Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Income Tax Department (ITD) launches Operation Clean Money
Press Information
Bureau
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
31-January-2017 16:31 IST
Income Tax Department
(ITD) launches Operation Clean Money
Income Tax Department (ITD)
has initiated Operation Clean Money, today. Initial
phase of the operation involves e-verification of large cash deposits made
during 9th November to 30th December 2016. Data analytics has been
used for comparing the demonetisation data with
information in ITD databases. In the first batch, around 18 lakh persons
have been identified in whose case, cash transactions do not appear to be
in line with the tax payer’s profile.
ITD
has enabled online verification of these transactions to
reduce compliance cost for the taxpayers while optimising its resources. The
information in respect of these cases is being made available in the
e-filing window of the PAN holder (after log in) at the portal https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in. The
PAN holder can view the information using the link “Cash Transactions
2016” under “Compliance” section of the portal. The taxpayer will be able
to submit online explanation without any need to visit Income Tax office.
Email
and SMS will also be sent to the taxpayers for submitting online response on
the e-filing portal. Taxpayers who are not yet registered on the e-filing
portal (at https://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in)
should register by clicking on the ‘Register Yourself’ link. Registered
taxpayers should verify and update their email address and mobile number on the
e-filing portal to receive electronic communication.
A
detailed user guide and quick reference guide is available on the
portal to assist the taxpayer in submitting online response. In case of any
difficulty in submitting on line response, help desk at 1800 4250 0025 may
be contacted.
Data
analytics will be used to select cases for verification, based on approved risk
criteria. If the case is selected for verification, request for
additional information and its response will also be communicated
electronically. The information on the online portal will be dynamic getting
updated on receipt of new information, response and data analytics.
The
response of taxpayer will be assessed against available information. In case
explanation of source of cash is found justified, the verification will be
closed without any need to visit Income Tax Office. The verification will also
be closed if the cash deposit is declared under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan
Yojna (PMGKY).
The
taxpayers covered in this phase should submit their response on the
portal within 10 days in order to avoid any notice from
the ITD and enforcement actions under the Income-tax Act as also other
applicable laws
Com. Nihar Ranjan Pattnaik retires from Govt. Service
Com. Nihar Ranjan Pattnaik, Organizing
Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C, Bhubaneswar Division and PRI(P), Bhubaneswar GPO
retires today from Govt. service attaining the age of superannuation.
His contribution to the union as a
friend in need and the same for the Department as a PRI(P) will be ever remembered.
On this day of 31st
January, 2017 when Com. Pattnaik is retiring from Govt. service, AIPEU, Group-C,
Bhubaneswar Division wishes him a happy and healthy retired life and prays Lord
Jagannath to shower His unending blessings to keep him hale and hearty and remain always happy with his family and
friends.
Com. R C Mishra, Ex-Circle Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C, Odisha Circle retires from Govt. service
Our beloved
Ex-Circle Secretary Com. Ramesh Chandra Mishra under whose able leadership we
have been protected for last 13 years retires today, i.e.31.01.2017 on
attaining the age of superannuation as O A, Postal Stores Depot, Bhubaneswar.
After successful
performance for 8 years as the Divisional Secretary, AIPEU, Group-C,
Bhubaneswar Division, it was the year 2003 when this vast platform got Com. R C
Mishra as its Circle Secretary. Prior to that, the position of Odisha Circle
was very negligible in comparison to all India performances and participations.
After Com. Mishra took the responsibility, Odisha Circle became an eye-catcher remaining always in 2nd
or 3rd position for its trade union organizational activities.
Apart from the
Circle Secretary, he has also discharged his responsibilities successfully as
the Chairman, NFOE, Odisha Circle, Leader, RJCM, Odisha Circle and
Vice-President, Confederation of Central Govt. Employees and Workers, Odisha
State CoC. His contribution to AIPEU, Group-C, NFPE and Confederation will be
ever remembered.
On this day of 31st
January, 2017, when Com. Mishra is retiring from Govt. Service, AIPEU, Group-C,
Bhubaneswar Division wishes him a very happy and healthy retired life.
Why humanity remember Gandhi
Press Information
Bureau
Government of India
Special Service and Features
Government of India
Special Service and Features
27-January-2017 13:01
IST
Why humanity remember Gandhi
In the world of thorough
compartmentalization dictated by industrialized division of labour in which
humanity find itself having lost the sense of purpose and identity, Gandhi
showed a holistic way that leads us into experiencing life in its fullness.
*Dr. D John Chelladurai
He got this holistic
perspective from the realization of Truth as God, which is eternal, an all
encompassing reality. ‘Being part of the whole’, he acknowledged, ‘I too
am a part of the Truth’. In the epistemological sense it reflects the
wisdom of Upanishad ‘Aham Brahmasmi’.
Functionally, his
pursuit of Truth could be termed as an advaita (non-dualistic) practice.
