Right now PAN card is a very important document used in India. Without it, a lot of your work gets stuck. The PAN card issued by the Income Tax Department of the Government of India is very important for financial transactions. Without this, you will not be able to open a bank account. Nor will you be able to do any work related to income tax returns. And if you do not have a PAN card, then you will also have a lot of difficulty in getting a loan.
That’s why if you have to do all this work. So it is very important for you to have a PAN card. Recently the Government of India has launched the PAN 2.0 project. Under this, those who will now apply for PAN card. Their PAN cards will be made in a new way. What will be the specialty of PAN 2.0? Will the old PAN card be closed after this? Know each and everything.
These things are special in the QR of PAN 2.0
The PAN 2.0 project has been started by the Government of India. Under this project, a new type of PAN card will now be issued. This PAN card will be different from the old PAN card. A QR code will be given in them. This code will be somewhat similar to the QR code given in the Aadhaar card. By scanning this QR code, complete information about the PAN card holder can be obtained. And PAN card can be used digitally.
This will increase the security of the PAN card. That is, you will not even need to carry a PAN card. You can also do something by scanning its tax code from your phone. The government is also preparing a separate system for using the PAN card.
Old PAN card will not be useless
The question is also coming in the minds of many people whether the old PAN cards will be closed after the arrival of PAN 2.0. Will he be of no use? So let me tell you that this is not going to happen at the moment. Until you have PAN 2.0. Till then, your old PAN card will continue to work as before. The government itself will deliver PAN 2.0 to all the people. No one will have to apply separately for this. It will be issued free of cost by the government.