Ladies ITR Filings Surge In AY24: Maharashtra, Gujarat, And UP Lead Manner, Rising 25.3 Per Cent In 4 Years

New Delhi: The overall variety of ladies submitting earnings tax returns in India has shot up by a strong 25.3 per cent within the final 4 years from 1.83 crore in evaluation 12 months (AY) 2019-20 to over 2.29 crore in AY 2023-24, in line with figures compiled by the Revenue Tax Division.  

This displays the growing variety of ladies getting well-paid jobs or operating their very own enterprise ventures, a senior official mentioned. The overall variety of earnings tax returns (ITRs), that embody each people and corporates, in AY 2023-24 crossed 7.97 crore.

The information present that Maharashtra accounted for the biggest variety of ladies ITRs with as many as 36,83,457 in AY24 registering a 23 per cent progress. Gujarat was ranked second with 22,50,098 ladies submitting ITRs, registering a 24.4 per cent progress, whereas Uttar Pradesh got here on the third spot with 20,43,794 ITRs and a powerful progress of 29.2 per cent throughout this era.

Related progress developments have been recorded in different main states. The variety of ladies ITR filers jumped by over 20 per cent in Tamil Nadu from 12,92,028 in AY20 to fifteen,51,769 whereas within the case of Karnataka, there was a rise of 20 per cent from 11,34,903 to 14,30,345, through the four-year interval. Punjab recorded a 36.23 per cent from 9,70,801 in AY20 to 13,22,580 AY24 and Rajasthan by 25.49 per cent to 13,52,202.

Small states and Union Territories corresponding to Jammu & Kashmir and Mizoram additionally recorded a pointy rise in ladies submitting income-tax returns between 2019-20 and 2023-24. Mizoram posted a 96 per cent enhance within the variety of ladies filers to 2,090 and J&Ok, a 49.2 per cent progress to 1,17,514.