Nearly 40% of all PAN cards linked with Aadhaar
Over 13.28 crore or about 39.5% Permanent Account Numbers (PANs) have been linked with the Aadhaar till now, according to the government data. The government has made it mandatory to link Aadhaar numbers with PAN in an attempt to curb tax evasion. Notably, there are about 33 crore PANs while Aadhaar number has been issued to nearly 115 crore people.