Central govt employees’ retirement age to be extended by 2 years to 62 - Financial Express
Central govt employees’ retirement age to be extended by 2 years to 62 - Financial Express
The government is planning to extend the retirement age of all central government employees by two years — from the current 60 to 62 years. Sources said that an in-principle decision has been taken in this regard and the department of personnel and training (DoPT) has begun the work to implement the same. A formal announcement to this effect is expected this year itself.
The last time the government extended the retirement age of central government employees was in 1998. It was also a two-year extension from 58. This was preceded by the implementation of the 5th Pay Commission, which had put severe strain on government’s finances. Subsequently, all state governments followed the Centre’s policy by extending the retirement age by two years. Public sector undertakings followed suit too.
The decision to extend the retirement age is well-timed both politically and economically.
The UPA government reckons the move would be a masterstroke. At a time when it is buffeted by several corruption cases, it is felt that the extension of the retirement age will go down well with the middle classes. Economically also, the move makes sense because by deferring payment of lump sum retirement benefits for a large number of employees by two years, the government would be able to manage its finances better.
“An in-principle decision has been taken to increase the retirement age by two years within this year itself. This would reduce the burden on the fisc from one-time payment of retirement benefits for employees including defence and railways personnel,” an official involved in the discussion said. With the fiscal consolidation high on the government's agenda, this deferment would come handy.
There’s some flip side too if the retirement age is extended by two years. Those officials empanelled as secretaries and joint secretaries would have to wait longer to actually get the posts. And of course, there is the issue of average age profile of the civil servants being turning north.
It is also felt that any extension is not being fair with a bulk of people who still look for jobs in the government.
However, officials point out that at least it prevents an influential section of the bureaucracy to hanker for post-retirement jobs with the government like chairmanship of regulatory bodies or tribunals.
“As it is, a sizeable section of senior civil servants work for three to five years after the retirement in some capacity or the other in the government,” said a senior government official. The retirement age of college teachers and judges are also beyond 60.
As per a study, the future pension outgo for the existing Central and State government employees is estimated at a staggering Rs 1,735,527 crore or 55.88% of GDP at market prices of 2004-05.
Get to know your postman online
Sending letters may be passé.
But postmen are still depended on for bringing that odd greeting card or letter from grandparents, a job-interview letter or a money order.
In a bid to improve quality of services and popularise them, the postal department will soon make the details of postmen available online. There will also be information on the localities covered by individual postmen in Chennai.
The ‘Know your Postman’ concept was developed to build bridges between customers and postmen. Postmen are mostly anonymous and this measure is aimed at ensuring better security for residents in urban areas.
At present, details of postmen attached to the Anna Road head post office and the general post office on Rajaji Salai have been uploaded on www.chennaipost.gov.in.
Officials of the Chennai city circle said residents may log on to the website and check the details of postmen who deliver in their area.
Information on nearly 2,300 postmen, postwomen and gram dak sevaks, who are part-time staff members attached to 110 post offices in the city and suburbs, would be made available online in three months.
Welcoming the initiative of the postal department, residents said contact numbers of postal staff who deliver letters in an area regularly may also be provided for better coordination.
S. Seetha, a resident of Ambattur, said this measure would benefit people living in individual houses in the suburbs. The department could also include time of visit or the contact number of post offices, she said.
Officials of the postal department said this measure would enable them to keep tabs on those who engage outsiders to do their work.
Mervin Alexander, postmaster general (Chennai city region) said the details of the postmen would also be available at information kiosks in the post offices.
“We are also training postal staff to be more customer friendly and develop their soft skills. Postwomen contribute to nearly 10-20 per cent of the total strength of mail delivery staff,” he said.
On the number of vacancies, he said, there were about 400 vacant posts in city alone. As of now, part-time workers are engaged to share the workload of the postmen.
The department is keen on recruiting more postmen on the outskirts.
A helpline may be provided for residents to complain about erring postmen.
A staff member in Kodambakam post office was suspended recently for taking bribes from senior citizens to deliver their old-age pension on time.
