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.
As per the report received at the
Central Head Quarters of the Confederation, near about 13 lakhs Central
Government Employees have commenced the two day strike from Midnight of 11th
Feb. In 2014. For 48 hours. The Strike action will continue upto the midnight
of 13th Feb. In 2014. The functioning of the Government in the Postal, Income
tax, Civil Accounts, Ground water Board, Botanical Survey of India, and many
other organisations have been totally paralysed as in these departments, the
offices could not even be opened. In all other Departments of the Government of
India viz. the Printing and Stationery, Indian Audit and Accounts Department,
Atomic Energy Commission offices, Custom & Central Excise, Defence
Accounts, Indian Bureau of Mines, Geological Survey of India, other Survey of
India organisations and offices, Census, the work has been paralysed.
The strike action became
necessary due to the refusal of the Government to finalise the terms of
reference of the proposed 7th CPC, grant interim relief and merger of DA with
pay, inclusion of Gramin Dak Sewaks within the purview of the Pay Commission and
scrapping of NPS and the settlement of the 15 point charter of demands, The
employees are agitated over the action of the Government in getting the PFRDA
enacted in the Parliament with the support of the BJP which contains the
provision to bring in the existing employees and pensioners also within its
ambit.
During the last 5 years,
Government had been outsourcing various functions to Contractors with the
result presently about one third of the workforce of the Government of India is
contract labours getting only a pittance of salary. Lakhs of posts in various
Departments of the Government are presently vacant due to the ban on
recruitment aggravating the unemployment situation in the country.
The Government has virtually
closed down all channels of discussions with the employees by not convening the
meetings of the JCM both at the National and Departmental levels. There had
been no avenue for the employees to air their grievances and seek redressal.
Even the awards of the Board of Arbitration which were in favour of employees
were allowed to pend implementation for 15 years and are now being brought
before the Parliament for rejection invoking the sovereign authority of the
legislature.
The incessant rise in the prices
of essential commodities has eroded the value of wages fixed in 2006
phenomenally. The price rise over the years between 2006 and 2014 is estimated
to be three times, whereas the DA compensation presently is only 90%. It has
become difficult for the employees especially at the lower levels to meet even
the basic requirements of a family life. The agonising situation arising from
the apathy of the Government has given rise to anger and desperation, which has
been reflected in their total participation in the strike action.
The reports received from the
States indicate that the strike was total in Kerala, West Bengal, Assam,
Tripura, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamilnadu, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, 'Madhya
Pradesh, Maharashtra, J & K, HP, Rajasthan, UP and more than 90% in the
rest of the States.
The National Secretariat of the
Confederation is scheduled to meet on 18th Feb. to review and assess the
response of the Government. If the Government continues with its nugatory
attitude, the Secretariat will be left with no other alternative but to call upon
the employees to go for indefinite strike action before the general election is
announced.
Source : confederation of Central Government Employees and workers
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