Of 38,000 black policy to maximise money tip mails, returns on only 16% probed

The email address launched by the Finance Ministry for getting tips about black money received over 38,000 emails, but only 16 per cent of them were forwarded for further inquiry, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a reply to an RTI query earlier this month. Jitendra Ghadge, a city-based Right To Information activist, had asked for information about response to the email address blackmoneyinfo@incometax.gov.in, launched last December. The remaining 32,018 emails were closed without any action, it said. To Ghadge’s query about number of “false” emails received, CBDT said this information was “subject to completion of investigation”.