Revision of e-Payment Tariff structure

Transaction Value	Rate (Per Transaction)*
Up to Rs.1000/-	Rs.5/-
Rs.1001/- to Rs.2500/-	Rs.10/-
Rs.2501/- to Rs.5000/-	Rs.15/-
Above Rs.5000/-	Rs.20/-

* Rate are exclusive of service tax.

The revised tariff structure will come into effect from 1^st January, 2013

Source:-BD & Marketing Directorate OM No.36-60/2010-BD & MD dated 26^th November, 2012.

Anomalies in the MACP Scheme : Stepping up of pay of Sr. Supervisors of Accounts and other departments – AIRF

Anomalies in the MACP Scheme : Stepping up of pay of Sr. Supervisors of Accounts and other departments – AIRF

AIRF General Secretary Shiva Gopal Secretary writes a letter to Railway Board regarding the issue of stepping up of pay of senior employees/supervisors at par with junior employees/supervisor staff who are getting higher grade pay due to financial upgradation under MACP Scheme, which has finalized with the Staff Side in the MACPS Anomalies Committee Meeting held on 27.7.2012. AIRF requested to issue the appropriate orders without loss of time with the consulting of DoP&T. We have reproduced the full text of the letter and given below for your information…

AIRF 

All India Railwaymen’s Federation

No.AIRF/MACPS

Dated: November 21, 2012

The Secretary(E), 

Railway Board, 

New Delhi

Dear Sir.,

Sub: Anomalies in the MACP Scheme — Stepping up of pay of Sr. Supervisors of Accounts and other departments — Reg.

Ref: Railway Board’s ID. Note No.EC-VI2009IACP12JPt. I dated 13.11.2012 addressed to Director(Estt. I). DoP&T

It is understood that Railway Board has already made a reference to DoP&T vide l.D. Note number referred to above, based on the agreement arrived in the MACPS Anomalies Committee Meeting held on 27.07.2012 on the issue of stepping up of pay of senior employees/supervisors at par with junior employees / supervised staff who are drawing higher grade pay due to financial upgradation under MACPS.

Orders from DoP&T on the above subject matter, however, are still awaited despite lapse of more than three months time. A number of queries are pouring in AIRF Office on this issue; as such it would be quite appropriate that a reference is made to DoP&T for issuing suitable orders without further loss of time.

It is further requested that other issues already agreed to, appearing on the agenda of MACP’s National Anomalies Committee, in the meeting held on 27.07.2012, may also be finalized at an early date.

An early action in the matter is solicited.

Yours faithfully, 

sd/- 

(Shiva Gopal Mishra) 

General Secretary

Source: www.airfindia.com

Rejection by MOF of proposal of Railway Board for Grade Pay of Rs.5400 to Group 'B' officers...

Rejection by MOF of proposal of Railway Board for Grade Pay of Rs.5400 to Group 'B' officers...

No.22/02/2009-IC-II

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

Department of Expenditure

New Delhi, dated the 15th May, 2012

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Allotment of Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/- in PB-2 for Group 'B' Gazetted Officers and Grade Pay of Rs.4800/- in PB-2 to Supervisors in the Railways.

The urdersigned is directed to refer to Ministry of Railways OM No.PC VI/2008/IC/21 dated 06.01.2012 and DO letter No.PC-VI/2008/IC/20 dated 06.03.2012 on the subject mentioned above. The matter has been reconsidered in this department and as regards allotment of Grade Pay of Rs.5400/- in PB-2 for Group 'B' Gazetted Officers who ware in the pre-revised scale of Rs.7500-12000, It is observed that Group 'B' Gazetted Officers in the pay scale of Rs.7500-12000 exists in all the Ministries / Departments also and agreeing to the instant proposal would have wide repercussion. In view of the above, this department’s earlier decision dated 11.08.2010 is re-iterated. ConseqentIy the proposal for allotment of Grade Pay of Rs. 4800/- in PB-2 to Supervisors who were in the pre-revised scale of Rs.6500-10500 & Rs.7450-11500 is also not agreed to.

2. This issues with the approval of JS (Pers.).

sd/-

(Sunita Bansal)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

Source: www.irtsa.net.in

[http://www.irtsa.net/pdfdocs/Rejection_of_GP_5400_to_Group_B_on_Rlys_by_MoF.pdf]

Purchase of National Savings Certificates by an audit on behalf of a minor a clarification regarding

SB Order No.16/2012

No.61-03/2012-SB

Government of India

Ministry of Communications & IT

Department of Posts

Dak Bhawan, Sansad Marg,

New Delhi - 110 001,

Dated : 16.11.2012

To

All Heads Circles,

Addl. Director General, APS, New Delhi.

Subject : Purchase of National Savings Certificates by an audit on behalf of a minor a clarification regarding.

Sir/Madam,

The undersigned is directed to say that this office has received a complaint through Secretary (Coord & PG), Cabinet Secretariat, Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi regarding refusal of issue of NSC in the name of Grand Daughter (minor) to one Sh.S.P.Jain by Palam Vihar PO as well as SSPOs gurgaon (Haryana).

