Undisclosed income of Rs 71,941 cr found in 3 years: Govt to SC

New Delhi, July 23 : Massive searches, seizures and surveys by the Income Tax (I-T) Department over the last three years have led to the detection of around Rs 71,941 crore of “undisclosed income”, the Centre has told the Supreme Court.
During the period of demonetisation from November 9 last year to January 10 this year, “The total undisclosed income admitted was more than Rs 5,400 crore” and the total quantity of gold seized stood at 303.367 kg, the Finance Ministry has said in an affidavit to the apex court. It gave the details of the unaccounted income for three years from April 1, 2014, to February 28 this year, including the demonetisation period. The affidavit said that during the three-year period, searches were undertaken by the I-T Department in over 2,027 groups “which led to the admission of undisclosed income of more than Rs 36,051 crore”. “This is in addition to the seizure of undisclosed assets worth Rs 2,890 crore,” it said.
Similarly between April 1, 2014, to February 28 this year, the I-T Department conducted more than 15,000 surveys which led to “the detection of undisclosed income of more than Rs 33,000 crore”.
Highlighting the achievements of the demonetisation period, the affidavit said in about two months from November 9 last year, “significantly large number of enforcement actions were undertaken by the I-T Department”.“They included 1,100 searches and surveys and more than 5,100 verifications. The total seizure through these actions was of about Rs 610 crore, including cash of Rs 513 crore. The cash seizure included seizures in new currency of more than Rs 110 crore. The total undisclosed income admitted was more than Rs 5,400 crore,” it said.