Aadhaar-PAN Linking deadline: The customers of the State Bank of India must pay attention to this piece of information. They will not be able to avail certain banking services if their Aadhaar is not linked with their PAN by June 30, 2021. If the Aadhaar is not linked with PAN within the above-mentioned date, then PAN will be rendered inactive and cannot be quoted by the SBI customers for conducting specified transactions.

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The largest public sector lender in the country has been reminding its customers time and again to link PAN with Aadhaar in order to experience a seamless banking service. SBI has also recently tweeted from its official Twitter handle reminding its customers of the same. The tweet said, "We advise our customers to link their PAN with Aadhaar to avoid any inconvenience and continue enjoying a seamless banking service."

 

If the Aadhaar of an SBI customer is not linked with PAN till June 30, 2021, the PAN will be rendered inactive. This means that the SBI customers will not be able to quote PAN numbers for conducting specified transactions. Hence, the SBI customers must link their 12-digit Aadhaar number with PAN in order to avoid any inconvenience.

For linking the Aadhaar number with PAN, an SBI account holder must ensure that the Aadhaar is linked with the bank account. In order to check whether the bank account is linked with the Aadhaar or not, an SBI customer has to follow some simple steps. They are as follows:

Step 1: One has to go to the official website of UIDAI at uidai.gov.in

Step 2: Now, click on 'Check Aadhaar/Bank Account Linking Status'’ in the 'My Aadhaar' tab.

Step 3: After that enter the 12-digit Aadhaar number

Step 4: Then one has to enter the security code and click on 'Send OTP'

Step 5: After this, one will get an OTP on the registered number through which one can log in

After logging in one can ensure whether the bank account is linked with the Aadhaar number or not.

For linking Aadhaar with PAN, SBI customers will have to visit the new official website of Income Tax India at incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. Now, an SBI customer will have to follow these simple steps in order to link the Aadhaar with PAN:

Step 1: One has to register on the new website, and one must remember that the PAN will be user ID.

Step 2: Now, login by entering the User ID, password and date of birth

Step 3: A pop-up window will appear. If the window does not appear, go to ‘Profile Settings’ on the Menu bar and click on ‘Link Aadhaar’

Step 4: Details such as name date of birth and gender will already be mentioned as per the PAN details

Step 5: Verify the PAN details on the screen with the ones mentioned on the Aadhaar.

Step 6: If the details match, enter the Aadhaar number and click on the “link now” button

Step 7: A message will pop up informing that your Aadhaar has been successfully linked to PAN