2. It is clarified that as per Rule 4(2)a of NSC-VIII issue and IX issue rules, a single holder type certificates may be issued to an adult for himselh or on behalf of a minor or to a minor. Therefore, it is clarified that NSCs can be purchased by any adult in the name of a minor irrespective of any relation.

3. It is requested that all this may be circulated to all Post Offices for information and necessary guidance so that complaints of this nature may be avoided.

4. This issues with the approval of DDG(FS).

Yours faithfully,

sd/-

(Kawal Jit Singh)

Assistant Director (SB)

Filing of CAT case at Ernakulam Bench

  As per decision taken in Central Working Committee meeting held at Shirdi on 12.10.2012 & 13.10.2012, Delhi Postal Circle Branch has remitted an amount of Rs. 5000/- as a special contribution to the CHQ in connection with above purpose.

Continuation of IT Modernisation Project of Department of Posts – Phase II

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today approved the proposal of Rs.4,909 crore towards IT modernisation project of the Department of Posts, covering 1.55 lakhs post offices.
The total expenditure for the project involving Rs.4,909 crore includes both implementation phase and operation and maintenance phase for the IT infrastructure of Post Offices. The IT project of the Department is a part of the Mission Mode Project (MMP) included in the National e-Governance Plan (NEGP).
The Department of Posts has a network of 1.55 Lakhs post offices spread across all the States and Union Territories of the country. The key objective of the India Post IT Modernisation project is modernization and computerization of all Post offices in the country including branch post offices in rural areas to create a urban-rural network spanning across the length and breadth of the country.
The IT modernisation project is expected to give following benefits to the citizens of the country:

• Improve customer satisfaction due to faster and more reliable delivery of services

• Enhance visibility and transparency

• Provide access by multiple channels to the customers e.g. post office counters, kiosks, internet, mobiles ATMs etc;

• Ensure delivery of "citizen centric services"

The IT modernisation project will provide a national asset and infrastructure for all users apart from the post offices including various government departments, business houses and the citizens to use the services effectively for their communication, banking, insurance and service delivery needs. The project will improve the delivery of mails, banking and insurance services rendered by the Post offices across the length and breadth of the country.
For the purpose of implementation, the IT modernisation project has been structured into 8 segments catering to IT infrastructure such as datacentre, network, computers and peripherals, software applications which will cover all the product and services of the Department of Posts, and change management which will help in effective transformation into IT mode. The project will be implemented in all the 1.55 lakh post offices in a phased manner over a time period of 2 years, to be followed by the O&M phase over the period of contract.
The project will be rolled out to all the post offices covering all States and Union Territories in the country a phased manner.

Background:

The proposal of the Department of Posts is in continuation of the proposal which was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on 26th Aug 2010. The overall project has been segregated into eight RFPs, of which, selection of vendors have been finalized in case of 5 RFPs and LOIs have been issued. Of these 5 RFPs, in four cases the contracts have been signed with the selected bidders. In respect of two RFPs the financial bids have been opened and selection of the bidder is under process. 

Source : PIB

Disciplinary proceedings against appointment on Fake Caste Certificates

Appointment on Fake Caste Certificates 

Information about appointments secured on the basis of fake/false caste certificates is not centrally maintained. 

However, the Central Government had taken one time exercise to collect information about appointments secured on the basis of fake/false caste certificates in the year 2010. As per information received from various Ministries/Departments etc., 1832 appointments were allegedly secured on the basis of fake/false caste certificates. Disciplinary proceedings had been instituted in all the cases. It was reported that out of the above 1832 cases, 276 had been resulted in suspension/removal etc., whereas 521 cases were entangled into litigations and in remaining 1035 cases disciplinary proceedings were pending. 

The Government instructions provide that an appointing authority should verify the caste status of SC/ST/OBC candidates at the time of initial appointment as well as every important upturn of the employee’s career. 

Chief Secretaries of States/Union Territories have been requested to issue instructions to the District Magistrates/District Collectors/Deputy Commissioners of the Districts to the effect that when asked to verify the veracity etc. of caste certificates, they should ensure at their own level that veracity of the caste/community certificate referred to the district authorities is verified and reported to the appointing authority within one month of receipt of request from such authority. In order to rule out collusion between candidates holding false/forged certificate and employees at the district level or sub-district level, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against officers who default in timely verification of caste status in such cases or issue false certificates. 

This was stated by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office in written reply to a question by Shri Aayanur Manjunatha in the Rajya Sabha today. 

PIB News

INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION FROM SALARIES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 201 2-2013 UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961

OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER GENERAL OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS

Ulan Batar Road, Palam, Delhi Cantt-110010

 

 

No.AN/XIV/14119/l.Tax-IX

Dated 09.11.2012

To

All the PCsDA /CsDA

(Through CGDA Mail Server)

SUBJECT : INCOME-TAX DEDUCTION FROM SALARIES DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2012-2013 UNDER SECTION 192 OF THE INCOME-TAX ACT, 1961.

Government of India, Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Circular No.08/2012 [F.No. 275/192/2012—IT(B)J, Dated 05.10.2012 on the above subject is available on Income Tax Department’s website (http://law.incometaxindia.gov.in/DIT/Circulars.aspx). 

