Congress chief in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to increase the deadline by six months for linking PAN card with Aadhaar and take away the Rs 1000 charge.
He has talked about the Division of Income notification which requested individuals to hyperlink their Aadhaar card with their PAN on-line in opposition to fee of Rs 1000 until March 31, 2023 or else their PAN will grow to be inoperative.
“I additional request {that a} most variety of Indians do stay in extraordinarily distant corners of the nation the place web amenities are hardly ever obtainable. “And unscrupulous touts have began extorting cash as charges from these harmless residents of rural India,” Chowdhury stated and urged the Centre to direct submit workplaces to help the individuals freed from price.
He stated that the scenario was turning right into a nightmare and would carry excessive distress to most individuals. “On this regard, I earnestly request you to instruct the Ministry of Finance, Division of Income, to empower all Native and Sub Submit Places of work to assist individuals to get their pan card linked with their Aadhaar card freed from price in addition to prolong the deadline until subsequent six months,” the Congress chief stated in his letter to the prime minister.
The final day to hyperlink PAN with Aadhaar is March 31, 2023. Based on the revenue tax division, failure to take action will result in the unlinked PAN turning into inoperative. The Aadhaar-PAN linking was free earlier than March 31, 2022. A charge of Rs 500 was imposed from April 1, 2022 and was later elevated to Rs 1,000 from July 1, 2022.
