Tax search and seizure uncover alleged unaccounted income and use of shell companies for money routing.
Income tax authorities carried out search and seizure operations on two real estate groups, seizing documents, digital data and bank lockers. Investigators report evidence of unaccounted income from out of books cash and on money receipts, routing of funds through shell companies, and use of undisclosed funds in land acquisition. Key persons admitted infusion of undisclosed funds as share capital, share premium and unsecured loans via bogus investments; further investigations are ongoing to trace transactions and intermediary entities.

Tied grants to rural local bodies: release conditioned on elected status, online accounts and uploaded water and sanitation plans.
Sixty percent of Panchayati Raj grants are tied to sanitation and drinking water priorities and forty percent are untied for local use. Release of both tied and untied grants is conditional on duly elected local bodies meeting transparency requirements: at least twenty-five percent must upload provisional and audited accounts on eGramSwaraj and Audit Online, and local bodies seeking tied grants must upload Annual Action Plans detailing sanitation and drinking water interventions and utilisation of Fifteenth Finance Commission funds. States must transfer funds to local bodies within ten working days or pay interest for delays.

Financial inclusion enabling access to banking and DBT via PMJDY, RuPay cards and simplified e-KYC for every adult.
PMJDY is the National Mission for Financial Inclusion providing access to banking, remittance, credit, insurance and pension through three operative pillars: Banking the Unbanked (BSBD accounts with relaxed KYC and zero-balance norms), Securing the Unsecured (RuPay debit cards with insurance), and Funding the Unfunded (micro-insurance, overdraft, micro-pension/micro-credit). The programme relies on online core-banking accounts, interoperable payment systems, fixed-point Business Correspondents and e-KYC, while JAM linkage enables timely DBT and reduced leakage; policy adjustments since 2018 shifted focus to covering every unbanked adult and expanded OD and insurance features.

Inflation targeting: pre emptive monetary tightening and enhanced forecasting to anchor expectations and protect credibility.
Monetary authorities face a complex trade-off: repeated supply shocks and cost push pressures can produce second round effects through expectations and exchange rate channels, requiring pre emptive monetary tightening to anchor expectations and protect credibility. India's experience under an inflation targeting framework has involved front loaded policy rate increases and calibrated withdrawal of pandemic liquidity, alongside strengthened forecasting and monitoring using expanded surveys, market intelligence, crop remote sensing and data science tools to improve inflation management.

Transaction adviser empanelment enables streamlined appointment and use of advisers to structure bankable PPP projects.
The Department of Economic Affairs conducted a workshop to explain empanelment of Transaction Advisers for PPP projects as a means to streamline adviser appointment and to support structuring bankable projects. Officials were briefed on a step by step manual covering project requirements, assignment objectives, terms of reference, eligibility criteria, key personnel, and RFP publication. The session also outlined central financial supports for PPPs, including viability funding and a project development fund that can finance adviser engagement and other development expenses.

Infrastructure financing mobilised through municipal bonds and state PPP policy to unlock project implementation and technical support.
Intergovernmental workshop convened to expedite infrastructure delivery by identifying state-level project bottlenecks and presenting central guidance on accessing technical and financial support, including use of empaneled Transaction Advisors and funds and schemes. Sessions focused on augmenting municipal financing through municipal bonds and on preparing state PPP policies to mobilise private investment; a presentation addressed spatial integration of state projects on the GatiShakti portal. States' implementation issues were recorded for follow-up and the forum promoted exchange of best practices and institutional coordination.

Tax evasion probe uncovers use of unaccounted sales, under invoicing, bogus purchases and layered sham loans; investigations ongoing.
Search and seizure action seized documents and digital data from a ceramic tiles business group and associated financiers, with preliminary analysis indicating concealment methods including unaccounted cash sales, under invoicing, booking of bogus purchases, layering via bogus unsecured loans and share capital from shell companies, and routing of undeclared funds into books using accommodation entries; investigations are ongoing.

Tariff value fixation updated for edible oils, precious metals, brass scrap and areca nut under Customs notification.
A Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs notification, issued under sub section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, substitutes TABLE 1, TABLE 2 and TABLE 3 of Notification No. 36/2001 Customs (N.T.) with updated tariff values for specified imported goods, listing revised US dollar tariff values for edible oils, brass scrap, areca nut, and specified forms of gold and silver, and preserving explanatory scope and exclusions for particular forms of precious metals.

Tax evasion through fabricated expenses and undisclosed real estate receipts uncovered, leading to seizures and ongoing investigations.
Search and seizure on a Jhansi-based civil contract and real estate group uncovered documentary and physical evidence of systematic profit suppression by manipulating books, including bogus expenses and nonexistent sundry creditors quantified from seized material; a principal has voluntarily offered additional income. In real estate, undisclosed on-money over stamp duty value and failure to recognise income per accounting standards produced aggregated unaccounted receipts. Seizures of unaccounted cash and jewellery were made and investigations continue.

Tax evasion uncovered through bogus purchases and GST frauds, with undisclosed assets and illicit layering revealed.
Searches of two steel manufacturing groups across multiple premises revealed systematic tax evasion through bogus purchases and GST linked frauds, unrecorded excess raw material stock, and layering of unaccounted income via bogus unsecured loans and share premium from shell companies; numerous bank lockers and a secret room yielded substantial unaccounted cash, bullion and jewellery, and further forensic investigation is ongoing.

