Question : IT RELATED SEARCH

(a) the number of searches conducted by the Department of Income Tax and the disproportionate assets seized by them during each of the last three years and the current year;

(b) whether any income-tax officer has been found to be not performing their duty deligently,- during such search operations;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken against such officers; and

(d) the monitoring mechanism put in place by the Government in this regard?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI J.D. SEELAM)

(a) : The details of the number of search warrants executed and assets seized during searches conducted by the Income Tax Department is as under:

Financial	Number of search	Assets seized (in Rs. crore)
Year	warrants executed
2010-11	4852	774.98
2011-12	5260	905.6
2012-13	3889	575.08
2013-14	3139	565.4
( up to 31st Dec 2013)