The scheme ‘Vivad Se Vishwas’ is a voluntary scheme for resolving pending direct tax disputes amicably with the taxpayers and no targets were fixed by the Government under the  Scheme. This was stated by Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

Giving more details, the Minister tabled data of cases settled and amount under the said scheme is as per table given below: -

Current Status declarations filed under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme

Count of Form-1 Filed (cases settled)	Number of Disputes Addressed	Disputed Tax Amount Settled (as per Declaration filed) (Rs. Crores)	Payments against Disputed Tax (Rs. Crores)
A	B	C	D
1,32,353	1,46,701	99,756	53,684

Vivad Se Vishwas scheme confirms voluntary dispute resolution model and reporting of settled disputes and corresponding payments. The Vivad Se Vishwas scheme is a voluntary mechanism for amicable resolution of pending direct tax disputes with no government-set targets; official reporting provides counts of Form 1 declarations filed, disputes addressed, disputed tax amounts declared settled, and payments received against those disputed taxes as indicators of scheme uptake and fiscal realisations.