The circular in ‘pdf’ format Is also available on Department of Revenue website http://dor.gov.in/othercirculars (Annual Circular of Deduction of Tax at Source-during the FY 2012-13). The subject circular may please be downloaded from the above websites for information,  guidance and necessary action please.

sd/- 

(Chitra Mahendran) 

For CGDA

Source: www.cgda.nic.in 

[http://cgda.nic.in/adm/tds201213.pdf]

PLI clintele eligibility extended.

As a positive development and an appropriate strategy for publicity and securing business, Department of Posts has approved expansion of the clientele eligible for PLI. Henceforth, the PLI can be extended to the following group:

• Employees engaged/appointed on contract basis by Central/State Government, where the contract is extendable.
• Employees of Joint Venture in which Central/State Government/Public Sector Undertaking/ Nationalised Banks have minimum holding of 10 percent.
• Members/employees of Credit Co-operative Societies and other Co-operative Societies registered with Government under the Co-operative Societies Act and partly or fully funded from the Central /State Govt./RBI /SBI/ NABARD/ Nationalised Banks and other such Institutes notified by Government.
• Employees of Deemed Universities and Educational Institutes accredited by recognised bodies such as National Assessment and Accreditation Council, All India Council of Technical Education, Medical Council of India etc.and or affiliated to Universities/ Boards etc.
• Employees of all Scheduled Commercial Banks.

Source : Punjab Circle blog

Happy Diwali 2012

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on Leave Travel Concession (LTC) matters – Dopt

Establishment division of Department of Personnel & Training has published an another useful ‘Frequently Asked Questions and Answers’ regarding the Leave Travel Concession (LTC) for Central Government employees.

Department of Personnel & Training Establishment (A-IV)

Frequently Asked Questions and Answers on Leave Travel Concession (LTC) matters

S.No.	Question	Answer
1.	How are the claims of LTC be adjusted in case of delayed submission?	Where advance has been drawn, the claim for reimbursement shall be submitted within one month of the completion of the return journey. Where no advance has been drawn, the expenditure incurred shall be submitted within three months of the completion of the return journey. Administrative Ministry/Department concerned can admit the claims in relaxation of the provisions subject to the following time limits without reference to DoPT: (a) Where no advance is taken, LTC Bill submitted within a period not exceeding six months; and (b) Where advance has been drawn, claim for reimbursement submitted within a period of three months after the completion of return journey (provided the Govt. servant refunds the entire advance within 45 days after the completion of the return journey. Rule 14 of CCS(LTC) Rules,1988 read with - O.M. No. 31011/5/2007-Estt.A dated 27th September, 2007
2.	Can a Govt. servant visit NER or N&K on more than one occasion on conversion of Hometown under the relaxation allowed for LTC visits to NER/J&K?	Govt. servant who has availed the benefit of Home Town conversion to NER/J&K in one block (say 2006-2009) can again visit NER/J&K in the new/next block (say 2010- 2013) subject to availability of LTC in a allowed particular block so long as the relaxation is in force. 1. O.M No. 31011/4/2007-Estt.(A) dated 02.05.2008 2. O.M No. 31011/4/2007-EStt.(A) date 23.04. 2010 3. O.M No. 31011/2/2003-EStt.(A) dated 18.06.2010
3 .	Can a Govt. employee avail of air travel to NER/J&K in case of All India LTC if his Home town and the Headquarters are at the same place?	Both NER and J&K scheme of LTC allow relaxation for air travel on All India LTC to all categories of employees to the extent specified in the DOP&T’s O.M 31011/4/2007- Estt.(A) dated 02.05.2008 and DOP&T’s O.M 31011/2/2003-Estt.(A) dated 18.06.2010 even if the Hometown and the Headquarters are same.
4.	Whether Govt. servant who has already availed one Home Town LTC in the current block can avail LTC to visit NER?	Yes, he can avail it against All India LTC.
5.	Can a Govt. servant avail the benefit of visiting NER/J&K twice in a particular block of 4 years?	Yes, a Govt. servant can visit NER/J&K by conversion of his Home Town LTC and also by availing All India LTC subject to validity period of the scheme and fulfilling of other conditions.
6.	Can a fresh recruit avail the benefit of Home Town conversion to NER/J&K?	A fresh recruit Govt. servant can also avail benefit of Home Town conversion to NER/J&K against one of the three occasions of Home Town available to him in each block.
7.	Can fresh recruit avail of conversion of Home Town to visit NER/J&K under the relaxation allowed for visiting NER/J&K?	Any Govt. employee can avail of the relaxation for visiting NER/J&K and convert one Home Town LTC for such visit in a block of 4 years as long as the relaxations continue. 1. O.M No. 31011/4/2007-EStt.(A) dated 02.05.2008 2. O.M No. 31011/2/2003-EStt.(A) dated 18.06.2010
8.	Can a fresh recruit Govt. servant avail of All India LTC anytime during the 4 year block?	It can be availed only the block and not at random.
9.	Whether Carry over of LTC is allowed to fresh recruits?	Carry over of LTC is not allowed to fresh recruits as they are eligible for every year LTC for the first 8 years of service.
10.	Who is a fresh recruit entitled for LTC every year?	A person who has joined service for the first time is treated as a fresh recruit for the first eight years. O.M. No. 31011/4/2008-Estt.(A) dated 23.09.2008.
11.	How the LTC entitlements of fresh recruits are regulated in the first eight years?	On completion of one year, the Fresh recruit can be allowed 3 Home Town LTC and 1 All India LTC in each block of Four years in the first 8 years. O.M. No. 31011/4/2008-Estt.(A) dated 23.09.2008.
12.	Whether Dependent parents of fresh recruits can avail LTC for the journey from Home Town to Headquarters and back?	No, the dependent parents of fresh recruits can not avail LTC for the journey from Home Town to Headquarters and back.
13.	Whether claims for reimbursement can be allowed for road journeys by bus/taxi or other vehicle operated by private operators?	LTC Rules do not permit reimbursement for journey by a private car (owned/borrowed/hired) or a bus/van or other vehicle owned by private operators. LTC facility shall be admissible only in respect of journeys performed in vehicles operated by Govt. or any Corporation in the Public sector run by the Central or State Govt. or a local body. Rule 12(2) of CCS(LTC) Rules,1988 read with- DoPT’s O.M. NO. 31011/4/2008-Estt.A dated 23 September, 2008
14.	Whether airfare of children whose full fare is charged by the airlines is reimbursed?	If full fare has been charged by the airlines and paid by the Government servant, the same will be reimbursed.
15.	Can a Govt. servant use the service of travel agents for LTC purpose?	Yes, but it should be limited to M/s Balmer Lawrie and Company and M/s. Ashok Travels and Tours.
16.	What is the definition of family for LTC?	For LTC purpose, family consists of (i) Spouse of the Govt. servant and two surviving unmarried children or Step children. (ii) Married daughters, who have been divorced, abandoned or separated from their husbands and widowed daughters residing with and wholly dependent on the Govt. servant. (iii) Parents and/or step parents residing with and wholly dependent on the Govt. servant. (iv) Unmarried minor brothers as well as unmarried, divorced, abandoned, separated from their husbands and widowed sisters residing with and wholly dependent on the Govt. servant provided their parents are either not alive and are themselves wholly dependent on the Govt. servant. Rule 4 of CCS(LTC) Rules,1988 read with O.M. No. 31011/4/2008- Estt.(A) dated 23.09. 2008.
17.	What are the dependency criteria?	A member of family whose income from all sources, including pension, temporary increase in pension does not exceed Rs.3500 from 01.09.2008 and Dearness relief thereon is deemed to be wholly dependent on the Government servant.
18.	Can parents/children residing at other places avail LTC to visit the Govt. servant at Headquarters and go back?	No, reimbursement of LTC claims being restricted to the entitlement for journey between Headquarters and place of visit, the , amount reimbursable in such cases is nil. O.M. No. 31011/14/86-Estt.(A) dated 07.05.1987

