GOVT DEFERS UTN IMPLEMENTATION
The Economic Times (
The Central Board of Direct Taxes, the apex body administering direct taxes, on Tuesday, put on hold the new form and conditions to improve tax deduction at source filing system.
The new rules, which had been brought out without any notice, had drawn criticism from the taxpayers as it allegedly made the process further cumbersome. This was particularly as even tax department’s own software was allegedly found lacking in supporting the new form and conditions.
Thus, taxpayers filing their income tax returns for assessment year 2009-10, or any other earlier assessment year, may continue to file their returns without mentioning the unique transaction number (UTN) as required under these rules.
The filing of such returns shall be treated as valid, the CBDT said in an official statement here.
The new form for tax deductors was to come into effect from April 1, 2009.
The CBDT has also issued a new guideline as per which it would be mandatory for those sending remittances overseas to file an e-declaration with the tax department website from July 1.
NMMC GETS RS15CR FOR E-GOVERNANCE
Vasanti Banerjee, Belapur
DNA (Mumbai edition)
Adding yet another feather to its cap, Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) has succeeded in securing funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for its e-governance project. The Central Government has sanctioned Rs 15.11 crore to NMMC.
This has brought a cheer amongst the officials who hail this project as the key to efficient and speedy functioning of the Corporation. The project, once implemented, will change the way the civic body functions and enhance its productivity and performance making it possible to deliver results much faster.
As per this scheme, the NMMC will invite tenders for contractors to install the latest software needed for the project in all the computers and also install e-kiosks at specific locations. This spells good news for the common man since they will no longer have to stand in long queues to pay bills, secure important documents or check the status of their applications.
All important information will be available at the e-kiosks, informed a NMMC official. Residents can procure important papers like birth and death certificates, clearance and occupancy certificates using this paperless system within 15 days. Also, residents will be able to pay important bills like property tax, water bills and so on in the centralised computer system at home or at the kiosks.
NMMC is the first corporation in the country to get such a huge amount for the project.
In the past, NMMC has already received approval for the 24x7 water supply and sewage treatment projects and also received first installment for the same. Municipal
Commissioner Vijay Nahata expressed confidence in securing funds under JNNURM for the solid waste management project and five flyovers on the
NOW, E-SAMPARK CENTRES TO COME UP IN SCHOOLS
The Indian Express
The city is set to have four new e-Sampark centres, with additional facilities. This time, the centres will be located on government school premises, for which all modalities have been worked out. The centres are likely to start functioning some time in July.
In a recent communication, Chief Architect Sumit Kaur, Department of Urban Planning, wrote to Director Public Instructions (Schools) Samwartak Singh, informing him of the schools where the Administration will set up e-Sampark centres. These are government high schools in Sectors 37-D, 39-C and 48-D and the
The new facilities to be introduced at the centres include submission of requisite forms pertaining to PAN cards and their issuance, besides multi-banking. “Modalities are being worked out to provide additional facilities at these centres. It was a long pending demand of the residents’ welfare associations to open these new e-Sampark centres,” said Director (Information Technology) Manjit Singh Brar.
At present, there are 28 services being provided at 11 e-Sampark centres and 13 gram-Sampark centres across the city. They include payment of electricity, water and phone bills; issuing birth and death certificates, senior citizen cards, bus passes; disbursement of pension for old age, widows and the disabled; school fee collection of around 20 government model senior secondary schools; doctors’ appointments for GMSH-16 and GMCH-32; passport applications.
Since September 2004, the centres collected around Rs 2,016 crore of government revenue in nearly 72 lakh transactions. According to a recent survey, the number of transactions per month has crossed the mark of 2 lakh.
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