PAN 2.0 Update: Your identity as a taxpayer printed in black letters on a sky blue plastic card will soon become a story of the past. Yes, we are talking about the new PAN card. The new avatar of the PAN card. This will not be a plastic card. Nor will you be able to carry it around in your pocket. It will not be possible to feel it by touching it with your fingers. Its writing will not be visible either. But every proof of your identity will be so accurate that everyone from government agencies to businessmen will have to accept it as a legal place of your identity.

PAN or Permanent Account Number is still used as a unique ID for income tax related transactions. But the new avatar of PAN card, which is not visible now, PAN 2.0 is completely virtual. This new version of PAN card, which is completely digital, will prove your true identity as an income tax payer only through a unique QR code. As per the decision taken by the Government of India last week, it can also be used as a valid document under the Aadhar card. Till now PAN card did not have this status.

 You can use PAN 2.0 i.e. the new digital PAN card as a proof of identity for entry into hotels, airports, railway stations etc. You can even use it as your identity for GST registration, Direct Identification Number or company registration. This unique QR code of PAN 2.0 will come to your email.