Friday, 6 November 2020
Wednesday, 4 November 2020
Fifth Session of Odisha Legislative Assembly from 20 November
Provisional Calendar
November 20 - December 31
(Holiday : Nov 30 & Dec 25)
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- November 29 - Appropriation Bill on the First Supplementary Statement of Expenditure for the year 2020-2021.
- Session on all days except Government Holidays.
- Session on Saturday and Sundays also.
- Only Unstarred Questions allowed
Tuesday, 3 November 2020
Monday, 2 November 2020
Sunday, 1 November 2020
Friday, 30 October 2020
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Students Scholarship & Sumangal Portal launched by Honble CM
Highlights
21 scholarship schemes of 6 major Depts brought under one platform.
Agriculture & F.E Department
- Kalia Scholarship
Higher Education Department
- Fakirmohana Vasa Bruti
- Gopabandhu Bruti
- Senior Merit and Technical and Professional and PG merit e-Medhabruti
Labour & ESI Department
- Children of Building
School & Mass Education Department
- Junior Merit
- NRTS Scholarship (9 to 10)
- Pathani Samanta Mathematics - 1 (Class - 6 to 8)
- Pathani Samanta Mathematics - 2 (Class - 9 to 10)
- Pathani Samanta Mathematics - 3 (Class - 11 to 12)
- Primary Merit (Class - 3 to 4)
- Primary Poverty cum Merit Poverty (Class 3 to 4)
- Upper Primary (Class 5 to 6)
- Upper Primary Poverty cum Merit Scholarship (Class 5 to 6)
Skill Development & Technical Education Department
- Banishree - A Scheme of Scholarship for Students with Disability
- BOC Scholarship
- Merit Scholarship
- Merit-cum-Poverty Stipend
- Sudakshya for Girls Child
ST&SC and MBC Welfare Department
- Post Matric Scholarship
- Pre Matric
Aadhaar based registration & integration with online platform/ databases relevant to scholarship programmes
Minimise duplication & ensure leakage-free scholarship disbursal.
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Highlights
Developed to grant incentives to inter-caste married couples under Odisha Right to Public Service Act, 2012
After approval, eligible beneficiaries to get incentives within 60 days from application submission date.
Incentive award for Inter-caste marriage
For social integration and removal of untouchability , there is provision for awarding cash incentive to inter-caste married couples if marriage solemnized between caste Hindus and Schedule Castes belonging to Hindu communities.
Inter-caste marriages can be one of the significant steps to reduce the caste-prejudices, abolish ‘untouchability’ and spread the value of liberty, equality, fraternity in the society.
Extension of due date of Income Tax Return
Ministry of Finance
Extension of due date of furnishing of Income Tax Returns and Audit Reports
Posted On: 24 OCT 2020 2:27PM by PIB Delhi
In view of the challenges faced by taxpayers in meeting the statutory and regulatory compliances due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Government brought the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 (‘the Ordinance’) on 31st March, 2020 which, inter alia, extended various time limits. The Ordinance has since been replaced by the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation and Amendment of Certain Provisions) Act.
The Government issued a Notification on 24thJune, 2020 under the Ordinance which, inter alia, extended the due date for all Income Tax Returns for the FY 2019-20 (AY 2020-21) to 30th November, 2020. Hence, the returns of income which were required to be filed by 31st July, 2020 and 31st October, 2020 are required to be filed by 30th November, 2020. Consequently, the date for furnishing various audit reports including tax audit report under the Income-tax Act, 1961 (the Act) has also been extended to 31st October, 2020.
In order to provide more time to taxpayers for furnishing of Income Tax Returns, it has been decided to further extend the due date for furnishing of Income-Tax Returns as under:
(A) The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the taxpayers (including their partners) who are required to get their accounts audited [for whom the due date (i.e. before the extension by the said notification) as per the Act is 31st October, 2020] has been extended to 31st January, 2021.
(B) The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the taxpayers who are required to furnish report in respect of international/specified domestic transactions [for whom the due date (i.e. before the extension by the said notification) as per the Act is 30th November, 2020] has been extended to 31st January, 2021.
(C) The due date for furnishing of Income Tax Returns for the other taxpayers [for whom the due date (i.e. before the extension by the said notification) as per the Act was 31st July, 2020] has been extended to 31st December, 2020.
Consequently, the date for furnishing of various audit reports under the Act including tax audit report and report in respect of international/specified domestic transaction has also been extended to 31st December, 2020.
Further, in order to provide relief to small and middle class taxpayers, the said notification dated 24th June, 2020 had also extended the due date for payment of self-assessment tax for the taxpayers whose self-assessment tax liability is up to Rs. 1 lakh. Accordingly, the due date for payment of self-assessment tax for the taxpayers who are not required to get their accounts audited was extended from 31st July, 2020 to 30th November, 2020 and for the auditable cases, this due date was extended from 31st October, 2020 to 30th November, 2020.
