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Pan cards detected and deleted

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kamal kishor sen

STUDENT Rajasthan

2156 Points Joined November 2009

11,69,238 Multiple Pan Cards Detected and Deleted


Press Information Bureau Government of India Ministry of Finance

6 AUGUST, 2011

No. of PAN CARD Holders:

As on 31.3.2009	8,09,21,993
As on 31.3.2010	9,59,26,877
As on 31.3.2011	12,10,45,706
No. of Returns filed during the financial year
FY 2008-09	3,38,69,567
FY 2009-10	3,27,36,625
FY 2010-11	3,47,75,956

The Department has identified the multiple PANs belonging to the same person through an automated Computer System of the Department. Till date 11,69,238 multiple PANs have been detected and deleted.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri S.S.Palanimanickam in written reply to an Unstarred Question in Lok Sabha today.