SBI to accept cheques conforming to new standards from Jan 1, 2013

To meet the objective, SBI has asked all its branches to issue only with uniform features conforming to CTS 2010 standard cheques to their customers.

NEW DELHI: State Bank of IndiaBSE -0.44 % (SBI) today said it will from January 1 accept only those cheques which conform to new standards.

The step has been taken as per the direction of the Reserve Bank of India.

To meet the objective, SBIBSE -0.44 % has asked all its branches to issue only with uniform features conforming to CTS 2010 standard cheques to their customers.

All other banks including private sector and foreign banks have also started the process of phasing out of non-CTS cheques for migration to this system.

For standardisation and enhancement of security features in cheque forms and its migration to CTS 2010 standard, all branches of the bank will now issue only CTS 2010 standard cheques to their customers, SBI said in a public notice.

"Non CTS cheques will be out of circulation with effect from December 31, 2012 and will not be acceptable in clearing system also," it said.

All the customers of the bank are requested to contact their branches immediately to submit their requisition for issuance of CTS 2010 standard cheques and surrender their existing non-CTS cheques for cancellation, it added.

The homogeneity in security features of CTS 2010 standard cheques will act as deterrent against frauds, and the fixed field placement specifications facilitate straight-through-processing at drawee banks' end through the use of optical or image character recognition technology.

The introduction of new cheque standards 'CTS 2010' was warranted on account of several developments in the cheque clearing namely growing use of multi-city and payable-at-par cheques at any branch of a bank, increasing popularity of speed clearing for local processing of outstation cheques and implementation of grid based CTS for image-based cheque processing etc. 

Source:-The Economic Times

Convening of regular DPC for promotion to PS Group ‘B’ cadre.

No. CHQ/IPASP/DPC/2012        Dated:    5/11/2012

To

Ms. Manjula Prasher,

Director General,

Department of Posts,

Dak Bhavan, New Delhi 110 001.

Sub:     Convening of regular DPC for promotion to PS Group ‘B’ cadre.

Ref.:     Directorate file No. 9-23/2012-SPG.

