Now, Aadhaar enough to get PAN card

New Delhi, April 20

An EPIC or Aadhaar document will now be enough for any individual to obtain PAN card as the Income Tax Department has relaxed the cumbersome procedure of having multiple documents to prove one's own identity.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has recently issued a notification making the Elector's Photo Identity Card (EPIC) and Aadhaar, issued by the Unique Identification Authority of India, valid proof of "date of birth" for obtaining PAN card.

Till now, both these photo ID cards were only considered as valid proof for substantiating the "identity" and "address" of an individual and not their date of birth.

"The new notification means that henceforth having only an EPIC or Aadhaar will be enough a document for any individual to obtain the PAN card.

"These two documents will be valid as the proof an individual's identity, address and date of birth, thereby reducing the cumbersome procedure of having multiple documents to prove one's own identity. The EPIC and Aadhaar are now unique and all purpose identifiers," a senior I-T department officer said.

As part of the new notification, the government has also made a "photo identity card issued by the central government or state government as the valid proofs for establishing the date of birth of an individual. — PTI