The government has collected
over Rs 600 crore as penalty for delay in linking PAN with Aadhaar, and about
11.48 crore Permanent Account Numbers are still not linked with biometric
identity, Parliament was informed on Monday.
“Number of PANs not linked with Aadhaar, excluding exempted categories, is
11.48 crore as on January 29, 2024,” Minister of State for Finance Pankaj
Chaudhary said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
To a question regarding the details of government earning through late penalty
of Rs 1,000 from the persons who have not linked their PAN and Aadhaar after
the last date of June 30, 2023, Chaudhary said “the total collection of fee
from persons who have not linked their PAN with Aadhaar is Rs 601.97 crore from
July 1, 2023 to January 31,2024”.