Source : the Hindu
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No decision on central staff retirement age on cabinet meeting
Though a number of newspapers and websites did spread the news that cabinet is likely to enhance central employees' retirement age by two years today, nothing of this kind has been announced after the cabinet meeting held on today, 04.06.2013.
As per information available with us, the Govt. has already taken in principle decision to extend the service for two more years and DOPT has begun to work to implement the same.
The formal announcement is yet to be made but will be within this year definitely.
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Income Tax Return e-Filing - Do's & Don'ts
e-Filing - Do's & Don't
Impact of Errors made while filing returns
· Returns can be classified as defective u/s 139 (9) and in some scenarios the return can be declared in valid / Non Est. ITD is not introducing this concept to cover certain types of errors in order to prevent future grievances.
· Computation Errors - In electronic filing it has been noticed that most of the errors are due to data errors as filed by the assessee This includes non filling of key schedules, wrong details etc resulting in rectification requests etc which delay closure of processing
· Inability to pay refunds to the assessee
Key rules to be followed to ensure trouble free processing
· Once E filing is done (without digital signature), ITR V needs to be sent in time to CPC. In case ITR V acknowledgement is not received within reasonable time, the assessee may call up the CPC call centre to verify status Nearly 10% of assessees have failed to send the ITR V to CPC after E filing.
· Assessee needs to fill his email address, mobile no correctly to ensure appropriate communication from the Income Tax Department. The use of the Tax practioner/CA's email address may not be appropriate
· The assessee should make sure the correct (latest) address, bank account, MICR no. is filled
· The assessee should verify tax credits available in Form 26AS/NSDL websites. Mismatches are the single largest cause of incorrect tax computation. Non credits may be taken up with the TDS deductor and/or the banker as soon as they are noticed
Dos & Don't - ITR 1-7
Part A - Personal Information Schedule
· Name: Has to match the PAN database
· Date of Birth: Mistakes here will result in computation of higher taxes in case of senior citizens
· Address: House/Flat no, City, PIN Code, are mandatory fields. Non filling will result in refund delays
· E mail Address: Needs to be filled correctly, is the basis of all communication from CPC. Mistake will result in non receipt of all intimations from CPC. Use of Auditor/Tax practitioner's ID may be avoided.
· Mobile No: Full Mobile No without use of +91 needs to be enterered. This is essential for all SMS based communication
· Sex: Should match the PAN database. If PAN database is wrong, it results in mistakes in computation
· Status : Should be correctly filled
· Residential Status - the status of NOR and NRI should be mentioned only where applicable as they are not eligible for certain benefits available to resident assessee
Part B - TI
· Salary amount entered in BTI should be same as in TDS Salary and final value in Schedulesalary.
· CYLA or BFLA loss has to be mentioned in the appropriate rows, else loss will not be allowed.
· In STCG many users confuse between STCG under section 111A and STCG others and enter against one another leading doubling to income from Capital Gains.
· In case of HP loss, BTI value for Income HP should be 0 or null and final value in schedule HP should be a loss
· It is not enough if just part B TI is filled. Respective schedules also need to be filled for EgSchedule HP, Sch Depreciation etc. Else the return can be treated as a defective return u/s 139 (9).
Part B - TTI
· Relief under 89,90,91 is to be entered ONLY if applicable. The value entered in scheduleTDS, IT and TCS has to be entered in Part B TTI also. Eg. Schedule IT is entered but in no amount is mentioned in this section as Advance Tax or SAT.
· The Bank account no. has to given correctly and entered even if no refund is due. This is to ensure that refund arising from re-computation of income by the ITD can be paid to the assessee. The A/c no and the name in the bank account has to tally.
· The MICR No. should be in 9 DIGITS and first 3 digits of MICR code denotes the place of residence as mentioned in address's PIN Code.
· Eg. 560056025- '560' refers to Bangalore whose PIN starts with 560 000. The assessees may avoid giving bank accounts where MICR starts with '0'.
