Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman launches PRARAMBH 2026 and Income Tax Website 2.0.

Exam-focused facts from the 23 March 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, launched PRARAMBH 2026, the Income Tax Department’s nationwide awareness campaign on the Income Tax Act, 2025, in New Delhi on 20 March 2026.
She unveiled the upgraded Income Tax Website 2.0 to enhance taxpayer services.
Revenue Secretary Shri Arvind Shrivastava and CBDT Chairman Shri Ravi Agrawal attended the launch event.
CBDT rolled out an AI-enabled chatbot named Kar Saathi to assist taxpayers on the new Act, Rules and Forms.
Brochures explaining the new Act were released in 10 regional languages besides English and Hindi.