The Income Tax Department, Mumbai, has established a 24x7 Control Room to combat the misuse of money power during the upcoming Municipal Corporation Elections in Maharashtra, 2025-26, aiming to ensure fair elections. The control room will operate throughout the Model Code of Conduct period. Citizens can provide information about unaccounted cash or inducements via WhatsApp, text, or phone at 7738113758, or via email at mumbai.addldit.inv8@incometax.gov.in. The Control Room is located at Room No. 316, 3rd Floor, Scindia House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai – 400001.
Key Entities Referenced
Income Tax Department: Responsible for setting up a control room to monitor money power during municipal elections.
Maharashtra: Location where the municipal elections are taking place and where the control room is operating.
Mumbai: City within Maharashtra where the Income Tax Department is setting up the control room.
Municipal Corporation Elections: The specific elections that the Income Tax Department is monitoring for misuse of money power.
Model Code of Conduct (MCC): The guidelines followed during elections, during which the Control Room will be operational.
Ministry of Finance
Income Tax Department sets up 24x7 Control
Room to monitor Money Power during Municipal
Elections in Maharashtra
प्रव तथ: 22 DEC 2025 4:41PM by PIB Mumbai
Mumbai, 22 December 2025
The Income Tax Department, Mumbai, has set up a 24x7 Control Room to curb the misuse of
money power during the forthcoming Municipal Corporation Elections in Maharashtra, 2025–26.
The initiative has been undertaken with a view to ensuring free and fair elections and
maintaining the purity of the electoral process. The Control Room will function as part of the
election monitoring mechanism of the Income Tax Department and will remain operational
throughout the period when the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in force.
The Control Room has been established to enable conscientious citizens and residents of the
State to provide information regarding the use of unaccounted cash, valuables or other
inducements for electioneering purposes. Members of the public may share information through
WhatsApp, text message or phone on 7738113758, or via email at
mumbai.addldit.inv8@incometax.gov.in. The Control Room is located at Room No. 316, 3rd
Floor, Scindia House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai – 400001. The Income Tax Department, Mumbai,
reiterates its commitment to taking swift and effective action on credible information to prevent
the misuse of money power.
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