Benami informant reward scheme offers confidential rewards to informants for information on prohibited benami property transactions. The Benami Transactions Informants Reward Scheme, 2018 establishes a reward mechanism by the Central Board of Direct Taxes for persons meeting the scheme's definition of informant who provide actionable information about benami property under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, 1988; the scheme protects informant identity and sets an upper limit on payable rewards linked to information enabling enforcement under the Act.