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CBDT has notified new Income Tax Return forms ITR-1 to 7 for AY 2021-22 so tax payers get sufficient time to plan and manage their filing. It appears CA Association has written for early routines. Tax payers has concerns about the compatibility and operating software versions issues while downloading the forms, generating XML and uploading the same. XML schema gives error many times due to compatibility issues. All these issues can be resolved making ITR forms available for directly online filing from e-filing portals (like ITR-1) without generating XML and uploading the same. CBDT should not delay to make these forms available for direct e-filing from the portal. CBDT may consider to make the filing simpler and seamless by allowing salaried class to use ITR-1 if there is no tax liability on account of LTCG on transfer of equity or equity oriented MF. It means when there is loss or gain is less than 1 lakh on account of LTCG, a option may be given to tax payers to use ITR-1 or ITR-2. There is no point of asking details in schedule CG table 112A of ITR-2 when there is no tax liability. Otherwise it makes the process difficult and complex for tax payers as well as for Assessing Officer. This can be implemented by issuing FAQ. The details can always be asked whenever it is required by tax authorities. It should be kept in view that tax compliance is highest in salaried class. As Govt has allowed two options for tax payers whether to follow new system or old system whichever is beneficial for income tax purpose. The work should be managed in professional way instead of following orthodox methods and wasting manpower and time without any increase in tax revenue. Such small things may improve the working of the tax department and increase the trust and confidence between tax payers and tax administration. Tax administration approach should be friendly with tax payers and resolve the difficulties if any faced by tax payers. CBDT may consider closing all old cases more than three years where no tax liabilities have been fixed and are not involved in any disputes. It will clear the unproductive works from the desk of tax officers and officers can be involved in more innovative works to increase tax revenue and reduce the leakage of tax revenue. Let us work together to achieve the objective of Govt..
Naveen
Mormugao Port Trust creates history
Congratulations for the achievement. It has really done well.
A R Rao

DEBATE (1)
Police and politician nexus has always been there. Money factor is not a news for this department.
Amit Pande
Right hand not knowing what the left hand doing
It is a typical case of the right hand not knowing what the left hand does. In most government organisations, there is little sense of ownership. It is apparent that the CPIO did not find it proper to forward the RTI Application to the SPIO of the concerned state (Andhara Pradesh) . More importantly, the CIC also preferred to overlook the lapse on the part of the CPIO and did not issue a show cause notice to him. If such a situation persists for long, people may lose faith in the RTI Act to deliver information.
Sudhakar Sharma
Incorrect comparison of CS-ACS and DGP-ADGP
All India Services officer have right to compare and agree or disagree. But pl analyse as whether top heavy organise will be able to deliver required public service. In my view not. Hence system should have one or two CS/DGP in state.
R K Upadhayay
Why should you speculate unnecessarily ?
Dear Sirs. I tam of the opinion it is very incorrect on your part to speculate that if by chance a stray EVM functions a agitation will start. Why should you unnecessarily speculate and add some masala to the unjust demand of scrapping EVMs.
K Srinivasa Rao

Refer post of Sivaraman, another typical BABU. Does he even know how many years it takes for an army officer to become Major. Like a typical BABU rightly ticked off by PM, he thinks IAS officers are good at everything. He doesn’t even know what he is talking and so have been ignored by PM. Thanks God that a day will come when government officers will be professionals rather than people like Sivaraman (BABU) who thrived on nepotism and reducing other services. See Delhi Metro a shining example where IAS BABUs shadow also didn’t fall. Kudos to PM for bringing in chairman PESB from Private Sector.
Sanjeev
RERA post MP
Irresponsible act from a government responsible organization that the seat remained vacant for more than 6 months. Highly shameful.
Vikas Arora
CGHS dispensaries have ill trained personnel
The CGHS dispensaries vaccinating for coronavirus have extremely ill trained personnel. Often, these personnel force people to remove their masks in order to take photographs if they feel that photographs are not clear in the Aadhar system. Such an approach can only be termed completely perverse and indeed shameful. Beneficiaries comply because they fear being turned away if they do not. Many personnel at these dispensaries also do not wear their masks properly, either. Such serious shortcomings are not going to help the coronavirus situation. Strict instructions should be issued to CGHS personnel manning these dispensaries not to expose people to the virus in this manner and to comply with Covid appropriate behaviour at all times.
Vijay Kumar

