The Union finance ministry told the Parliament that more than 95,000 fraud cases of Unified Payments Interface (UPI) transactions were recorded in the country in 2022-23.

Over 95,000 UPI fraud cases reported last year: Union finance ministry

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the government has identified infrastructure projects worth ₹102 lakh crore spread across 23 ministries, 18 states and union territories with another ₹3 lakh crore of projects likely to come from the states.

Government has identified ₹102 lakh crore infrastructure projects: Finance Minister

It further said there is a growth of over 80 per cent in the number of returns filed in the last four financial years from 3.79 crores in 2013-14 to 6.85 crore in 2017-18.

Direct tax-GDP ratio of 5.98% during Fiscal Year 2018 best in 10 years: Finance Ministry

The move will create confusion in upcoming state polls, the commission said

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