Income Schedules Salary, HP
· Net Salary should be entered and not Gross Salary. This will result in higher taxes
· The Salary value should tally with that entered in Schedule TDS
· In Schedule HP, the loss from house property has to be entered with all mandatory details of the property including details as to whether it is let out. Entering only the loss as summary makes it incomplete
· Co-owners of property should enter only the income pertaining to their share in the property. Entering the gross rental receipt and thereafter offering this share of income from such rental will increase total income
Capital Gains
· Deemed Capital Gains arising out of Schedule deprecation should be considered by the assessee in schedule CG.
· Non filing of full value of consideration or filling only expenditure under various sub categories of CG leads to incorrect computation of income.
· Filling of only cost of acquisition also leads to incorrect computation.
· The quarterly breakup of capital gains in the CG schedule should be post set off of all losses.
· Filling of accurate quarterly breakup is necessary for computation of interest under 234C.
· Correct section codes should be used depending upon the type of capital gains income in the SI schedule.
· Exempt LTCG should not be entered in CG schedule as well as in BTI, it has to be mentioned in Schedule EI
Schedule BP
· PBT should NOT BE included Deprecation value
· Income from speculative business included in PBT should be shown separately in Sl. 2 and Sl. 38 of schedule BP.
· Income offered under other heads other than BP included in P&L should be reduced in Sl. 3 of Schedule BP.
· All disallowances in Part A OI should be considered in Schedule BP.
· Income offered under section 44AF (Deemed Income) if included in PBT should be reduced in Sl. 4 of Schedule BP.
· Deprecation as entered In P&L should be shown in Sl.11 of Schedule BP alone and not in Sl 22 or 7 or another row in BP. The schedule DPM, DOA should be mandatorily filled.
· Assessee claiming benefit of rule 7A 7B 7C should mention appropriate code in nature of business schedule.
· PBT in P&L and PBT shown in sl. No.1 of Schedule Specific·BP should be same. schedule for ESR, 10A etc should also be filled when a claim is made in schedule B
SCHEDULES DPM, DOA, DCG AND DEP
· All the relevant values to arrive at the deprecation mentioned in Schedule BP is to be filled in Schedule DPM, DOA.
· DCG arising out of depreciation schedules should be accounted for in CG and taxes paid.
· The value of depreciation as per Schedule DEP and value mentioned in Schedule BP should be the same.
Chapter VI A, MATC
· In case of deductions where separate schedules is also required to be filled, the same should be FILLED WITHOUT FAIL- Eg. 80G,80IA, 80IB, etc. Deductions will not be allowed If specific schedules are not filled,
· Entering of only total deductions alone in Schedule VIA total will not be result in wrong computation of deductions. Section wise (amount claimed for 80C, 80IA, 80G etc) should be broken up and mentioned in as per the schedule
· To compute and avail MAT credit in MATC, sl. No. 1 to 6 should be filled with relevant details and the final value should be claimed in sl. No. 7 (Lower value of that in Sl.No. 3 or Sl. NO 6) should be specifically filled.
Schedule CYLA
· Loss sought to be adjusted should be claimed against a specific income and also under the loss to be adjusted heading. If lottery income is offered as part of OS income, the value to the extent of lottery income should be excluded while claiming income from OS in CYLA.
· The respective schedules should also contain loss details for CYLA.Schedule CFL
· Date of filing of return for relevant year in CFL should be filled.
· Loss details should be entered under respective income sources.
Schedule BFLA
· Specific differentiation in allocating the losses under BFLA should be made and the claim of adjustment should be made based of the relevant heads
Schedule SI (Special Income) & Schedule EI (Exempt Income)
· The assessee has to verify the nature of special income and enter appropriate Section Code. Entering wrong section code can lead to consideration of the incorrectly offered income for taxation
· The assessee needs to bifurcate incomes taxable at special rate and normal rate and if there is no provision in respective schedules like CG or OS, he/she has to offer income chargeable at special rate- they need to be disclosed on in Schedule SI.
· The income exempt from tax shown in P&L or BP or BTI should also be filled in EI and they should tallySchedule TDS and TCS
· TDS on salary should be claimed ONLY in schedule TDS Salary (ITR1) or TDS1 (ITR 2-4).
