The Taxation and Investment Regime for Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, 2016 (Scheme) provides an opportunity to persons having undisclosed income in the form of cash or deposit in an account maintained with a specified entity to declare such income and pay tax, surcharge and  penalty totaling in all to 49.9 per cent. of such declared income and make a mandatory deposit of not less than 25% of such income in the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Deposit Scheme, 2016. The Scheme has commenced on 17 December 2016 and shall remain open for declarations/deposit upto 31 March 2017.

Queries have been received from the stakeholders seeking further clarity on certain provisions of  the Scheme. The Central Government has considered the queries and decided to clarify the same in the form of questions and answers (FAQs) and our newsflash captures the same.

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