In order to provide relief for the second time to small and middle class taxpayers in the matter of payment of self-assessment tax, the due date for payment of self-assessment tax date is hereby again being extended. Accordingly, the due date for payment of self-assessment tax for taxpayers whose self-assessment tax liability is up to Rs. 1 lakh has been extended to 31st January, 2021 for the taxpayers mentioned in para 3(A) and para 3(B) and to 31st December, 2020 for the taxpayers mentioned in para 3(C).
The necessary notification in this regard shall be issued in due course.
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RM/KMN
(Release ID: 1667281)Sunday, 25 October 2020
Saturday, 24 October 2020
Friday, 23 October 2020
Revised base year for CPI-IW : No impact on dearness allowance
Government have changed base year of the CPI-IW from 2001 to 2016.
However, the change in base year of the index will impact DA calculations only in July next year as the government has frozen biannual hike in dearness allowances since January this year to offset the financial implications on the exchequer during the Covid-19 pandemic. Government had in January announced a hike in DA from 17% to 21% but did not implement it..
Under the new series, the CPI-IW for September stood at 118. The linking factor for the conversion of new series to the old one, which had a base year of 2001, is 2.88. Under the previous base, the CPI-IW for August stood at 338, which would be 117.4 now after accounting for the linking factor.
CPI-IW based on 2001=100
CPI-IW based on 2016=100
September 2020 - 118
Revised Consumer Price Index based on new series (2016=100)
The Union government on Thursday revised the base year for computing Consumer Price Index (Industrial Workers) CPI-IW from the present 2001 to 2016 after a gap of 15 years.
The CPI-IW is used as a benchmark for calculating dearness allowance for government employees, dearness relief for pensioners and wages for industrial workers in some sectors. Though it may not impact the salary of industrial workers and DA of government staff immediately, it will have a cascading impact on salary, DA and DR of workers, and pensioners.
The All India index for the month of September 2020 stands at the level of 118 and linking factor for the conversion of new series index to previous series on base 2001=100 is 2.88.
Thursday, 22 October 2020
Labour Ministry denies the media report : "Government employees to get more DA"
Ministry of Labour & Employment
Union Labour Ministry denies reports in a section of media appearing under the caption “Government Employees set to get more DA”
Posted On: 16 OCT 2020 5:02PM by PIB Delhi
Union Ministry of Labour & Employment has denied reports appearing in a section of Media under the caption “Govt. employees set to get more DA” published on 16-10-2020 In this regard it may be stated that Union Ministry of Labour & Employment has denied the report saying that it has never said that the new index would lead to a hike in salaries of industrial workers and Govt. employees. Following is the clarification of the Ministry :
“While it is a fact that Labour Bureau, an attached office of Ministry of Labour and Employment is going to release new series of Consumer Price Index for Industrial workers (CPI-IW) with 2016 as base year on 21st October, 2020. This index is used for revision of dearness allowance payable to Govt. employees and workers in the organized sector. However, the Labour ministry has never said that the new index would lead to a hike in salaries of industrial workers and Govt. employees. It will depend on the behaviour of new series which is too early to predict at this stage.”
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RCJ/RNM/CKR (Release ID: 1665153)
Wednesday, 21 October 2020
Bonus to CG employees for 2019-2020
Ministry of Finance
Cabinet approves Productivity Linked Bonus and non-Productivity Linked Bonus for 2019-2020
Posted On: 21 OCT 2020 3:25PM by PIB Delhi
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has given its approval to pay Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB)for the year 2019-2020 to 16.97 lakh non-gazetted employees of commercial establishments like Railways, Posts, Defence, EPFO,ESIC,etc.will be benefitted and the financial implication would be Rs.2,791 crore.
Non-PLB or ad-hoc Bonus is given to Non-Gazetted Central Government employees. 13.70 lakh employees would be benefited and Rs.946 crore will be the financial implication for the same.
A total of 30.67 lakh employees would be benefited by the Bonus announcement and total financial implication will be Rs 3,737 crore.
Payment of Bonus to non-gazetted employees for their performance in the preceding year is usually made before Durga Puja/Dussehra season. The Government is announcing the Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) and ad hoc bonus for its non-gazetted employees to be disbursed immediately.
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VRRK (Release ID: 1666381)
Message of Hon'ble Prime Minister, India
Prime Minister’s Office
Prime Minister’s Special Address to the Nation
PM appeals to citizens to not let their guard down in the country’s fight against Corona
Says the lockdown might have gone but the virus has not
Cautions this is not the time for callousness and complacency
Lauds the efforts of the doctors, nurses and other Corona Warriors for their selfless service to the nation
Work on vaccine is in progress and Govt is readying a strategy to deliver the vaccine to every single citizen
Recovery rate in the country has improved and the fatality rate is low : PM
Posted On: 20 OCT 2020 7:52PM by PIB Delhi
In a televised address to the nation, the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi made a fervent appeal to all the citizens to not let their guard down and become complacent, in the country’s ongoing fight against the Covid Pandemic.
Shri Narendra Modi said despite the lockdown having been lifted it does not mean that the Corona Virus is wiped out.
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