31 May 2019
Opening of a Separate Postal Accounts Office (PAO) for Andhra Pradesh Circle at Viiayawada
It has now been decided to form a
Separate Postal Accounts Office (PAO) for Andhra Pradesh Circle at Vijayawada.
The work to newly formed PAO will be shifted in a phased manner. General Manager (PAF) , Vijayawada , Andhra
Pradesh Circle will be the head of the postal Accounts Office. The entire
exercise of establishing a separate postal accounts office for Andhra Pradesh
circle and its functioning at Vijayawada is to be completed within a period of
three months for the date of issue of these orders.
DOP Letter
22 May 2019
ODISHA RELIEF FUND
ODISHA RELIEF FUND
CHQ calls upon all members all over the country to donate liberally to the Odisha Relief fund immediately. Branch Secretaries are requested to collect the same and remit the entire amount to the Current Account opened by our Odisha circle branch for the purpose. The details are available in he Special circular given below.
With Regards,
P Gangadhara Rao, General Secretary
DO NOT TAX THE PENSION
Com. K B Krishna Rao, General Secretary, Karnataka P&T Pensioners Association,Bengaluru, being a member of the SCOVA, received a communication from Department of Pension & Pensioners Welfare seeking views and suggestions on DIRECT TAXES to assist the Department in taking a pragmatic view for placing the matter before the Department of Revenue for its use during Budget Formulations relating to Direct taxes.In turn, Com. Krishna Rao sought our opinion on the matter. We have submitted the following suggestion:
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Suggestion: Pension being granted to Ex Govt Servants and Family Pension being granted to spouses of Ex Govt Servants should not be taxed.
Reasons:
1.Pension is not salary. Even if it is treated as Salary, it is deferred payment, as observed by the Apex Court. When delayed payment is made as arrears of pay or pension, the whole amount is not accounted for the respective assessment year, based on Form 10E filed by the assessee.
2.Pension of Ex MPs and their spouses is not being taxed on the plea that “it is not salary but income from other sources”. The ‘source’ is nothing but Government Funds. They are paid pension by Government of India from government funds, not by the people who elected them. Family pension is paid to the spouses of deceased MPs and former MPs by Government of India not by the voters. At the same time, sitting MPs, Ex MPs and their spouses are entitled tobenefits at par with central government employees and pensioners in the matter of medical facilities under CGHS etc. While the pension to Ex MPs and family pension to spouses of Ex MPs is not being taxed there is no justification for taxing the pension being granted to Ex Government servants and spouses of Ex Employees who receive pension from the same source of Government funds.
2.Pension is not being taxed in countries like Brazil, Russian federation and Sri Lanka as well as number of states in USA.
8 May 2019
1 May 2019
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All India Consumer Price Index for Industrial Workers-AICPI(IW) for
March ,2019 increased by TWO points
and pegged at 309.
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