Service Tax - admissibility of service tax on sale of space or time for printing of advertisements on items of postal stationeries including Meghdoot Postcards etc.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
Govt to launch website for e-postal order by March end
NEW DELHI; A website to help Non-Resident Indians (NRIs) to pay the fee for filing RTI applications through e-postal order is all set to be launched by this month end.
The website will have an option for NRIs to pay the fee of Rs 10 via credit or debit cards to the government while exercising their Right to Information, official sources said.
The Department of Personnel and Training, which act as a nodal agency for the implementation of the RTI Act, has worked out all the modalities along with the Department of Posts for the purpose, they said. The facility, which is likely to be made online by this month end, will also be extended for citizens living across the country, the sources said.
The DoPT has already floated a tender for an RTI call centre and website project which will help an applicant to file applications online under the transparency law and receive the response.
Source : http://economictimes.indiatimes.com
Remotely Managed Franking Machines for POs/SPCs/MBCs etc
Government of India
Ministry of Communications & IT
Department of Posts
Dak Bhavan, Sansad Marg,
New Delhi-110001
Dated : 25.2.2013.
No.9-4/2013-PO
To
All Chief Postmasters General
All Regional Postmasters General
Director, RAKNPA, Ghaziabad
Director, Postal Training Centers.
Sub: - Remotely Managed Franking Machines for Departmental Offices.
Ref: - (i) This office letter number 9-6/2007-PO dated 1.7.2010.
(ii) This office letter number 9-6/2007-PO dated 12.8.2011
(iii) This office letter number 9-6/2007-PO (Pt) dated 6.2.2012
Kindly refer to this office letters cited above regarding introduction and procurement of Departmental Remotely Managed Franking Machines in place of Electronic Franking Machines in Departmental Offices i.e. Post offices/Speed Posts Centers/Mail Business Centers etc.
2. The matter for replacement of Electronic Franking Machines in Departmental Offices with Remotely Managed Franking Machines has been re-examined in this office keeping in view availability of funds under plan Head during 12th plan period (2012-17). The instructions contained herein will have no bearing on the migration plan of private RMFMs and the deadline for their replacement (Private RMFMs) continues to be 30.06.13. The competent authority has ordered that the phasing out of Departmental Electronic Franking Machines and its replacement with Remotely Managed Franking Machines in Departmental offices will be effected in the following manner: -
Friday, March 1, 2013
Gazette Notification issued for Revised Recruitment Rules of IPs & ASPs
1. To view Inspector Posts revised Recruitment Rules 2013 , please CLICK HERE.
2. To view Assistant Superintendent Posts revised Recruitment Rules 2013 , please CLICK HERE.
Source : egazette.nic.in
Budget 2013-14 Highlights
Budget for 2013-14 presented in the Lok Sabha Thursday by Finance Minister P. Chidambaram. Few highlights are as under:
* No plans to revise direct tax rates * Surcharge of 10% on Rs 1 crore plus income earners.
* Rs 532 crore to make post offices part of core banking.
* PSU banks to have ATMs at all their branches by March 31, 2014.
* Rs 80,194 crore allocation for Ministry of Rural Development in 2013-14. About Rs 33,000 crore for MGNREGA.
* TDS of 1% on land deals over Rs 50 lakh, agricultural land exempted.
* Commodity transaction tax introduced.
To view full highlights, please CLICK HERE.
Restriction on Issue of Cheques from Saving Bank Accounts
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued a Master Circular dated 02.07.2012 on ‘Customer Service in Banks’ which, inter-alia, provides that banks may issue cheque books with larger number of leaves (20 or 25) if a customer demands the same and also ensure that adequate stocks of such cheque books (20 / 25 leaves) are maintained with all the branches to meet the requirements of the customers.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Finance, Shri Namo Narian Meena in a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Source : pib
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