Respected Madam,

Your kind attention is invited to this Associations’ letter of even number dated 7/5/2012 and reminders dated 25/7/2012 and 27/8/2012 wherein various after effects and injustice being meted out to our members due to non convening of timely DPC was brought to your kind notice but unfortunately no attention seems to have been paid by the Directorate in this regard. The members are taken as granted every time and none of their demands has been settled so far.  As such members of the Association are insisting me to resort to Trade Union activities including participating in the ensuing P-III strike, starting non co-operation movement to the administration.     

2.       Needless to say, that convening of timely DPCs and draw up panel for future vacancies is obligatory on the part of administration and legitimate right of the employees but this year neither any supplementary DPC for left out 23 posts of 2011 has been convened nor the pace of execution of DPC seems to be such that regular DPC for the vacancy year 2012 would be held before December 2012.  Due to this arbitrariness and unplanned action, our 23 senior most members have already been deprived of their legitimate right of promotion and now the others are being left out to face the apathy of the department.  In order to provide us justice, Directorate can pull the staff sitting at the helm of the affairs in Circles to send DPC records to Directorate; else the DPC can be conducted from the available records. 

3.       At present, the most isolated and depressed is Inspector Posts (IP) cadre which is struggling for getting Grade Pay (GP) of Rs.4600/- at par with analogous Inspectors of Customs & Central Excise and now they are struggling even to get regular promotion after remaining  25 to 28 years of service in IP Cadre.  The only charm left at the fag end of one’s service career is Non functional grade pay of Rs.5400/- that too after four years of regular service in PS Group B Cadre. Apparently, the delay in regular promotion (mercy grant) to those at their verge of retirement would be the most sufferers for non grant of Non functional grade pay, having cascade effect to their pensionary benefits and retirement life. 

  

4.         In view of the above, it is once again requested your kind honour that emergent action plan may be put in place to immediately convene the DPC giving adequate time to the officers to join well before December-2012 the crucial date of getting increment and qualifying service for entering into GP of Rs.5400/-.

          With profound regards and Diwali Greetings,

Yours sincerely,

Sd/-

(Vilas Ingale)

General Secretary

Voluntary Retirement of Ms. Yesodhara Menon, Member (Personnel), Postal Services Board

Ms. Yesodhara Menon (IPoS-1978), Member (Personnel), Postal Services Board will retire voluntarily from Government service w.e.f. 31.12.2012 Fore Noon.

Authority : Department of Posts Order No. 13-2/2010-SPG dated 31.10.2012

Transfer-posting in PS Group "B" cadre

Sh. M. L. Dhar, Asstt. Director (V&I), Circle Office has joined as Dy.CPM (Adm.), Delhi GPO on 05.11.2012

Special Collection Centres for Diwali Greetings Mail

                Special arrangements for receiving Diwali Greetings Mail have been made by Delhi Postal Circle. Thirty four Post Offices and 2 RMS Offices at Railway Stations as per following list will accept Diwali Mail from 07.11.2012 to 16.11.2012.  Separate reception counters have been set up at these Post Offices for the purpose.  Members of the public are Welcome to post their Diwali Greetings mail at these collection centres. 

1.	Ashok Vihar PO	19.	New Delhi GPO
2.	Civil Lines PO	20.	New Subzi Mandi PO
3.	Chankyapuri PO	21.	Naraina Ind.Estate PO
4.	Delhi GPO	22.	Patel Nagar PO
5.	Delhi Cantt.PO	23.	Paschim Vihar PO
6.	Hauz Khas PO	24.	Ramesh Nagar PO
7.	IPHO	25.	Rohini PO
8.	Janakpuri PO	26.	R.K. Puram V PO
9.	Krishna Nagar PO	27.	R.P. Bhawan PO
10.	Karol Bagh PO	28.	Sansad Marg PO
11.	Keshav Puram PO	29.	Sarojini Nagar PO
12.	Kalkaji PO	30.	SRT Nagar PO
13.	Lodi Road HO	31.	Seelampur PO
14.	Lajpat Nagar PO	32.	Sriniwas Puri PO
15.	Malviya Nagar PO	33.	Saraswati Vihar PO
16.	Malka Ganj PO	34.	R.K. Puram (Main) PO
17.	Mehrauli PO	35.	Delhi RSTMO (Delhi Rly Station)
18.	Mayapuri PO	36.	New Delhi RS TMO (New Delhi Rly Station)

In addition to the normal provisions, these centres will help in timely delivery of greetings considering of the mail rush on the occasion. 

Source : PIB

INCOME TAX RATES FOR INDIVIDUALS AS PER STANDING COMMITTEE

DTC may bring relief on I-T rates

Chidambaram assures that on tabling the Bill Parliament will abide by all recommendations of the standing committee.

After the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill is approved by Parliament, it may bring with it major relief for personal income tax payers. At a press conference on Monday, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said when the final version of the Bill was tabled in Parliament, the government would abide by the recommendations of the parliamentary standing committee on DTC.

The parliamentary panel, chaired by former finance minister Yashwant Sinha, had recommended the DTC increase income tax exemption limit to Rs 3 lakh a year, against the Rs 2 lakh proposed in the Bill. Currently, the exemption stands at Rs 2 lakh.

The panel also suggested a 10 per cent income tax rate be applicable for annual income of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh. The DTC Bill had proposed this rate on income of Rs 2-5 lakh. Currently, too, 10 per cent income tax is imposed on the Rs 2-5 lakh slab.

