# Project Insight 2.0 set for 2028 launch to speed up tax refunds 2026-08-16T13:09:47+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Finance Ministry plans to go live with Project Insight 2.0 from January 27, 2028, a mechanism that uses AI to separate genuine income tax filings from suspicious ones. The Ministry told a Parliamentary panel that the system is expected to reduce delays in refunds, which have worsened in recent years. Data cited by the Ministry shows the average delay for a refund rose to 35 days in FY26 (as on January 31) from 24 days in FY24. The number of refunds issued after 90 days jumped to about 27 lakh in FY26 from 12.73 lakh in FY24. The Ministry attributed current delays to two sets of issues: mandatory holds such as unlinked PAN and Aadhaar or unvalidated bank accounts, and system-flagged risks including bogus deduction claims. Project Insight 2.0, still under development, will deploy AI-driven risk scoring and predictive models to flag fraudulent claims while letting genuine filings pass faster. ## Coverage - thehindubusinessline.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Finance Ministry, income tax department, Parliamentary panel, Project Insight Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/project-insight-2-0-set-for-2028-launch-to-speed-up-tax-refunds/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/project-insight-2-0-set-for-2028-launch-to-speed-up-tax-refunds/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/