Sunday, 8 November 2020

PM renames Ministry of Shipping as Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways

The Prime Minister renamed the Ministry of Shipping as the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. 
He said in most of the developed countries the Ministry of Shipping handles Ports and Waterways. He added now with more clarity in name, there will be more clarity in the work.

Notification on Form Fill-Up For Matric Exam withdrawn



Scrutiny of CCR/PAR for promotion

Extract of letter dt. 24.08.2020
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Swadhikar Dt. 07.11.2020

Wednesday, 4 November 2020

Submission of Life Certificate by pensioners extended till May 2021


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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, 27 October 2020

Unlock 6.0 for the month of November, 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.

Minor changes in IAS Officers

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) 

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..
The next hike, which was due in July, has been deferred and will now be done in July 2021. The dearness allowance (DA) is a cost of living adjustment allowance paid to government employees, public sector employees (PSEs) and pensioners in India.

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.

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60 Days Bonus to Postal Employees