Basically, PAN was introduced by Income Tax dept. and MIN is by some other dept, Every dept. in govt. want to show themselves as a independent entity and can't accept anything introduced by the other dept. This is a reflection of igo among the various dept. and common people are paying value for this. Govt. should come up with one uniqe identity mechanism and force to use it for all kind of activities like, Income Tax, Voters Id, Mutual Fund, Insurance, etc.....
