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. ...
DOPT has forwarded a proposal to PMO regarding enhancement of retirement age of Central Government Employess from 60 to 62 years......
Central workers to retire
at 62?
NEW DELHI: A
move is afoot to raise the retirement age of over five million central
government employees from 60 to 62 years, citing the longer span of life
enabling most to be fit to work, though ostensibly it may be keeping an eye on
the Delhi Assembly elections due in November to influence over 80 per cent of them living in the capital.
The Ministry of Personnel and Training has forwarded a proposal
in this regard to the Prime Minister's office (PMO) for inclusion in the agenda
of the Cabinet for consideration, after securing consent of various ministries,
sources said, claiming that it has an approval of the finance ministry. The
decision will help immensely those on the verge of retirement to continue in
service for two years.
The High Court judges
already enjoy tenure up to 62 while the retirement age of the Supreme Court
judges and the Election Commissioners is 65. The retirement age has also been
raised to 62 in case of some key posts. It is already 62 years in case of the
employees of the Madhya Pradesh government.
This will be the third
time that the retirement age of the central staff is being raised and it is
bound to have the cascading effect on the states coming under pressure from the
employees' associations to follow suit.
It was raised from 55 to
58 by then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962 after the war with China and
then to 60 years by the then NDA government in 1998 on the recommendation of
the central pay commission.
The central staff is
already quite happy with the government for getting as much as 80 per cent of
the basic pay as the dearness allowance, thanks to the last hike of 8 per cent
announced in April with retrospective effect from January 1. Just before the
polls, they may get yet another DA hike as the pay commission recommendation accepted
by the government mandates revision twice a year to match the rise or fall in
the consumer price index of the industrial workers.
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