As it is well known that the income tax department has allowed Aadhaar card holders to use the biometric id number in lieu of the Permanent Account Number (PAN). But as per new provision of Income Tax, fine of Rs. 10,000 may be levied in case of wrong Aadhar Number. As per the latest amendments in the Finance Bill 2019, not only allowed people to use Aadhaar in lieu of PAN but also introduced a penalty for giving a false Aadhaar number. However, the new penalty rules are applicable only in cases where you are using Aadhaar in lieu of PAN and where quoting PAN is mandatory according to the income tax department rules. It is well known that although Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identity Authority of India, yet the fine is not imposed by UIDAI but by the income tax department. Under Section 272B of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the department can impose a penalty in case of default in complying with provisions relating to PAN, i.e., failure to obtain, quote, or authenticate PAN. ...
APPROVAL OF PROPOSALS FOR PROVISIONS OF LAPTOPS TO ALL INSPECTORS AND POSITIVE RESPONSE OF CBDT FOR PROVISION OF MOBILE HANDSET FOR ALL PERSONNEL IN THE INCOME TAX DEPARTMENT
The Personnel Grievance
Redressal Committee (PGRC) meeting of CBDT was held as seheduled on 04.06.2013
at 4.00PM. The Meeting was Chaired by Member (P&V) and Member
(Revenue). The items taken up by the ITEF were discussed among OTHER
things and the outcome, item wise is as under:
1. Notebooks to Inspectors and staff in lieu of Motor Cycles: During the last
quarterly Review Meeting the matter was discussed and the Chairperson assured
us to look into the same positively. We have been informed in this
meeting that the Board has approved the proposal for provisions of Laptops to
All Inspectors involving an expenditure of Rs 42.70 cores. The same,
after the vetting by the Revenue Secretary has been sent to the Integrated
Finance Unit for their approval.
2. Mobile hand set for all personnel in the Department: This was also discussed in the last quarterly Review
meeting held on 22.2.2013 and we were assured of a positive action. It
has also been, as in the case of Laptops, approved by the Board involving an
expenditure of Rs 25.60 crores and sent to the IFU for its approval.
3. Avoidance of repetitive and overlapping statistcs sought from
Field Offices. The matter was being
persistently taken by the ITEF in all the meetings. We were
informed that the Board has developed a new software including changing
of CAP II, by which the statistics sought from the field formations will be
drastically reduced and the information in the portal will be available for
higher authorities too. After the new portal is brought into effective
functioning any difficulties or shortcomings can be reviewed in future to
correct the same.
4. Clarification on Fixation of pay of Inspectors/Pas/AOs after
upgradation. After the rejection of the
demand of ITEF for fixing the pay in the fitment formula of pre-revised scale
of 7450, the matter has again been referred to the Department of Expenditure,
as demanded by the ITEF, to allow fixation of the Pay of Inspectors as
per the clarification issued by the DOE in UO No. 10/1/2009-IC dated 14.12.2009
in the case of similarly placed personnel CSS/CSSS services. The matter
is being pursued.
5. Training to Newly recruited personnel MTS/TS/Stgr/ITIs at the
Initial Stage itself. It was informed that
the Board has accepted the demand and NADT has been asked to formulate the
module for the same to impart training to the newly recruited personnel in the
initial stages itself.
6. Litigation in Various Tribunals and stay granted on promotions on
the basis of Supreme Court order dated 27.11.2012 in the case of NR Parmar: The ITEF requested for pursuing the DOPT for taking a
decision in the matter at the earliest and also demanded for necessary steps to
be taken by the Board for conducting DPCs and effecting promotions, if the
final decision of the DOPT is likely to be delayed. The Member (P&V)
informed the meeting that every efforts are being taken to get a final decision
from the DOPT at the earliest. The Member also requested us to direct our
members not to resort to legal battles and block the promotions and functioning
of the Department.
7. Accessibility to Website irsofficersonline.gov.in. On the Demand of ITGOA and ITEF, The Directorate of IT (System)
was asked to explore the possibility of providing access to all with the
employee code.
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