PERSONAL INCOME TAX RATES ON ANNUAL INCOME
	Tax exemption	10% rate	20% rate	30% rate
Current*	Annual income up to Rs 2 lakh	Annual income above Rs 2 lakh and up to Rs 5 lakh	Annual income above Rs 5 lakh and up to Rs 10 lakh	Annual income above Rs 10 lakh
DTC Bill	--same--	--same--	--same--	--same--
Standing Committee	Annual income of Rs 3 lakh	Annual income above Rs 3 lakh and up to Rs 10 lakh	Annual income above Rs 10 lakh and up to Rs 20 lakh	Annual Income above Rs 20 lakh
* Current means financial year 2012-13 and assessment year 2013-14 Source: Budget 2012-13: DTC Bill as tabled in Parliament in August 2010 and Parliament’s Standing Committee on Finance

The panel also suggested 20 per cent income tax be paid by those earning Rs 10-20 lakh a year. The Bill had proposed this rate for the Rs 5-10 lakh segment (the current segment).

It also wanted the government to impose a peak rate of 30 per cent on annual income of more than Rs 20 lakh, against the Bill’s provision of more than Rs 10 lakh (the current scenario).

Substantial changes in tax exemptions on long-term savings, medical insurance and social security contributions were also suggested by the committee. It wanted the government to increase the long-term savings limit for exemption from income-tax from Rs one lakh to Rs 1.5 lakh.

It recommended contribution to social security such as pension be exempted up to Rs 1.5 lakh a year; medical insurance up to Rs one lakh; medical insurance for dependent parents up to Rs 50,000 and professional studies and education Rs 50,000.

The panel did not suggest any change in the corporate tax rates imposed. The finance minister did not specify a date for the implementation of the DTC, which would replace the archaic Income Tax Act of 1961.

Initially, DTC was scheduled to be introduced from April 1. However, the standing committee had submitted its report to Parliament only in March. The government would now table the revised DTC Bill in Parliament.

Source: www.business-standard.com

[http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/dtc-may-bring-reliefi-t-rates/491103/]

AIR INDIA DOMESTIC FARES : UPDATED LTC-80 SCHEME FARE LIST AS ON 25.10.2012

AIR INDIA DOMESTIC FARES : UPDATED LTC-80 SCHEME FARE LIST AS ON 25.10.2012
Air India publishes the new updated LTC Fare list on its official website, the new revised fare list has been uploaded on 25th October, 2012. We are reproduced and given belwo the fare list for your ready reference...
TABLE IV- LTC Fares :-

