As per the announcement made in the Union Budget, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman launched the facility for instant allotment of PAN (on near to real-time basis). This facility is now available for those PAN applicants who possess a valid Aadhaar number and have a mobile number registered with Aadhaar. The allotment process is paperless and an electronic PAN (e-PAN) is issued to the applicants free of cost. How to apply for instant PAN online - Check step-by-step guide:

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- The instant PAN applicant is required to access the e-filing website of the Income Tax Department (www.incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in)to provide her/his valid Aadhaar number

-  Then submit the OTP received on her/his Aadhaar registered mobile number

- On successful completion of this process, a 15-digit acknowledgement number is generated.

- If required, the applicant can check the status of the request anytime by providing her/his valid Aadhaar number

- On successful allotment, can download the e-PAN

- The e-PAN is also sent to the applicant on her/his email id, if it is registered with Aadhaar.

Meanwhile, on June 5, NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Ltd (NSDL e-Gov) had said that it has terminated its agreement with Alankit Ltd as a Tax Information Network facilitator (TIN FC) or Permanent Account Number (PAN) Centre on account of non- remittance of PAN applications fees and TDS filing fees collected from applicants and filers.

"Alankit Ltd is no longer a facilitation centre service provider for NSDL e-Gov and cannot provide services on its behalf for accepting and processing PAN applications, e-TDS/e-TCS Statements etc," an NSDL statement said. Anyone desiring to apply for a PAN card or for making 'change requests' in a PAN Card can visit any of NSDL e-Gov's 17,209 centres across the country or use its online services available on www.tin-nsdl.com.

Also, e-TDS or e-TCS Statements filers can submit their returns or statements through any of the 4,142 centres across the country. A complete list of all NSDL e-Gov's TIN facilitation centres or PAN Centres is available on its website.