State Bank of India (SBI) customers will have to do this by the end of the month or else…

SBI tweeted, ‘We advise our customers to link their PAN with Aadhaar to avoid any inconvenience and continue to enjoy uninterrupted banking service.

The lender said that non-linking of PAN with Aadhaar by the time limit will be treated as invalid.

The tweet further states that it is mandatory to link PAN with Aadhaar. If PAN and Aadhaar are not linked, PAN will become inactive and cannot be quoted for carrying out specified transactions.

NS National Stock Exchange (NSE) has also asked its trading members to complete the Aadhaar-PAN linking work by the end of the month. The stock exchange said that PAN not linked with Aadhaar by the deadline will be treated as invalid for the purpose of trading in the stock exchange.

The government has made several extensions in the time limit to facilitate the linking of two identification numbers. And, now the last date to link these documents is 30th September. After the expiry of the time limit, all PAN cards which are not linked with Aadhaar will become inactive.

PAN is mandatory for many financial transactions including opening bank accounts, depositing cash in bank accounts, opening demat accounts, transactions in immovable properties and transactions in securities. Aadhaar is biometric based and cannot be obtained on the basis of any other identity document, linking the two is considered important for the tax administration.

How to link PAN with Aadhar Card:

Go to the e-filing website of the Income Tax Department.

Click on the link Aadhaar section.

Now fill your PAN number, Aadhar number and name.

Click on ‘Link Aadhaar’ option and your PAN Aadhaar linking will be completed.

Income Tax Department will validate your name, date of birth and gender against the Aadhaar details after which linking will be done.