NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure Limited
PAN Services
Circular No.: NSDL/TIN/2017/001
January 10, 2017
Subject: New design of PAN card
All TIN-FCs & PAN Centres are hereby informed that the Income Tax Department (ITD) has prescribed certain changes in the existing design of the PAN Card. Accordingly, with effect from January 1, 2017, PAN cards are being printed as per the new design specifications approved by ITD.
Specimen of the PAN card as per new design is as under:
New features:
(i) Quick Response (QR) code having details of the PAN applicant is printed on PAN card for enabling verification of the PAN Card;
(ii) Legends have been incorporated for particulars Name, fathers, and date of birth fields.
(iii) Position of PAN & signature has been changed.
All TIN-FCs and PAN Centres are advised to take note of the above and advise applicants in the events of queries received from the applicants.
For and on behalf of
NSDL e-Governance Infrastructure limited
Mantu Prasad
Senior Manager
Date: 2017.01.10 16:02:46. IST
This initiate should be taken earlier by the Income Tax Department. This is good step by Income tax. I appreciate.
regards
Jitender Kumar Mehlawat
9899059611
Excellent improvement on old PAN card.
We would love to change ours to new ones.
Could you please let us know how we can change our old Pan Cards to new ones?
Dear sir,
Can we assume, with the new stratigy of the Govt, will they ask all people to surrenderthe old pancards and get the new one, to have the similarity. sekarbalakrishnan “[email protected]”