Now you can get a PAN allotted to you by the income tax department instantly if you have an Aadhaar-linked mobile number. The instant PAN will be a paperless exercise where an applicant will be issued an e-PAN free of cost. The finance minister had made the provision for instant PAN in her Budget announcements in February.

from Times of India https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/have-mobile-linked-to-aadhaar-get-pan-instantly/articleshow/76082157.cms