PAN card is a very important document used in India. Without this many of your works get stuck. 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 return. And if you do not have a PAN card then you will face a lot of difficulty in taking a loan. So if you have to do all this work. Therefore it is very important to have PAN card. Recently the Government of India has launched PAN 2.0 project. Under this, now whoever will apply for PAN card. Their PAN card will be made in a new way. What will be the special feature of PAN 2.0? Will the old PAN card be closed after this? Let us tell you.
These things are special in PAN 2.0 QR
PAN 2.0 project has been launched by the Government of India. Under this project, new style PAN cards will now be issued. This PAN card will be different from the old PAN card. A QR code will be given in these. This code will be similar to the QR code given in the Aadhar card. Complete information about the PAN card holder can be obtained by scanning this QR code. And PAN card can be used digitally. This will increase the security of PAN card. That means you will not need to carry PAN card. You can also do something by scanning its tax code from your phone. The government is also preparing a separate system for the use of PAN card.
Old PAN card will not be used
Many people are wondering whether the old PAN cards will be discontinued after the introduction of PAN 2.0. Will it be of no use? So let me tell you that this is not going to happen at the moment. Until you reach PAN 2.0. Till then your old PAN card will continue to work exactly as before. Let us tell you that the government itself will provide 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.