<h1>Income Tax Department Rewarded Informers Over Rs. 600 Lakhs; Rs. 1.28 Lakh Remains Unclaimed Due to Untraceable Informer.</h1> The Income Tax Department disbursed rewards to informers of tax evasion amounting to Rs. 205.17 lakhs in 2004-05, Rs. 164.43 lakhs in 2005-06, and Rs. 230.72 lakhs in 2006-07. An outstanding reward of Rs. 1.28 lakhs remains undisbursed as the informer is currently untraceable. Efforts are ongoing to locate the individual. The Central Board of Direct Taxes considers the current guidelines for rewarding informers adequate. This information was provided by the Minister of State for Finance in response to a query in Lok Sabha.