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26 Oct, 7 tweets, 5 min read
India’s Unique ID (#Aadhaar) and Tax ID (Permanent Account Number or PAN) are being merged by the
Ministry of Finance. Should this be a concern?
In 2017, the Minister of State for Finance, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, in his reply to a question in the Lok Sabha, indicated that there were only 1,544 fake PAN numbers http://164.100.24.220/loksabhaquestions/annex/12/AU980.pdf
Former Supreme Court Justice, P B Sawant highlighted that there are at least 580 million (58 crore) suspect #Aadhaar cards. Read more: indianexpress.com/article/opinio…
Why do the Ministry of Finance and Income Tax Department want to link PAN to Aadhaar, which increases the chance of fake PANs according to research by @AnupamSaraph and @sanjana_krishn? Join the conversation today at 6 pm.
With exposures such as those by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), is the #Aadhaar-PAN combination turning India into the new tax haven? offshoreleaks.icij.org/search?utf8=%E… | @AnupamSaraph @sanjana_krishn
ICIJ had traced 406 suspicious transaction to and from India icij.org/investigations… | @AnupamSaraph @sanjana_krishn
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