S No	SECTOR & V.V		HLTC	DLTC	Airline Fuel Charges
			Base Fare	Base Fare
1	Agartala	Guwahati	4831	9056	1750
2	Agartala	Kolkata	3891	7753	1750
3	Agartala	Silchar	4401		1750
4	Agatti	Bengaluru	10691		1750
5	Agatti	Chennai	10646		2050
6	Agatti	Kochi	8571		1750
7	Agatti	Kozhikode	7471		1750
8	Ahmedabad	Chennai	7426	24361	2800
9	Ahmedabad	Delhi	4851	15137	2050
10	Ahmedabad	Hyderabad	7076	18254	2050
11	Ahmedabad	Mumbai	4351	11965	1750
12	Aizawl	Guwahati	5351		1750
13	Aizawl	Imphal	4466	6640	1750
14	Aizawl	Kolkata	4626	10231	1750
15	Allahabad	Delhi	6541		1750
16	Allahabad	Kanpur	4751		1750
17	Amritsar	Delhi	4366	11140	1750
18	Aurangabad	Delhi	8801	20287	2050
19	Aurangabad	Mumbai	4451	9191	1750
20	Bagdogra	Delhi	9716	19199	2800
21	Bagdogra	Guwahati	4536	7651	1750
22	Bagdogra	Kolkata	5436	11728	1750
23	Bengaluru	Chennai	4701	9231	1750
24	Bengaluru	Delhi	9901	27160	3500
25	Bengaluru	Goa	5151	11837	1750
26	Bengaluru	Hyderabad	5451	11363	1750
27	Bengaluru	Kochi	4501	9896	1750
28	Bengaluru	Kolkata	9701	28974	3500
29	Bengaluru	Mumbai	6851	14896	2050
30	Bengaluru	Pune	6184	15046	1750
31	Bengaluru	Trivandrum	5451	12107	1750
32	Bhopal	Delhi	4801	13396	1750
33	Bhopal	Indore	4281	7786	1750
34	Bhopal	Mumbai	5356	14100	1750
35	Bhubaneshwar	Chennai	8291	16790	2800
36	Bhubaneshwar	Delhi	9001	25423	2800
37	Bhubaneshwar	Kolkata	5406	11399	1750
38	Bhubaneshwar	Mumbai	9401	27693	2800
39	Bhubaneshwar	Port Blair	11216		2800
40	Chandigarh	Delhi	4301	9461	1750
41	Chandigarh	Mumbai	8836	24470	2800
42	Chennai	Coimbatore	4251	10706	1750
43	Chennai	Delhi	8456	27744	3500
44	Chennai	Goa	6311	14757	1750
45	Chennai	Hyderabad	4451	13013	1750
46	Chennai	Kochi	5251	13170	1750
47	Chennai	Kolkata	8566	25718	2800
48	Chennai	Madurai	4251	10706	1750
49	Chennai	Mumbai	8571	16798	2800
50	Chennai	Portblair	9411	23134	2800
51	Chennai	Trivandrum	5601	13177	1750
52	Chennai	Vishakhapatnam	4801	13323	1750
53	Coimbatore	Delhi	9751	30507	3500
54	Coimbatore	Kozhikode	4451	6070	1750
55	Coimbatore	Mumbai	8001	17601	2800
56	Dehradun	Delhi	5221	12520	1750
57	Delhi	Gaya	6851	18254	2050
58	Delhi	Goa	8821	23933	3500
59	Delhi	Guwahati	9811	24258	3500
60	Delhi	Gwalior	5051	9155	1750
61	Delhi	Hyderabad	8401	23923	2800
62	Delhi	Imphal	9081	25255	3500
63	Delhi	Indore	4851	14692	1750
64	Delhi	Jabalpur	6401		1750
65	Delhi	Jaipur	3551	7950	1750
66	Delhi	Jammu	4401	11721	1750
67	Delhi	Jodhpur	5706	12830	1750
68	Delhi	Kanpur	5701		1750
69	Delhi	Khajuraho	5651	13648	1750
70	Delhi	Kochi	12351	35905	3500
71	Delhi	Kolkata	9061	22444	2800
72	Delhi	Kozhikode	10051	30507	3500
73	Delhi	Kullu	6301		1750
74	Delhi	Leh	5501	13681	1750
75	Delhi	Lucknow	4821	11348	1750
76	Delhi	Ludhiana	4351		1750
77	Delhi	Mangalore	9901	27160	3500
78	Delhi	Mumbai	8951	20915	2800
79	Delhi	Nagpur	7171	16163	2050
80	Delhi	Pathankot	5101		1750
81	Delhi	Patna	7151	16071	2050
82	Delhi	Port Blair	21516		3500
83	Delhi	Pune	9401	26383	2800
84	Delhi	Raipur	7851	20652	2050
85	Delhi	Ranchi	8811	20002	2800
86	Delhi	Srinagar	6201	12129	1750
87	Delhi	Surat	9101	19480	2050
88	Delhi	Tirupati	9016	21930	3500
89	Delhi	Trivandrum	12156	35905	3500
90	Delhi	Udaipur	5786	13922	1750
91	Delhi	Vadodra	7051	18393	2050
92	Delhi	Varanasi	5681	13867	1750
93	Delhi	Vijayawada	8566	24258	2800
94	Delhi	Vishakhapatnam	10401	28084	2800
95	Dibrugarh	Dimapur	3251	4515	1750
96	Dibrugarh	Guwahati	4801		1750
97	Dibrugarh	Kolkata	6526	13724	2050
98	Dibrugarh	Lilabari	4051		1750
99	Dimapur	Guwahati	4701		1750
100	Dimapur	Imphal	4401		1750
101	Dimapur	Kolkata	6101	12816	1750
102	Dimapur	Shillong	4101		1750
103	Gaya	Kolkata	4501	10837	1750
104	Gaya	Varanasi	4851	8717	1750
105	Goa	Hyderabad	5251	12659	1750
106	Goa	Mumbai	5321	10180	1750
107	Goa	Pune	4536	8103	1750
108	Goa	Srinagar	12351	35905	3500
109	Guwahati	Imphal	4901	9133	1750
110	Guwahati	Jorhat	3736		1750
111	Guwahati	Kolkata	5076	10407	1750
112	Guwahati	Lilabari	5151		1750
113	Guwahati	Silchar	5251		1750
114	Guwahati	Tezpur	4436		1750
115	Gwalior	Mumbai	8401	18272	2050
116	Hyderabad	Kolkata	9696	23160	2800
117	Hyderabad	Mumbai	5251	13597	1750
118	Hyderabad	Pune	5231	12805	1750
119	Hyderabad	Tirupati	4656	11111	1750
120	Hyderabad	Varanasi	8811	20002	2800
121	Hyderabad	Vijayawada	5051	9666	1750
122	Hyderabad	Vishakhapatnam	4946	12586	1750
123	Imphal	Kolkata	4281	11315	1750
124	Imphal	Silchar	4601		1750
125	Indore	Mumbai	4481	11177	1750
126	Jaipur	Mumbai	6416	17334	2050
127	Jammu	Leh	4886	8290	1750
128	Jammu	Srinagar	4403	6253	1750
129	Jamnagar	Mumbai	5181	11461	1750
130	Jodhpur	Mumbai	7686	17210	2050
131	Jodhpur	Udaipur	4231	7961	1750
132	Jorhat	Kolkata	4976		1750
133	Jorhat	Tezpur	4136		1750
134	Kanpur	Kolkata	7401		2050
135	Khajuraho	Varanasi	4936	11221	1750
136	Kochi	Kozhikode	3501	6589	1750
137	Kochi	Madurai	4301		1750
138	Kochi	Mumbai	8401	19809	2800
139	Kochi	Trivandrum 4301	7581	1750
140	Kolkata	Lilabari	5801		2050
141	Kolkata	Mumbai	8486	21733	3500
142	Kolkata	Port Blair	11071	24955	2800
143	Kolkata	Shillong	5481		1750
144	Kolkata	Silchar	5001	10209	1750
145	Kolkata	Tezpur	5151		1750
146	Kozhikode	Mumbai	6951	15783	2050
147	Kozhikode	Trivandrum	4391		1750
148	Kullu	Pathankot	4001		1750
149	Leh	Srinagar	4603	7541	1750
150	Lilabari	Tezpur	3881		1750
151	Lucknow	Mumbai	8051	23160	2800
152	Lucknow	Varanasi	4626	8717	1750
153	Ludhiana	Pathankot	4201		1750
154	Madurai	Mumbai	7851	21835	2800
155	Mangalore	Mumbai	6086	14312	1750
156	Mumbai	Nagpur	5001	13757	1750
157	Mumbai	Raipur	7306	19232	2050
158	Mumbai	Rajkot	5281	11012	1750
159	Mumbai	Ranchi	9751	20988	2800
160	Mumbai	Srinagar	9016	21930	3500
161	Mumbai	Trivandrum	10201	22076	2800
162	Mumbai	Udaipur	4786	13947	1750
163	Mumbai	Varanasi	9696	22649	2800
164	Mumbai	Vishakhapatnam	9101	23047	2800
165	Raipur	Bhubaneshwar	4281	9155	1750
166	Raipur	Nagpur	5181	11710	1750
167	Raipur	Vishakhapatnam	4251	10706	1750
168	Shillong	Jorhat	4551		1750
169	Silchar	Tezpur	4101		1750
170	Vishakhapatnam	Bhubaneshwar	5321	9669	1750