· TDS on Interest should be claimed ONLY in TDS on interest(ITR 1) or TDS2(2-4).
· Claiming of TCS claims in TDS schedules and vice versa will lead to mismatch translating into excess demand or lower refund The claim of TDS amount should be made in TDS deducted as well as TDS Claimed for the year columns in schedule TDS2 and TCS.
· TDS claims should tally with Form 26AS or NSDL database which are accessible very easily.
Schedule IT
· Dates of deposits should be entered in DD/MM/YYYY format and not in any other format like MM/DD/YYYY format. This will lead to mismatches
· Exact amount paid in the challan should be claimed in return- rounding off to nearest 10 or 100 leads to mismatch.
· Individual payments should be separately claimed. Clubbing of multiple challans or entering consolidated payment will lead to mismatch.
Allotment of General Pool Residential Accommodation to the employees of State/Union Territories Governments posted in Delhi.
No.12016/1/2004-Pol.II
Government of India
Minstry of Urban Development
Directorate of Estates
Nirman Bhavan,
New Delhi the 23rd MAY, 2013
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Allotment of General Pool Residential Accommodation to the employees of State/Union Territories Governments posted in Delhi.
The allotments of residential accommodation to the employees of State/Union Territories Governments working in Delhi are governed as per guidelines issued vide O.M.No. 12016/2/80.Pol.II(Pt.III) dated 19.9.1997 and letters of even number dated 24.9.2004 and dated 3.8.2009.
2. The matter has been re-examined. In order to streamline the earlier instructions and in supersession of the OM and letters as referred above, it has now been decided to make allotments to the employees of State and Union Territories Governments posted in Delhi on the following basis:
1. The State/Union Territories Government employees will be allotted accommodation only by Directorate of Estates, on the recommendation of the concerned Resident Commissioner against the prescribed quota. The State/Union Territories Governments will not make any allotment on their own.
2. On recommendation of the Resident Commissioner concerned, a maximum of four higher types of residential accommodations shall be allotted to the employees of State Government and a maximum of two higher type of residential accommodation shall be allotted to the employees of Union Territories on payment of normal licence fee, fixed by the Central Government from time to time. However, more than two lower type residential accommodations may be allotted to the employees of State Government and more than one
residential accommodation may be allotted to the employees of Union Territories subject to the recommendation of the Resident Commissioner concerned within the overall ceiling of six units of residential accommodation for State Governments and three units of residential accommodation to Union Territories.
3. Residential accommodation to the employees of State and Union Territories Governments shall be allotted on first floor in central area or on any floor in non.central area.
4. Higher Type of accommodation shall be permitted on subsequent enhancement of pay of the officer but limiting allotment upto Type 6A (C-II] category.
5. Higher types of accommodation shall be from Type-IV(Special) onwards. Type-IV and below types of accommodation shall henceforth be counted as lower types.
6. Allottees will also be eligible for one change in respect of the type of residence allotted to them. An allottee who intends to avail change of residence, will make an application in the prescribed form which shall be included in the change waiting list.
7. The accommodation allotted to the employees of State/Union Territories Governments will not be earmarked for them. The officials are required to vacate and handover the possession to the concerned CPWD Enquiry Office. The new incumbent will have to seek fresh allotment from the Directorate of Estates on the recommendation of the Resident Commissioner concerned.
8. The number of units allotted to the quota of a State/UT Government shall be restricted to six and three respectively at any given time. New incumbent will be allotted a quarter on the recommendation of the concerned Resident Commissioner only if quota is available.
9. The Directorate of Estates shall be responsible for cancellation, eviction of the unauthorised occupants on receipt of information from the concerned Resident Commissioner.
10. The new incumbent in the post of Resident Commissioner shall be allotted Govt. accommodation of appropriate type for a period of one year on transfer of Head of Organisation of the office of Resident Commissioner, irrespective of the number of units allotted to the concerned State Governments. Meanwhile.
the out going Resident Commissioner can retain the accommodation in his occupation, if necessary, for the period admissible as per normal rules, and will vacate the residence thereafter.
