Unaccounted cash and on-money in property transactions exposed; searches recover cash, jewellery and corroborative documents.
Search and seizure operations uncovered evidence of unaccounted cash and on-money in property transactions, including 'agreement to sale' documents showing higher consideration than registered sale deeds, calculation sheets, electronic records and mobile chats indicating receipt of unaccounted payments; investigations also found unaccounted expenditure on residential construction and defaults in tax deduction at source, with seizure of cash, foreign exchange and unexplained jewellery.

Tax evasion via shell companies exposed; searches led to seizures and bank restraints and revealed cross-border fund transfers.
Coordinated search and seizure operations targeted Indian companies and associate concerns controlled from a neighbouring country, uncovering documentary and digital evidence of tax evasion through manipulation of books, non-genuine purchase bills, unaccounted cash payments and cross-border fund transfers. Investigations revealed use of shell companies, a professional firm providing formation services and dummy directors, and routing of purchases through a Marshall Islands entity with payments into the neighbouring country. The action led to seizure of unaccounted cash and restraint of certain company bank accounts while inquiries continue.

Strengthening primary health care expands urban health capacity and pandemic preparedness through loan-supported upgrades to wellness centres and systems.
A development loan agreement will finance strengthening comprehensive primary health care and urban pandemic preparedness across thirteen states by expanding availability and utilisation of urban Health and Wellness Centres, integrating non COVID primary care and noncommunicable disease services, upgrading service delivery and health information systems with digital tools, applying quality assurance mechanisms, engaging private sector partners, and supporting capacity building, implementation coordination and scalable best practices.

Search and seizure uncovers systematic tax evasion by distributor, revealing unrecorded sales, under invoicing and undisclosed assets.
Search and seizure operations on a leading gutkha distributor uncovered documentary and digital evidence indicating unaccounted purchases, under invoicing of sales, unrecorded cash sales, and undisclosed investment in immovable property; seizures included substantial unaccounted cash and unexplained jewellery, bank locker prohibitory orders were imposed, and investigations continue after detection of large-scale unaccounted income with partial admissions by the group.

Trade policy cooperation advances joint market access, supply chain resilience, and regulatory engagement between India and the United States.
The Ministers recommitted to the Trade Policy Forum as the principal mechanism to resolve outstanding trade issues and engage rapidly on emerging concerns, reactivating Working Groups on agriculture, goods, services, investment and intellectual property; they directed working groups and senior officials to develop action plans and identify specific trade outcomes for inter sessional meetings, while prioritizing market access facilitation, regulatory cooperation, supply chain resilience in health and technology sectors, and coordinated engagement in relevant multilateral fora.

Trade integration: India and US commit TPF working groups to advance market access, secure supply chains and services cooperation.
India and the United States committed to elevate bilateral economic relations by activating the India United States Trade Policy Forum as the primary platform, directing Working Groups on agriculture, goods, services, investment, and intellectual property to meet frequently to resolve bilateral concerns and pursue market access outcomes. They emphasized strengthening resilient and secure supply chains in critical technology and health sectors, promoting private sector collaboration in semiconductors, telecommunications, AI and pharmaceuticals, and highlighted intellectual property protection. Working Groups were tasked to prepare action plans by March 2022 identifying specific trade outcomes for an inter sessional meeting by mid 2022.

Education financing advances learning transformation, enabling teacher development, remedial instruction, and inclusive support for marginalized students.
A multilateral loan funds the Supporting Andhra's Learning Transformation Project to improve foundational learning and remedial instruction for over five million children in Andhra Pradesh. The project emphasizes competency based teaching, classroom mentorships, need based teacher training, Personalized Adaptive Learning, pedagogical Teaching Learning Materials, preschool provision in tribal blocks, and targeted support for marginalized groups. To address pandemic related learning losses where digital access is low, it provides physical learning kits and television and radio broadcast content for home based learning.

Taxpayer services expansion: new Srinagar tax complex and upgraded Principal Commissioner office to improve access and outreach.
The newly inaugurated Srinagar Income Tax complex houses the office of the Principal Commissioner of Income Tax, residential units and support facilities, and incorporates accessibility and eco friendly features. It is intended to centralise and elevate tax administration, provide an Aaykar Sewa Kendra to assist taxpayers from filing to refunds, and to prioritise taxpayer services, outreach, and interagency cooperation to enhance participation and economic development in the region.

Search and seizure operations uncover systematic tax-evasion methods and widespread unaccounted income with ongoing investigations.
Search and seizure operation on a manufacturing and real-estate group uncovered documentary and digital evidence of systematic unaccounted income and its investment. The material indicates suppression of production, bogus purchase invoices without actual delivery, availed bogus GST credit, bogus commission claims, receipt of on-money in immovable property transactions, and cash loans; seized items include significant unaccounted cash, jewellery and multiple bank lockers under restraint, with preliminary analysis indicating a large-scale estimate of unaccounted income and investigations continuing.

