Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance achieves phenomenal success towards eliminating Domestic Black Money in last three years; 23064 searches/surveys have been conducted (Income Tax 17525; Customs 2509; Central Excise 1913; Service Tax 1120); More than Rs. 1.37 Lakh Crore of tax evasion has been detected (Income Tax 69434; Customs 11405; Central Excise 13952; Service Tax 42727) among others.

Concerted & co-ordinated actions of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) under the Department of Revenue have achieved phenomenal success in fighting the menace of black money during the last three years.

India and ADB Sign $175 Million Loan Agreement to help improve Solar Transmission System

The Government of India and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) signed a $175 million loan agreement to support construction of high voltage transmission systems to evacuate power generated from new mega solar parks to the interstate grid, and improve reliability of the national grid system here yesterday.

64th National Film Awards, 2016 announced

The 64th National Film Awards 2016 were announced today by the Chairpersons of the juries on Feature Films, Non Feature Films, Best Writing on Cinema and Most Film Friendly State Award.

Global Crude oil price of Indian Basket was US$ 53.05 per bbl on 06.04.2017

The international crude oil price of Indian Basket as computed/published today by Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas was US$ 53.05 per barrel (bbl) on 06.04.2017.

Water level of 91 major reservoirs of the country goes down by one per cent

The water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country for the week ending on April 06, 2017 was 50.435 BCM, which is 32% of total storage capacity of these reservoirs. This percentage was at 33 for the week ending on March 30, 2017. The level of April 06, 2017 was 129% of the storage of corresponding period of last year and 105% of storage of average of last ten years.