This is a wonderful website. Only one suggestion. You always mention the batch of IAS officers. Similarly when you mention about other services, their batch should be mentioned.
Kumar
New era starts in PESB
New era starts in PESB- Ms Mallika Srinivasan becomes first woman Chairperson, PESB
Great news. One if the most dynamic personalities in the corporate world who brought TAFE a part of the Amalgations to glory. She occupies the chair graced by eminent personalities like Shri N Vittal the father of telecom and IT revolution on the country and who later became CVC We wish her all the very best.
K Srinivasa Rao
“ Surgical Strikes on India’s Red Corridor ”
That China and ISI provide covert support to the naxalites-finance, sophisticated arms, fighter aircrafts and training, is an open secret. It would be absurd to segregate internal security from external threat. Both are closely intertwined. The naxalites receive moral support from the urban naxals, the Congis and the commies, who also act as conduits.
The efforts of para military forces must be supplemented by roping in the Armed forces who have been reluctant to step in. The situation has undergone a paradigm shift.
Time for hard decision. The State must consider involving Indian Air Force in liquidating the naxalites before the situation spins out-of-control. Surgical strikes on all naxalite camps in the red corridor will be a game-changer.
For how long shall we tolerate our security forces getting ambushed, abducted and massacred by the naxalite guerillas ?
Did our security forces walk into the maoists' U-shaped trap, based on faulty intelligence inputs?
Why is NSA speechless?
A K Saxena (A former civil servant)

DEBATE (1)
There is always a nexus between police and politician. In states politics plays vital role in transfer and postings. Mostly good posting is available when money is paid.
D P Devgan
DEBATE (2)
Debate-Should Central Govt allow more than sanction strength at Chief Secretary grade/Director General of Police/Principal Chief Conservator of Forests.Central Govt is cadre controlling authority for All India Services.If rules are violated at top level,it gives impression of adhoc/arbitrary approach.It is also waste full expenditure of State Govt.Lower level post are kept vacant to control expenditure.State like UP have 70 DGP/ADGP and more than 2 dozen CS grade IAS officer.
R K Upadhyay
Come elections and noise on the EVMs
Every time there is an election in the country there is lot of noise on the EVMs. These can be hacked people say. These are tampered with. Critics say you vote for one party and the votes get transferred to another party. In Bihar it was said to be happening on a large scale. In the first phase in Bengal a voter came out with this charge that he voted for a particular party and the paper verification slip came in the name of another party. Is it true. In the absence of any clarification on the part of Election Commission people have started believing all such malfunctioning or tampering with of EVMS. If that is true, it is very serious - a real onslaught on the democratic process ..It is time the Election Commission should try to convince Public that nothing is wrong with the EVMs. Their silence is only spoiling their image as an impartial body .Today in the perception of public they are no longer a neutral organisation as they should be. With all the good work done by them in conducting elections all these years of our Republic lack of faith in the body is very damaging. One way of convincing the people about EVMs could be to hold election through ballot paper in a segment where it has been held through EVMS.
Aarti Khosla

The Appellant sought information about Audit of funds of the PHC. On second appeal before CIC, the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) claimed that information sought by the Appellant is not held by them whereas expenditure related details with respect to the projects are held by the concerned State Government. The Andhra Pradesh Information Commission had communicated to the Appellant that his Second Appeal should be addressed to the CIC as NRHM falls under the jurisdiction of Central Government. The CIC observed that Health falls in the concurrent list of the Constitution. In view of the lack of clarity about the actual custodian of information, the CIC directed the NRHM to explain why no information is held by them and who is the actual custodian of information in this case. Further, the CIC directed to transfer the RTI Application if not done already, with a copy marked to the Appellant.
Comments
This case highlights the confusion about the holder of information regarding an important scheme such as NRHM. The second appeal could have been avoided had the respective PIOs acted diligently as per the provisions of the RTI Act and provided the information available at their ends.
Citation: Shri G. Venkataramana v. PIO, Dist. Audit Officer, State Audit, PIO, Dist. Audit Officer, State Audit, and National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Second Appeal No. CIC/DIROA/A/2017/175616/MH&FW, Date of Decision: 18.03.2021

Comparing posts of CS/ACS with DG/ADG posts and drawing parallel between them is doing an unfair and incorrect comparison for IPS officers. You may only compare them with DGs/Spl DGs. Though that will also be akin to comparing oranges with apples, as most of the DGs/Spl DGs rank officers are only in level 16 of pay matrix, whereas, all CS/ACS rank officers are in level 17 of pay matrix. ADGs are equivalent to Principal Secy rank officers, both in pay and status. Hope you bring this out on your page, at least, to set the record straight. Thanks
Suresh Dahiya
Good decision of govt.
Very good decision by govt for extension to Braham Deo Ram. He is very energetic administrative officer.
Devendra Pratap

