The deadline to link the PAN or Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar Card ends today i.e, June 30. Till date, the PAN-Aadhaar linking date has been extended four times.

The deadline to link the PAN or Permanent Account Number with Aadhaar Card ends today i.e, June 30. The government hasn’t announced any further extension in the deadline. On March 27, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the deadline for linking of Pan with Aadhaar until today. Till date, the PAN-Aadhaar linking date has been extended four times.

The first deadline for linking Aadhaar was fixed July 31, 2017, which got extended till August 31. The deadline was further extended to December 31 and then March 31. The Central government has now made quoting of Aadhaar mandatory for filing income tax returns as well as obtaining a new PAN. In 2017, the Modi government under Section 139 AA (2) of the Income Tax Act made it mandatory for every person having PAN as on July 1, 2017, and eligible to obtain Aadhaar, must intimate his Aadhaar number to the tax authorities.

How to Link Aadhaar with PAN online:

  1. Click on the income tax department’s official website- www. incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in.
  2. On the left side of the homepage, click on the “Link Aadhaar”.
  3. Fill the required details i.e., PAN, Aadhaar Number, Name as per Aadhaar.
  4. Click on Submit.
  5. UIDAI will verify and validate the details and the linking will be confirmed.

How to Link Aadhaar with PAN via SMS:

One can link Aadhaar and Pan by sending an SMS to either to 56161 or 567678. To link the two IDs, send an SMS in the format- UIDPAN.

Possible consequences after the PAN-Aadhaar June 30 deadline:

  1. If the Aadhaar and PAN are not linked, then the PAN might become invalid and you may not be able to login to the IT department website.
  2. If the deadline is not extended, then all those whose Aadhaar and PAN are not linked will not be able to file their income tax returns.
  3. In case you are able to file returns after June 30 deadline, but there are chances that it may not be processed.

In earlier March, the government told the Parliament that over 16.65 crore Pan cards and 87.79 crore bank accounts had been linked to Aadhaar.

Courtesy: www.financialexpress.com



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Beirut, Nov 28: The Israeli military on Thursday said its warplanes fired on southern Lebanon after detecting Hezbollah activity at a rocket storage facility, the first Israeli airstrike a day after a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah took hold.

There was no immediate word on casualties from Israel's aerial attack, which came hours after the Israeli military said it fired on people trying to return to certain areas in southern Lebanon. Israel said they were violating the ceasefire agreement, without providing details. Lebanon's state-run National News Agency said two people were wounded.

The back-to-back incidents stirred unease about the agreement, brokered by the United States and France, which includes an initial two-month ceasefire in which Hezbollah members are to withdraw north of the Litani River and Israeli forces are to return to their side of the border. The buffer zone would be patrolled by Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers.

On Thursday, the second day of a ceasefire after more than a year of bloody conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, Lebanon's state news agency reported that Israeli fire targeted civilians in Markaba, close to the border, without providing further details. Israel said it fired artillery in three other locations near the border. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

An Associated Press reporter in northern Israel near the border heard Israeli drones buzzing overhead and the sound of artillery strikes from the Lebanese side.

The Israeli military said in a statement that “several suspects were identified arriving with vehicles to a number of areas in southern Lebanon, breaching the conditions of the ceasefire.” It said troops “opened fire toward them” and would “actively enforce violations of the ceasefire agreement.”

Israeli officials have said forces will be withdrawn gradually as it ensures that the agreement is being enforced. Israel has warned people not to return to areas where troops are deployed, and says it reserves the right to strike Hezbollah if it violates the terms of the truce.

A Lebanese military official said Lebanese troops would gradually deploy in the south as Israeli troops withdraw. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief media.

The ceasefire agreement announced late Tuesday ended 14 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah that began a day after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 attack out of Gaza, when the Lebanese Hezbollah group began firing rockets, drones and missiles in solidarity.

Israel retaliated with airstrikes, and the conflict steadily intensified for nearly a year before boiling over into all-out war in mid-September. The war in Gaza is still raging with no end in sight.

More than 3,760 people were killed by Israeli fire in Lebanon during the conflict, many of them civilians, according to Lebanese health officials. The fighting killed more than 70 people in Israel — over half of them civilians — as well as dozens of Israeli soldiers fighting in southern Lebanon.

Some 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon, and thousands began streaming back to their homes on Wednesday despite warnings from the Lebanese military and the Israeli army to stay out of certain areas. Some 50,000 people were displaced on the Israeli side, but few have returned and the communities near the northern border are still largely deserted.

In Menara, an Israeli community on the border with views into Lebanon, around three quarters of homes are damaged, some with collapsed roofs and burnt-out interiors. A few residents could be seen gathering their belongings on Thursday before leaving again.