Oath of elected OSSA Executive Body

                              31.07.2017                             

RESULT: OSSA Election

                    30.07.2017              

            No. of votes           

News from Vote Counting Hall

                             30.07.2017                         

As per schedule counting of votes started in OSSA House with proper co-ordination of participating candidates and guidance of Election Commission in systematic way.

Step -1 :The whole counting premises was under CCTV Surveillance with 4 (four) displays.

Step -2 : First of all the boxes were opened in presence of all President and General Secretary Candidates and election officials in office room.

Step -3 : All ballots were shuffled and bundled into each of 50.

Step-4 : 6 (Six) Counting tables were arranged in upper floor of OSSA House with another table for Commission.

Three tables were assigned for counting votes for the posts of President, Vice-President and General Secretary. Other three were for the posts of Auditor and Secretary.

Each table was for counting of 600 votes in three rounds.

Step-5 : Round by round result was being declared by commission after consolidation from all six tables and in each round 300 ballots only. Like this the final (6th) round was announced at 8PM with number of votes pocketed by each candidate. 

Live from Polling Booth

                        29.07.2017 (Saturday)                     

1807 members (out of listed 1960) of OSSA casted their most valuable votes for the 9 (Nine) posts held on 29.07.2017 at OSSA House, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswar.  As the percentage of voting was above 90%, the result keeps its importance with a chance of cross voting. The new ASOs will play a major role in the decision of forming OSSA Executive Body.

First Voter of Works Department

               Team 28, Works Department             

OSSA Election: 2017

Election for 9(Nine) different posts of Odisha Secretariat Service Association (OSSA) will be held on 29.07.2017 among 30(Thirty) Candidates from 4 different panels and one independent.

Time: 8.30AM to 5.30PM

Place : OSSA Office, Kharvel Nagar, Bhubaneswar

Linking your Aadhaar with PAN

If you are eligible to obtain Aadhaar number, you will, on or after July 1, 2017, quote Aadhaar number in the application form for allotment of permanent account number and in your return of income. 

Why? According to government, Aadhaar-enabled biometric identification will help check instances of multiple PANs and also keep a tab on tax evaders. 

What if your income is below the tax limit? 

Even then. If you don't file income tax return but possess both PAN and Aadhaar then linking the two is compulsory otherwise your PAN will be liable to become invalid from a date to be notified by the government, as per section 139AA of the Act. 

The recent Supreme Court order provides interim relief to those who may have PAN but do not have an Aadhaar and have not applied for one as yet from having to compulsorily link the two. It does not provide any relief to those who already have both PAN and Aadhaar. 

Even individuals who are not required to file income tax returns due to income being below exemption limit but possess both PAN and Aadhaar are mandatorily required to link both by a date to be notified as per section 139AA. If such individuals do not link the two by the date to be notified then their PAN will become invalid as per Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act introduced in the last budget, according to Sonu Iyer, Tax Partner and People Advisory Services Leader, EY. 

This means that a large number of people - senior citizens, students, entry-level workforce, housewives etc. who have PAN and Aadhaar both, but don't file returns will have to link the two numbers. This can be done via the income tax department's e-filing website. 

Link it if you don't want to lose your PAN 

If a person does not link PAN and Aadhaar as mandated by section 139AA then the person's PAN would become invalid. If a person's PAN becomes invalid they would face problems in all banking / financial transactions requiring PAN to be quoted. 

How does one do it 

The IT department has made provision for assesssees to link their PAN to Aadhaar on the efiling portal. If you have Aadhaar and PAN card and you haven't linked it yet, here's help.

Link 

Visit the income tax e-filing portal at https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in/ and enter your user id and password to access your profile. A new user can register on the portal by entering basic registration details such as PAN, name and date of birth. 

Update Aadhaar 

Once you are logged into the portal, go to the "Profile Settings" tab. A drop down menu will appear. Click on "Link Aadhaar". A new form will be displayed. 

Details 

You need to enter name, date of birth and gender as per PAN records. Next, your Aadhaar number and your name as per Aadhaar records must be entered. These details must be submitted after entering the text in the captcha code appearing on the screen. 

Confirmation 

After submitting the Aadhaar details, a success message is displayed confirming the linking of Aadhaar with PAN. A confirmation email is also sent to the registered email id of the assessee. 