IFSCA regulation strengthens GIFT IFSC as a gateway to global financial services and promotes fintech and onshoring.
GIFT IFSC is being developed as a gateway for cross border financial services and onshoring of offshore activities, focused on attracting global financial business and building a fintech ecosystem. Coordinated efforts by central and state authorities, GIFT City and the Unified Financial Sector Regulator aim to deliver world class regulation, infrastructure and a competitive tax regime to enable diverse products such as aircraft leasing, bullion trading and global in house centres, and to incubate fintech innovation.

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code awareness: guidance to tax officers on moratorium, claims and clean slate implications.
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India organised 18 virtual awareness programmes for Income Tax officers explaining operative aspects of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, including the moratorium, filing of claims, resolution plans and the interface with the Income Tax Act, and focusing on the rights, roles and responsibilities of Income Tax officers as stakeholders in insolvency processes; discussions covered case law on extinguishment of claims for delayed or non-submission and adherence to the clean slate principle.

Search and seizure uncovers systematic tax evasion through suppression, under invoicing, bogus parties and use of shell companies.
Search and seizure operations uncovered documents and digital data indicating systematic tax evasion by a corporate group, showing suppression of production, unaccounted and under invoiced sales, inflated purchase costs via bogus parties, on money receipts in property sales, and use of paper and shell companies to generate accommodation entries alongside unexplained loans, bogus commissions, unsubstantiated share capital and unaccounted cash; restraints on bank lockers were imposed and investigations continue.

Search and seizure operations uncover alleged inflated remittances and foreign-controlled fintech charging excessive processing fees.
Tax searches targeted a mobile-app fintech lender over alleged excessive processing fees, foreign control of its lending application, and substantial repatriations to overseas group companies characterized as inflated or non-genuine service payments; statements of key personnel including foreign nationals were recorded and investigations continue.

Search and seizure uncover widespread tax suppression by manufacturing group, resulting in asset seizure and detection of unaccounted income.
Tax search and seizure across multiple locations uncovered electronic and physical evidence showing systematic income suppression by the manufacturing group through credit note manipulation, bogus expense claims, non verifiable related party payments, wrongful revenue deferment, incorrect depreciation, and undisclosed cash receipts and investments; cash and jewellery were seized and bank lockers restrained, leading to detection of substantial unaccounted income and an admission of a portion by the group, with investigations continuing.

Search and seizure operations uncover inflated expense claims and unrecorded cash, leading to detection of undisclosed income and ongoing probes.
Search and seizure operations at multiple real estate group premises yielded digital records, handwritten books and loose sheets showing undeclared cash transactions and inflated expense claims used to suppress taxable income; seizures included unaccounted cash and jewellery and prohibitory orders on bank lockers, and further investigations remain ongoing.

Search and seizure operations uncover extensive unaccounted income and asset holdings; tax investigation continues.
Search and seizure operations targeted two corporate groups in real estate, hospitality and manufacturing, uncovering documentary and electronic evidence of unaccounted income, unreported sales and purchases, stock discrepancies, acquisition of shell companies, benami properties, bogus unsecured loans and share application monies, and evasion of capital gains; seizures included cash, jewellery and bank lockers and investigations remain ongoing.

Urban infrastructure financing boosts livability via Smart City aligned climate resilient roads, drainage, inclusive utilities and capacity building.
The loan finances targeted urban infrastructure and institutional capacity building in Agartala aligned with the Smart City Mission, including upgrading stormwater drainage and climate resilient roads, renovating open spaces and lakeside walkways at tourist sites, constructing an underground utility corridor with shifted electrical lines and inclusive design features, and delivering an asset management and sustainability strategy plus capacity building and livelihood support for tourism operators, street vendors and artisans.

Tax compliance facilitation through an outreach lounge offering PAN, e filing and taxpayer services to improve voluntary compliance.
An outreach initiative establishes a Taxpayers' Lounge at a national trade fair to facilitate taxpayer compliance and publicise departmental services, offering in-person assistance with PAN/e PAN issuance and queries, Aadhaar-PAN linkage, e filing support including Form 26AS guidance, distribution of taxpayer information, engagement activities to promote voluntary compliance, and a feedback mechanism while observing public-health protocols.

Health sector grants to local bodies strengthen primary health care and enable infrastructure upgrades and local oversight.
Central release of health sector grants totalling Rs. 8,453.92 crore has been made to rural and urban local bodies in 19 States pursuant to the Fifteenth Finance Commission's recommendations to address critical gaps in primary health care. The Commission earmarked Rs. 70,051 crore for health across rural and urban local bodies with specific interventions for diagnostic support, Health and Wellness Centres, construction of subcentres/PHCs/CHCs, and block-level public health units; remaining releases to nine States await proposals through the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

Capital expenditure linked borrowing allowed upon meeting phased expenditure targets, enabling additional borrowing within GSDP ceilings.
Seven States met the incremental capital expenditure target for Q2 2021-22 and were allowed additional open market borrowing equivalent to 0.5% of GSDP drawn from the 4% GSDP net borrowing ceiling. Access to this capital expenditure linked borrowing requires meeting staged targets (15% by Q1, 45% by Q2, 70% by Q3, 100% by year end). Two review rounds assessed expenditure to 30 September 2021 for 22 States, with further reviews planned in March and June 2022 to permit ceilings and adjust any shortfalls against 2022-23 borrowing.