List of important Press Releases issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB)/ Ministries/ Departments of the Govt. of India (GOI), regarding Budget, Corporate Laws, Finance, GST, Income Tax, Labour Laws, etc. matters, during 2020:
| GOI Press Releases 2020 (Date/ Particulars) |
| MoF, GOI Press Release dt. 30/12/2020: Govt. has further extended due dates for filing of Income Tax Returns (ITR), Tax Audit/ Transfer Pricing Report (TAR/ TPR) for FY 2019-20/ Ay 2020-21, Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme and Annual GST Return (FY 2019-20). Revised due dates for filing of Income Tax Return (ITR)/ Tax Audit Report (TAR) for FY 2019-20/ Ay 2020-21 are as under: (a) 15th January 2021 for filing of tax audit/ transfer pricing reports, (b) 15th February 2021 for ITR Filing (audit cases), and (c) 10th January 2021 for ITR Filing (non audit cases). Also refer CBDT Notification 93/2020 92/2020 dt. dt. 31/12/2020. |
| MoC&I, GOI Press Release dt. 15/12/2020: Minister of Railways, Commerce & Industry, Consumer Affairs and Food & Public Distribution Shri Piyush Goyal has invited Foreign Investors/ FDI to be a part of India’s growth story, during inaugural address of CII’s Partnership Summit 2020. He has stated that India has one of the most facilitative FDI policies in the world. |
| MoF, GOI Press Release dt. 26/11/2020: CBDT to validate UDIN during uploading of Tax Audit Reports (TAR). Read More… |
| Cabinet, GOI Press Release dt. 25/11/2020: Cabinet approves an MoU between the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI) and the Vereniging van Register Controllers (VRC) of Netherlands, to strengthen/ develop the Accounting, Financial and Audit Knowledge platform between both countries. |
| MoF, GOI Press Release dt. 18/11/2020: DGGI Nagpur has busted an Inter State Fake Invoice racket with fake transactions valued at over Rs. 131 Crore, involving 3 Taxpayers of Maharashtra & Karnataka who have indulged in fraudulent Input Tax credit (ITC) of Rs. 26.09 Crore. |
| MoMS&ME, GOI Press Release dt. 07/11/2020: Ministry of MSME, GOI launches special drives for increasing Udyam Registration under the new online system, offers registration without PAN and GST upto 31/03/2021 as transitional arrangement. It may be noted that Ministry of MSME has revised the definition of MSMEs and process of their registration, w.e.f. 01/07/2020. A new portal has also been launched for MSME/ Udyam registration (https://udyamregistration.gov.in), which is seamlessly integrated with CBDT/ GST/ GeM networks to make MSME registration a totally paperless exercise. |
| GOI Presentation dt. 13/05/2020: Rs. 20 Lac Crore Special Package (AtmaNirbhar Bharat (COVID-19) |
| Govt. Press Releases (PIB) |
| Press Releases issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) for various Ministries/ Departments of the Govt. of India (GOI), in different years: |
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
| Note: For Official copy of the relevant Press Releases, please visit the PIB website. |