Government today clarified that no target of ten crore income tax base has been prescribed. The clarification came in the wake of confusion over Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking doubling of the income tax base to 10 crore. <br/><br/>An official release by Department of Revenue today referred to its press release yesterday, in which it was stated that the Prime Minister had asked the tax authorities to take action against non-tax payers so as to increase the number of taxpayers to at least 10 crore. <br/><br/>It clarified that though the Prime Minister asked the Income Tax department to widen the tax base and take suitable action against the non-filers and tax evaders, no specific target to expand the tax base to 10 crore was prescribed.