aadhaar's e-KYC facility.  The proposal is at an initial stage of consideration.

(b) PAN allotment system of Income Tax Department is integrated with Ministry of Corporate  Affairs(MCA)portal  for  allotment  of  PAN  at  the  time  of  incorporation  of  a company.  On-line Common application form SPICe (INC-32) is available at MCA portal for company incorporation and allotment of PAN. A Turn-Around-Time (TAT) of 4 hrs. is prescribed for allotment of PAN after receipt of PAN application from MCA portal to PAN service  provider  NSDL  eGov  portal.    The  aforementioned  facility  has  been  recently implemented and notwithstanding the initial hiccups, PANs are allotted within prescribed turn around time (TAT).

(c)&(d)    A mobile application for paying taxes online has been developed. The mobile application has the functionality to pay taxes and track refunds.

On-line  PAN  application  facility  using  Digital  Signature  Certificate  (DSC)  or Aadhaar  based  eSignature  is  available  through  respective  websites  of  PAN  service providers,  M/s  NSDL  e-Governance  Infrastructure  Limited  (NSDL  eGov)  'www.tinnsdl.com'  and  M/s  UTI  Infrastructure  Technology  and  Services  Limited  (UTIITSL) 'www.utiitsl.com'.  In this facility scanned copies of Proof of Identity, Proof of Address, Proof of Date of Birth(DOB), Photo and Signatures are uploaded by PAN applicant while making PAN application.  The facility using DSC is available to PAN applicants on the normal PAN application fee of Rs.  93/-  plus  applicable taxes.  For using  Aadhaar  based eSignature for digitally signing on-line PAN application form, PAN applicant has to pay an additional fee of Rs. 5/- plus taxes levied by the eSignature Service Provider(ESP).

Also, on-line paperless PAN application facility using Aadhaar based eKYC & eSignature is available through the websites of PAN service providers M/s NSDL eGov and M/s UTIITSL.  In this facility Aadhaar data is used for allotment of PAN and there is no need to upload scanned copies of any document.  Systems of PAN service providers are integrated with UIDAI for getting eKYC data of Aadhaar.

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