All individuals who are living in India can open PayPal account absolutely for free of cost. There are no charges being levied for opening a PayPal account. One can create an account via online through official website of a company.
PayPal works as an online bank and has gained acceptance throughout the globe. PayPal can be use in many situations. PayPal is used to make an online purchase from websites which do not accept payment mode such as Debit card or Credit card. PayPal also be used for transferring funds, especially for money earned online from websites which require to transfer the earned amount using PayPal.
You can open PayPal account without the provision of PAN information but cannot use that PayPal account in terms of sending or receiving funds in their PayPal account unless you provide PAN information along with the bank details requesting at the time of registration of PayPal account. Verification of details provided also done by the company before allowing to send or receive funds.