TABLE V -  Remarks & Notings    
Remarks & Notings
1 a) EAP30/ERT30/E30PP, SAP14/SRT14/S14PP & SAP 7/ SAPRT/S7PP Fares Levels are Advance Purchase Fares which are  available for sale 
upto 30 days/ 14 days, & 7 days respectively in advance before schedule date of departure of the flight.
2 Taxes, Fee & Charges
In addition to the above fares, Passenger Service fee, Airport Development Fee (wherever applicable) and Service Tax would apply.
a)  Passenger Service fee is Rs. 233 except  (a) Ex Jammu,Srinagar  Leh where it is 207 (b) ex Bengaluru, Hyderabad  & Kochi it is 225/-& ( c ) ex Delhi Rs.146/-
b) (a)  User Development Fee (UDF)  ex  Hyderabad Rs. 484, Bengaluru Rs. 260, Jaipur Rs. 150,  Mumbai Rs. 113, Amritsar Rs. 150, Trichy Rs. 150, Vishakapatnam Rs. 150, Udaipur Rs. 150, Ahmedabad Rs. 124, Mangalore Rs. 150, Varanasi Rs. 150.   
(b) UDF  from Delhi( from 15th May12-31 Mar13) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 260/- more than 500 Km- Rs 520/- 
( c) UDF  to Delhi( from 15th May12-31 Mar13) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 220/- more than 500 Km- Rs 440/- 
(d) UDF  from Delhi( from 1st Apr 13- 31Mar14) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 275/- more than 500 Km- Rs 551/- 
( f ) UDF  to Delhi( from 1st Apr 13- 31Mar 14) : Distance upto 500 Km- Rs 233/- more than 500 Km- Rs 466/- 
(g) Airport Development ( ADF ) ex Delhi Rs. 225/-
c)  Service Tax  as applicable would be additional.
d)  w.e.f. 16th July,2012 Air india has permitted levy of Transaction Fee (OC), on tickets issued by Travel Agents,for services rendered to customer.
Details as under:
Domestic - Business class Rs 325 & Economy Class Rs 225 per ticket .
3 Fare Rules: Fee for Refund/revalidation/re-issuance  is levied as detailed under:
(i) First/Executive & Economy class under RBDs Y,B & M and LTC fares
(ia) On Refund -  a processing fee of Rs.200 per coupon is levied.
(ib) No re-issuance and revalidation fee is  applicable.
(ii) Tickets issued  on fares  under RBDs H to T 
(iia) Refund - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon .
Refund of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Refund Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon
(iib) Revalidation /re-issuance - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.500 per coupon
Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Change Fee of -Rs.1000 per coupon
(iii) Tickets issued  on fares under RBDs E & S 
(iiia) Refund  - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Refund Fee of -Rs.950 per coupon .
Refund of No-show ticket: Basic Fares would be forfeited.
(iiib) Revalidation /re-issuance - Permitted up to 1 hr before scheduled departure of the flight against a Change Fee of -Rs.950 per coupon
Revalidation of No-show ticket, permitted  against a Change Fee of -Rs.1500 per coupon
(iv) Service Tax  as applicable would be additional.
4 Updated Fares as on 25th  Oct , 2012
5 These  fares are subject to Change without prior  notice.

Source: www.airindia.com
[http://www.airindia.com/SBCMS/Downloads/WebFares.pdf]