Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. (PTI) Following the overwhelming response to its Vivad se Vishwas direct tax dispute resolution scheme, the government has decided to extend the deadline for declarations under the scheme from 28 February to 31 March, and the deadline for payment without additional amount to 30 April, reports Economic Times. The scheme has reportedly received an overwhelming response with a settlement amount of over Rs 97,000 crore as of February. So far, over 1,25,144 of the 5,10,491 long-pending cases have been settled under the scheme. These comprise 24.5 per cent of the total number of such cases which were pending before the scheme was introduced.