Points to note 

• Once Aadhaar-PAN is linked, one can e-verify the IT return using Aadhaar if the mobile number is registered with Aadhaar database. 

• If the name in Aadhaar does not exactly match with the name on PAN, you need to additionally provide Aadhaar OTP or EVC to proceed with partial name match. 

Source : The Economic Times

Linking Aadhaar and PAN is not mandatory for all

It has now become mandatory for you to link your PAN with Aadhaar with effect from July 1, 2017, as per the income tax laws. However, the government has exempted certain class of individuals from linking these two documents subject to certain conditions. 

Even before the Supreme Court Judgement was announced upholding the legality of section 139AA, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) had, in its notification dated May 11, 2017 clarified the categories of individuals who are exempted from compulsorily linking their PAN with Aadhaar by exempting them from the purview of Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act. 

CBDT has notified that Section 139AA of the Income Tax Act is not applicable to the following individuals: 

(i) Those categorised as Non-resident Indians as per the Income Tax Laws 

(ii) Not a citizen of India 

(iii) Is of age 80 years or more at any time during the tax year 

(iv) Residents of the states of Assam, Meghalaya and Jammu and Kashmir 

The above mentioned categories of Individuals are exempted from the purview of section 139AA i.e. exempted from compulsory linking of PAN and Aadhaar, only if they do not possess Aadhaar or Aadhaar Enrolment ID. 

The newly introduced section 139AA of the Income Tax Act states that every person who has been allotted PAN as on July 1, 2017 and who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar Number shall intimate the same to the tax authorities. The PAN of those who fail to do so will become invalid on a date to be notified later by the department. 

The Aadhaar (Target Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016 states that every resident shall be entitled to obtain Aadhaar number by submitting his demographic and biometric information by undergoing the process of enrolment. The Act has also defined the eligibility conditions for Aadhaar. 

The CBDT, after the SC judgment on the matter, in its press release dated June 10, 2017 has clarified that every person, who possesses both PAN and Aadhaar/Aadhaar Enrolment ID, should intimate the same to the Income Tax department by linking these two as mandated by the tax laws. This requirement applies irrespective of whether the individuals file tax returns or not. 

As per CBDT, the judgement has given partial relief to those who do not have Aadhaar and do not wish to obtain Aadhaar for the time being, that their PAN will not be cancelled so that other consequences under the Income Tax Act for failing to quote PAN may not arise. 

Attestation of documents by Gazetted Officers

Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions

( 27-July, 2017 18:37 IST )

As a part of simplification of procedures, the Central Government had issued advisories to all States / UTs to do away with the requirement of taking affidavits for executive level jobs and for allowing self certification of certificates in a phased manner. Action in this regard is to be taken by States/ UTs. Further, as per the Central Secretariat Manual of Office Procedure (CSMOP), notification is mostly used for notifying the promulgation of statutory rules.

This was stated by the Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr. Jitendra Singh in written reply to a question by Shri Anubhav Mohanty in the Rajya Sabha today. 

OPSC Order : Advt. 08 of 2012-13

Half-day leave for OSSA Election

Happy Birthday: Mrs Lagnajeeta

                                      25th July, 2017                               

Many many happy returns of the day...

3 Days Training at Gopandhu Academy

24th - 26th July, 2017

Ranjan Kumar Rout, ASO

Dillip Kumar Mallick, ASO

27th - 29th July, 2017

Dularibala Hembram, ASO

Madhusmita Ray, ASO

31st July to 2nd Aug

Ranjan Kumar Behera, ASO

Aswin Kumar Tiriya, ASO

3 days Workshop at ISTM, New Delhi

ISTM, New Delhi

Workshop on Citizen Centric Service Delivery Approach

(20.09.2017 to 22.09.2017)

Works Department

Sri Debi Prasad Pattnaik, Desk Officer

O&M section

Largest bridge of Odisha ....

Section Allotment to Desk Officer

Happy Birthday: Mrs Rasmita

Combined Birthday Celebration

                         19.07.2017  (Wednesday)                     

A combined Birthday Celebration was organised by Team-28 at New OSSA House on Wednesday in presence of all members. 

The Birthday guys were Sri Smruti Ranjan Singh, ASO, FE-I Section / Sri Laxmidhar Mallick, ASO, Bill Section / Sri Gautam Moharana, ASO, Building Section / Smt. Dularibala Hembram, ASO, FE-III Section.