SBI Urged Customers To Do This For Preventing Banking Transactions Being Blocked

State Bank of India (SBI), India's largest public-sector lender, has urged its customers to link their Permanent Account Number (PAN) with Aadhaar by the deadline of March 31, 2022. Every individual who has been assigned a PAN is obligated to link it with his or her Aadhaar number, according to Section 139AA of the Income-tax Act, 1961. If the PAN is not linked to Aadhaar by March 31, 2022, it will be considered inactive and also the individual will be liable to a penalty of Rs 1000. Not only that but if an individual does not link his or her PAN to Aadhaar, he or she would be unable to perform financial transactions where stating of PAN is required.

As a result, SBI wants customers to link their PAN to their Aadhaar numbers in order to conduct seamless banking services. SBI stated in a Tweet on the 18th of February 2022 that "We advise our customers to link their PAN with Aadhaar to avoid any inconvenience and continue enjoying a seamless banking service." The tweet also said "Linking of PAN with Aadhaar is mandatory. If not linked, PAN will be rendered inoperative/inactive and cannot be quoted for conducting specified transactions." As a result, PAN and Aadhaar holders should link both credentials on or before the deadline, and the steps to do so are outlined below.

Steps to link PAN with Aadhaar online

To link PAN with Aadhaar, SBI customers must first register with the income tax e-filing portal. Individual taxpayers with a valid PAN and Aadhaar number can use the Link Aadhaar service (both registered and unregistered on e-Filing). Valid PAN, Aadhaar number, and valid mobile number are required to use this service. Customers can complete the work in a matter of seconds if they follow the procedures below.

• Visit https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal and click on 'Link Aadhaar' under the 'Quick Links' section.
• On the 'Link Aadhaar' page enter your valid PAN, Aadhaar number and Name as per Aadhaar.
• If your Aadhaar card only has your year of birth, choose 'I have only year of birth on Aadhaar card'. Selecting 'I agree to validate my Aadhaar details' is mandatory.
• Click on 'Link Aadhaar' and you will get a successful message on the screen.
• Because your PAN Name, Date of Birth, and Gender will be authenticated against your Aadhaar Details, you must make sure that the entered 'Aadhaar Number' and 'Name' are as similar as per Aadhaar.

Steps to link PAN with Aadhaar via SMS

Individuals can also link their PAN with Aadhaar through SMS. This service is provided by UTI Infrastructure Technology And Services Limited (UTIITSL), a Government Company under section 2(45) of the Companies Act 2013. For linking PAN with Aadhaar through SMS you need to type UIDPAN and send it to 56161 from any mobile number.

For example, your Aadhaar number is 000000000000 and PAN number is 1234567891, then you need to type UIDPAN 000000000000 1234567891 and send it to the above-said number post which you will get a successful message on your mobile number.

Steps to check PAN-Aadhaar linking status

If you are an individual who has already linked PAN with Aadhaar or has recently applied for the same, you can check the status for the same. You can check the status of PAN-Aadhaar linking on the income tax e-filing portal as well as the UTIITSL portal.

Via e-filing portal

• Visit https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal and click on 'Link Aadhaar Status' under the 'Quick Links' section.
• On the 'Link Aadhaar Status' page enter your PAN and Aadhaar number.
• Click on 'View Link Aadhaar Status' and your PAN-Aadhaar linking status will be displayed on the screen.

Via UTIITSL portal

• Visit https://www.pan.utiitsl.com/panaadhaarlink/forms/pan.html/panaadhaar and enter your PAN number.
• Enter your date of birth as per Aadhaar and enter the CAPTCHA code.
• Click on 'Submit' and you will get the status of your submitted PAN-Aadhaar linking application.