11 lakh PAN cards deactivated

In a bid to put a check on the huge number of fake PAN cards across the country, Government of India deactivated as many as 11.44 lakh PAN cards by July this year. According to government rules, it is illegal for a person to keep more than one PAN number under his/ her name and the last date to link your PAN with Aadhaar is August 31. As per a report by The Indian Express, the government has also noticed that several bogus PAN cards are allotted to non-existing people or individuals who have provided false information about themselves for PAN.