Press Information Bureau

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

03-August-2015 17:19 IST

The Revenue  Secretary, Shri Shaktikanta Das  and Chairperson CBDT, Ms. Anita Kapur  would participate in a Talkathon tomorrow i.e. Tuesday, 4^th August, 2015 from 7 pm onwards on the theme of New Black Money Law. Talkathon is being organized by the Ministry of Information And Broadcasting. The entire show would be broadcasted LIVE through the YouTube channel of Ministry of Information & Broadcasting i.e. www.youtube.com/user/INBMINISTRY.   It will also be telecast Live by DD News Channel.

Talkathon is a unique initiative by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, where virtual space merges with the real world. Talkathon provides a platform for twitter users/ twitterati to ask questions directly to guest/s on twitter using a specific hashtag: #ASKGOVTONBLACKMONEYLAW  .

The previous editions of Talkathon were well appreciated both in the real and virtual space. This year’s Union Budget 2015-16 became a watershed moment, as the Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley answered various questions asked by public directly on twitter using hashtag #AskYourFM. The one hour interaction was hosted by celebrity author Shri Chetan Bhagat and telecasted Live on Doordarshan and I&B Ministry’s YouTube channel. Talkathon on the completion of one year of the present NDA Government with the three Union Ministers, Smt Smriti Irani, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman and Shri Piyush Goyal was also a great success.

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New Black Money Law public engagement: direct live questioning of tax authorities via talkathon and designated hashtag. Announcement that senior tax administration officials will participate in a Talkathon on the New Black Money Law, broadcast live on the Ministry's YouTube channel and telecast by a public news channel, allowing the public to pose questions via Twitter using a specified hashtag for real time answers.