Tax evasion uncovered through searches reveals unrecorded cash sales and concealed income, prompting asset seizures and ongoing probes.
Income Tax searches on a Rajasthan business group in gems and jewellery, hospitality and real estate uncovered documentary and digital evidence of systematic tax evasion through acceptance of on-money for sales and out-of-books transactions, unrecorded interest income from cash loans, and investment of unaccounted receipts into land and hotel construction; seizures and further investigations are continuing to quantify unaccounted income and recover assets.

Tax evasion findings in mining and manufacturing led to seizure of undeclared assets and ongoing investigation.
A search of a group engaged in sand mining, sugar manufacturing and liquor uncovered documentary and digital evidence of tax evasion by not recording sales, non payment of royalty on unaccounted sales, large cash payments outside books, stock discrepancies in sugar manufacturing, and use of benamidar arrangements; the action led to seizure of undeclared assets and further investigation.

Tax collection increase driven by fiscal measures and compliance improvements, including capex and GST measures.
Increase in tax collection is attributed to post-pandemic economic recovery and enhanced compliance due to government fiscal and policy measures. Sectoral GST and direct tax data show notable contributions from manufacturing and services, while policy actions-higher capital expenditure, infrastructure coordination, expanded Production Linked Incentives, bank recapitalisation, GST, IBC and tax and labour reforms-are identified as reinforcing investment, lending and ease of doing business that support higher tax receipts.

Search and seizure operations uncover film industry tax evasion and undisclosed income, prompting ongoing investigations.
The Income Tax Department conducted search and seizure operations at around 40 premises linked to film producers, distributors, and financiers, seizing documents and digital evidence of unaccounted cash transactions, hidden premises, promissory notes for unaccounted loans, and records indicating understatement of theatrical receipts. Evidence shows deployment of undeclared income into undisclosed investments and collusive suppression of theatre collections by distributors. Significant undisclosed income and seizures of cash and gold have been detected, and investigations continue.

Insider trading and market manipulation alleged in coordinated leaks of trade information leading to seizures and further probes.
Operation against an ex-fund manager and associated brokers revealed sharing of non-public trade information with domestic and foreign intermediaries who traded for illicit gain. Investigators seized documentary and digital evidence and statements showing cash proceeds routed through shell entities into bank accounts and then into Indian companies and low tax jurisdictions. Large unaccounted investments and more than 20 restrained lockers were identified, and investigations continue.

Empanelment of Transaction Advisers streamlines PPP advisory appointments and links advisers to project development funding supports.
Empanelment of Transaction Advisers creates a pre qualified panel to streamline appointment and enhance advisory quality for Public Private Partnership project structuring; a DEA manual prescribes steps for project requirements, objectives, terms of reference, eligibility criteria, key personnel, RfP publication and provides templates PSAs may adapt. The DEA also links empaneled advisers to financial support mechanisms, notably Viability Gap Funding and the India Infrastructure Project Development Fund, and outlines adviser roles in appraisal, awareness creation, document preparation, handholding and data sharing to support PPP project development.

Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant: monthly instalments released to eligible states under finance commission recommendations.
The Department of Expenditure released the fifth monthly instalment of the Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant for 2022-23, advancing cumulative disbursements for the year. These grants, recommended by the Fifteenth Finance Commission to address assessed gaps between State revenue and expenditure after devolution, are paid in twelve equal monthly instalments to eligible States. Eligibility and grant quantum were determined by the Commission based on post-devolution revenue-expenditure assessments, and the announcement lists State-wise recommended totals alongside the fifth-instalment and year-to-date releases.

Tax evasion in healthcare: searches expose invoice manipulation, bogus procurement and unrecorded referral payments, prompting further probes.
Income tax authorities' searches uncovered widespread non compliance by hospital groups, including parallel books of account, systematic under reporting of cash receipts through invoice removal or deflation, procurement of bogus or inflated invoices with cashbacks evidencing suppression of profits, ineligible deduction claims, unrecorded referral payments tied to patient invoices, and benami transactions; seizures and restraints were effected and further forensic investigations are in progress.

Tax evasion investigation uncovers concealed transactions and asset seizures, exposing bogus purchases, share manipulation and fund siphoning.
Search and seizure operations by the Income Tax Department on a diversified business group uncovered evidential materials showing systematic tax evasion through unaccounted cash sales, bogus purchases, undeclared real estate receipts, sarafi advances and layering via share premium from shell companies; seized material also indicates share price manipulation, book manipulation and siphoning of funds to fictitious entities, with substantial cash and unexplained valuables seized during the searches.

Dispute Resolution Committee expands accessible dispute resolution for small taxpayers, alongside broader compliance and litigation management measures.
The central policy combines taxpayer outreach and education with compliance and dispute management reforms: multilingual media campaigns, social media, a communication studio, regional outreach, and child focused educational games aim to boost tax literacy and voluntary compliance. Concurrently, expanded TDS/TCS coverage, broader Statement of Financial Transactions reporting, a Non filers Monitoring System, and the Annual Information Statement are used to widen the income tax net. Dispute management measures include the Dispute Resolution Committee for small taxpayers, the Vivad se Vishwas scheme, raised monetary thresholds for appeals, and deferral of repetitive appeals to limit litigation.