11. The allotments to the officers of State/Union Territories Governments will continue to be made in the next below accommodation to their entitlement with reference to their basic pay as on the crucial date in the relevant allotment year.
12. The accommodation under occupation in excess of prescribed quota for the concerned State/Union Territories Governments will revert back to the General Pool, as and when vacated.
13. New incumbents will be allotted accommodation on physical vacation of an accommodation by the outgoing incumbents on slot becoming available under the prescribed quota as per the recommendations of the Resident Commissioner concerned.
14. All the State/UT Governments will designate an officer as head of the organisation and their recommendations in this regard will be final.
15. Officers holding additional/dual charge of a post under the State/UT Governments in Delhi will also be eligible for allotment/retention of General Pool residential accommodation. Such allotment/retention will be against the prescribed quota. No accommodation in excess of the quota will be allotted/allowed to be retained under any circumstances.
16. The permission for retention of the General Pool accommodation on medical/educational grounds to a State/UT Government employee in case of transfer/retirement upto a maximum period prescribed for Central Govt.employees will be given only on the recommendation of the concerned Resident Commissioner of State/UT and the unit will be counted towards the quota of State/UT till its vacation by the outgoing employee or eviction by the Directorate of Estates.
3. These instructions do not apply to the officers/employees of the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi.
4. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.
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(J.P.Rath)
Deputy Director of Estates
Retention of General Pool Residential Accommodation under SR 317-B-11 and SR 317-B-22 on retirement/transfer / death of an allottee posted to a non-family station in India.
Department of Directorate of Estates has issued orders regarding the retention of Government accommodation for the permissible period under the provisions of SR 317-B-11 on retirement / transfer / death of an allottee posted to a non-family station in India...
Government of India
Ministry of Urban Development
DIRECTORATE OF ESTATES
No.12035/10/2013-Pol.II
MAY 10, 2013
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Retention of General Pool Residential Accommodation under SR 317-B-11 and SR 317-B-22 on retirement/transfer / death of an allottee posted to a non-family station in India.
As per the extant provisions, in the event of retirement / transfer / death of an allottee, the allottee or his/her family is permitted to retain Government accommodation on payment of normal licence fee for the period permissible under the provisions of SR 317-B-11 and a further retention is also allowed on payment of prescribed licence fee for the periods permissible under the provisions of SR 317-B-22 provided the accommodation is required for bonafide use of the allottee or his/her family. However, the extended period of retention under SR 317-B-22 is not allowed in the event of death of an allottee in cases where the deceased allottee or his/her dependent family members own a house at the last place of posting.
2. Further, as per OM No.12035(26)/90-Pol.II dated 13.12.1991, in the event of death / retirement / transfer of an allottee who has been posted/transferred to a non-family station and permitted to retain Government accommodation occupied by him/her at the last place of posting for bona-fide educational needs of his/her children under SR 317-B-18, the allottee or his/her family is allowed a further retention of accommodation for the periods permissible under the provisions of SR 317-B-22 and the facility of retention of accommodation for the periods permissible under the provisions of SR 317-B-11 is not allowed.
3. However, keeping in view the hardships being faced by the allottees posted / transferred to non-family stations in India, it has now been decided that in the event of retirement/transfer/death of an allottee during his/her posting to a non-family station, the allottee or his/her family shall be allowed the facility of retention of Government accommodation at the last place of posting tor the periods permissible under the provision of both SR 317-B 11 and SR 3I7-B 22 on payment of prescribed licence fee. However. the the extended period of retention under SR 317-B-22 shall not be allowed in the event of death of an allottee in cases where the deceased allotlee or his/her dependent family members own a house at the last place of posting.
4. This OM will be applicable from the date of issue. The cases which have been decided will not be re-opened.
5. This supersedes all the Office Memorandums/Orders issued from time to time prior to issue of this OM in this regard, if any.
6. This issues with the approval of Hon’ble Minister of Urban Development.
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(S.K. Jain)
Dy Director of Estates(Policy)