He saw a singular Truth in umpteen facets of life. Ekam Sat vipra
Bahudha vadanti. For him, each of his efforts was some part of the
truth or his endless quest for it. Even the means of his striving,
nonviolence, according to him, was a form of Truth. Truth is God and
Nonviolence the religion, he explained. Johan Galtung put it as ‘the way is the
goal’.
This led him into a
unique experience of an inclusive method, a comprehensive approach to life. He
saw oneness in all and everything. That is how he could declare “I
have no enemy” even while fighting against British imperialism. He then
clarified, ‘my fight is against the wrong and not the wrong doer who is my
brother’.
This perspective of
endearing oneness is evident in all his endeavors right from his early years.
Be it his colleagues
in South Africa, men and women from wide range of persuasions: Muslims, Parsis,
Christians, Jews, north Indians and South Indians in equal measure; or his
fellow satyagrahis as diverse as the mighty Pathans from the north-west frontier and the meekly
peasants of Bihar; or is readiness to induct into his domestic fold Dalits and
Leprosy Patients with equal elan, or his prayers that integrated the spirit of
all religions, he led humans into a new social reality.
His non-dualistic
vision helped him lay the conceptual foundation for a new nation. He interpreted ‘Purna Swaraj’ which originally
meant as ‘complete freedom from the bonds of the British’,into a principle of
liberation from all evils – of both what are within individual – value decay
and lack of social sensibility, and between individuals – socio, economic
political injustice and inequalities. His 18 constructive programs
represent as many facets of liberation: freedom from alcoholism, communal
enmity, poverty, sanitation problem, gender inequality so on.
Ideologically he
harmonized Satya and Ahimsa as two sides of a coin; and functionally Satyagraha
(struggle against the imperial power) and Constructive interventions (building
a society of empowered masses) as two wings of a flight to freedom.
Civilization would
however remember Gandhi for the all encompassing way of living he professed for
the divided world. The guiding spirit is Truth. That enabled him to cultivate
within him a triune dexterity called harmony between word, thought and deed;
head heart and hand; and between ‘oneself, fellow beings and God.
His non-dualistic
(seeing one in all) methodology led him further into a process of social
amalgamation, and helped him see potential for human betterment in the same
traits that divided humanity into water tight compartments. For
instance, he could see the productive craftsmanship of the shudras, the
material acumen of the Bania, the righteous indignation of the Kshatriya and
the sagely scholarship of Brahmin are adorable human qualities equally important
to every modern human.
And thus, he was happy
being a shudra when needed to cultivate his grains, spinning out his own
clothes and building hutments in the ashram; he was a typical bania (vaishya)
while bargaining for freedom and mobilizing resources for it; as a satyagrahi
he showed the valor of a Kshatriya fighting against the antagonistic powers for
the sake of humanity even at the risk of his own life. As a seeker after
truth he spoke with the clarity of a Brahmin (scholar and teacher). Thus he
brought down the walls that stood between the classes and sailed from one class
to another seamlessly.
Similarly, he translated
the four stages of life (Ashramas) into four noble virtues to be adopted, not
one after another, but all the time together. While being a grahastha
(ashram being his large joint family), he was a brahmacharya all along; without
retiring into Jungle he attained liberation. While living in the thick of
the society, he informed, he carries a potable ‘cave’ (society) for spiritual
contemplation every moment.
The same harmonizing
perspective helped Gandhi braid the four yogic paths into one noble passage for
holistic realization. His passion for Truth and Nonviolence that
“transcended human reasoning” was the height of bhakti, equivalent to that of
Mira, that fired him to be an invincible adherent of Truth. Be it his
Khadi movement, Harijan campaign or striving for communal harmony, we see an
unstoppable performer and his performance evinced the quality of a karma yogi.
His conscious exploration into the inner recesses of Truth gave him the wisdom
of a gyan yogi; empowered by the bhakti and gyan, his karma (action) invariably
steered him to lead the masses out of man-made suffering. The making of
the ‘father of the nation’ is certainly one of Raja Yoga.
Thus Gandhi in his
advaita realization of Truth, saw life as a comprehensive experience, not to be
realized in compartments, but all inclusively. The realization of oneness
enabled him to see the worth of multifarious manifestations without deterred by
their diversity, helped him sail between classes of society, phases of life and
through diverse paths of life and ethical schools.
In the world of thorough
compartmentalization dictated by industrialized division of labour in which
humanity find itself having lost individual sense of purpose and identity,
Gandhi shows in this manner, a holistic way to realize the fullness of
life. Civilization would remember him for this forever.
******
**An
alumni of Gujarat Vidyapeeth, Dr D John Chelladurai is currently the Dean,
of Gandhi Research Foundation, Jalgaon, (Maharashtra), He is a social
analyst and specializes in ‘Conflict Transformation’ and ‘Peace
Building’.
"The Views expressed in the Article
are his personal."
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