PAN Card Cabinet Decision: PAN Card issued for identification of taxpayers will now be issued with QR Code so that the digital experience of taxpayers can be enhanced. The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved the launch of PAN 2.0 project. The purpose of this decision of the government is to use PAN as the main identifier in all digital systems of government agencies. The government will spend a total of Rs 1435 crore on this project.
The PAN 2.0 project will help in bringing about a big change in the registration services of taxpayers through technology. Taxpayers will get many types of benefits. In which they will be able to access services easily, delivery of services can be expedited, quality will improve, all information will be available at one place, data will be safe, eco-friendly process will help in reducing costs. PAN will be used as a common identifier for the digital systems of government agencies, which also matches the government’s vision of Digital India. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnav said that in the PAN 2.0 project, taxpayers will be issued a new PAN card with QR code free of cost.
The PAN 2.0 project is an e-governance project brought to redesign the business process of registration services of taxpayers through technology-driven transformation of PAN / TAN services for better digital experience of taxpayers. The government said in its statement that it will be an advanced form of the existing PAN / TAN 1.0 framework which will also integrate PAN verification service with core and non-core PAN / TAN activities. So far about 78 crore PANs have been issued in the country, out of which 98 percent PANs have been issued at the individual level.
