NEW DELHI: The Income Tax department has detected over Rs 250 crore of undisclosed income of hundreds of people who made huge deposits post demonetisation but didn’t respond to taxmen’s queries on it under ‘Operation Clean Money’.
Officials said multiple I-T teams have conducted over 230 surveys countrywide, covering only business premises of an individual or entity, till now in states like Punjab, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and in the national capital.
They said the surveys led to the detection of over Rs 250 crore suspected funds which are now expected to be declared under the Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojna, the ongoing black money declaration window– operational till March 31.
Meanwhile, the department has brought on board two firms to conduct a heavy volume data mining of the responses and data received from about 6 lakh till February 15– when the ‘Operation Clean Money’ expired. (AGENCIES)
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