No TDS cut for salaried to avoid compliance burden: Finance SecyThe 25% cut in tax deducted at source (TDS) the government has announced as part of the Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan economic stimulus packag...
15 May, 2020, 08.34 AM IST
Government designates Ajay Bhushan Pandey as the new Finance SecretaryPandey, a senior IAS officer with a BTech from IIT Kanpur and an MS and PhD in Computer Science from University of Minnesota, spent more th...
03 Mar, 2020, 11.37 PM IST
New slabs make I-T structure more equitable: Ajay Bhushan Pandey“People say there should be one or two slabs but that would be highly inequitable... Rates would have to be steep if we have one or two sla...
02 Mar, 2020, 07.37 AM IST
Scrutiny to come down in new tax regime: Rev SecyRevenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey has said the new tax regime would lessen scrutiny, lessening paperwork for taxpayers. “Scrutiny shoul...
05 Feb, 2020, 06.53 AM IST
FinMin sets Rs 1.1 lakh crore monthly GST collection targetRevenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey had a video conference meeting with top tax officials and impressed upon them to step up measures to ...
17 Dec, 2019, 03.08 PM IST
Ajay Bhushan Pandey, author of the Aadhaar story, humbled by its global recognitionThe journey wasn’t easy and faced obstacles, including legal challenges that went up to the Supreme Court.
28 Nov, 2019, 12.07 PM IST
Will meet tax targets: Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Revenue secretaryRevenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey strongly refuted criticism that the goods and services tax was the cause of the current economic slow...
16 Oct, 2019, 07.12 AM IST
The claims of India becoming protectionist are unfounded: Ajay Bhushan PandeyThe problem arising out of FTAs will be looked at by the commerce ministry, says Ajay Bhushan Pandey.
06 Jul, 2019, 11.30 PM IST
Ajay Bhushan Pandey named new revenue secretaryAdhia, 1981-batch Gujarat cadre IAS officer, moved to Delhi in November 2014 as the secretary in the Department of Financial Services after...
18 Nov, 2018, 09.27 AM IST
Sector regulators must guide companies post SC’s Aadhaar verdict, says UIDAI CEO Ajay Bhushan PandeyThe Supreme Court had said that Aadhaar authentication can be used only for government welfare programmes.
01 Oct, 2018, 06.48 AM IST
UIDAI flags low Aadhaar enrolment in 2500 bank branchesThe Aadhaar-issuing body is of the view that the enrolment or updating activity carried out in each of these laggard branches must be at le...
11 Mar, 2018, 10.45 AM IST
About 500 missing children traced through Aadhaar: UIDAIIndia is among the nations with the largest number of children in the world, with about 40 per cent of the 1.2 billion population being bel...
24 Nov, 2017, 04.27 PM IST
We will iron out the GST bugs for smooth filing: Ajay Bhushan Pandey, CEO, UIDAIIn an exclusive interview with ET, Ajay Bhushan Pandey says his priority will be to ensure smooth implementation of the system.
11 Sep, 2017, 12.35 AM IST
Aadhaar has empowered people, it helps both citizens and government: Ajay Bhushan Pandey, UIDAI CEO"Under the Act, we have no idea of the location of the person. When an authentication request comes, we have no idea where it is originatin...
16 Sep, 2016, 10.47 AM IST
Aadhaar now must for government schemes, benefitsThe particular clause has been inserted to address concerns raised by civil society groups that mandating Aadhaar will exclude genuine bene...
15 Sep, 2016, 11.19 AM IST
Almost everyone will have an Aadhaar number by March 2017, says UIDAI Chief Ajay Bhushan Pandey"In the 5-15 year age group, we are holding special camps in schools and asking them to get remaining students (almost 34%)," Ajay Bhushan ...
26 May, 2016, 05.48 AM IST
Now Modi government to give Aadhaar to newbornsThis follows Modi’s directive to UIDAI, after the authority crossed the 100 crore mark, to expedite Aadhaar enrolments and cover the remain...
26 May, 2016, 02.49 AM IST