(DEBATE 1)
Yes police and politicians are on the same side of coin. They help each other to remain in power.
D K Singh
Deliberately weakened
The answer to the question raised by Sumti Sharma as to why no action is being taken for poor decisions is that RTI ACT which was a powerful tool in the hands of public as well as wronged civil servants has been deliberately weakened. What to talk of RTI even the Central Administrative tribunals have become so weak-kneed that the department or the ministry against whom the employee goes to have justice for any wrong done to him/her in sheer violation of rules appear to be helpless.The concerned department does not even reply to the petition of the civil servant forcing Tribunal to go on giving dates.Why cannot ex-partie decision is given against that Department.Rules and Procedures are no longer binding on the decision makers.It is all personal likes and dislikes,whims or do what the boss desires.Tell me who will take action for poor or bad decisions when everyone has mortagaged his soul and dishonesty and cowardice is ruling the roost.
Aarti Khosla

DEBATE(1)
In certain states Cops are money spinners for political parties. Both reap the fruits.
Anjani Kumar
Action oriented PM did not reply
The IAS officers are derisively referred to as babus first by papparazis then now by the PM who had his election certified by one such babu. The latter had many of them in Gujarat and now in Delhi. The 2019 elections were conducted by these babus which the world admired.
I had written to the PM to send the IAS officers on selection to the IMA and OTA for a full commissioning course and then 3 months at the borders. They should then undergo their academy course for 9 months before they go to their respective cadres with the rank of major. Then every two years they should serve with the forces for one month till they become joint secretary level officers. The action oriented PM did not reply. So much for his interest in reforming the mind set of IAS officers
With a full course in the Military academies the character and conduct of these officers will change radically and with their earned military ranks they will cease to be babus.
Sivaraman, former Secretary (GoI)

DEBATE (1)
Please refresh your memory when top brass of CBI fought in public by levelling charges of corruption against each other. The outcome was on expected lines. We have forgotten. This case will also meet the same fate. protocols for meeting senior officers are for public only. The officers decline meeting in their office to public very often. Here in this case, where was the protocol by the commissioner? Public knows the truth but is helpless. There are buyers in the system and there are plenty who are more than ready to be on sale. Has anybody bothered to implement Parkash Singh Committee report on police reforms ? Our important institutions are suffering from trust deficit of public. God help this nation.
Raj Kumar Thakur
Submission to CBDT
CBDT is responsible for administration of direct tax laws through the IT Department. It also supervises of the entire Income Tax Department. CBDT has to simplify the ITRs filings so the whole process is easy, seamless and painless. The following points are worth considering: 1. First and foremost important thing is to make ITR filing online directly from e-filing portal without generating XML and uploading the forms. At least ITR 1,2,3 and 4 forms can be directly submitted in e-filing portal after filling necessary details like ITR 1 at present. This will resolve the compatibility issues and operating software problems and will be easy, seamless and also painless. This may start from next FY. 2. The old cases more than 3 years where no tax liabilities have been fixed and are free from any disputes can be closed. There is no point of carrying old legacy of issuing notices with the sentence we have reasons to believe..... The officers can be deployed more productive work to check the leakage of tax revenue. The arrears can be cleared like Banks where banks start writing-off NPA after three years to cleanup their balance sheets. Something to be learned from banks working. Even in budget also the time period has been reduced to three years from six years to open up the old cases. 3. As per media reports, there is 60%-70% of contract value is thru cash transactions which is not reflected in Govt. financial systems and are able to escape taxes. this is generally in professional services or in trades. There are no tools to check the real income of professionals or traders due to large cash transactions. CBDT has to device some methodology to plug the loss of tax revenue in such cases. 4. Sometimes notices have been issued to housewives about non-filing of returns due to some inputs. This should be avoided as no point of asking the details of STREEDHAN which is her personal funds for emergency uses and might have invested to earn some income. 5. The manpower in IT department should be used efficiently and effectively to increase tax revenue and reduces the leakage of tax revenue. More innovative work has to come from CBDT to make tax system tax payers friendly. Still there is a some fear in the mind of public about filing of ITRs but still filing has increased remarkably due to simplification and ease.
Naveen