IT Return on the interest earned in joint saving account

This discussion addresses a query about declaring interest earned on a joint savings account where the user is the primary holder and their wife is the secondary. The user received an e-Campaign notification for undeclared interest income, which wasn't reflected in Form 26-AS. The advice given is that the primary account holder is considered the recipient of the interest income and it should be declared in their tax return, as the funds generally belong to them. The thread also touches upon whether this interest can be shared with the secondary account holder and how to handle such notifications.