‘82% of tax payers HAVE fileD RETURN in indore’
Indore: Nearly 82 per cent of income tax payers in the Indore region filed their return for the financial year 2013-14 using the ‘electronic return’ option. A total of 6,58,701 Income Tax returns were filed by people in Indore region and among them 5,36,826 (82 per cent) filed their returns through the option of e-return, while the rest 1,21,875 (18 per cent) filed it through the conventional method of filing IT returns by submitting papers,” a senior official of the Indore region Income Tax Department told. Since the financial year 2008-09, the trend of filing through e-returns has been growing in the region while the practice of filing by submitting papers is declining, the official said. He also informed that in 2014-14, revenue worth Rs2,386 crore was collected in Indore area which is 18 per cent more than what was collected in 2012-13. A total of 16 districts were included in the Income Tax Department's Indore-Ujjain divisions.
21-year-old SUCCUMBS TO dengue FEVER
Indore: A 21-year-old youth succumbed to dengue fever in a local hospital here, a senior official said. This is the first case of dengue death in the region, Integrated Disease Surveillance Project (IDSP) district unit head doctor Gl Sodhi said. The victim was undergoing treatment in a private hospital since September 5, and he passed away on September 14, Sodhi said. The report received from Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College's Microbiology Department said the victim was suffering from dengue fever. According to the report, four more patients are suffering from dengue including an eight-year-old boy and a 65-year-old woman. Sodhi said that so far 18 patients have tested positive for the dengue in the region.
priest gets ten-year ri FOR ‘RAPING’ MINOR GIRl
Indore: A 24-year-old priest was on Tuesday sentenced to ten-year rigorous imprisonment by a fast track court here for allegedly kidnapping and raping a minor girl after taking her to religious places in Uttar Pradesh. The sentence was handed down by presiding officer and Additional Session Judge, Savita Singh to Pankaj Sharma (24) under sections 363 (abduction), 366 (abducting a girl for forcibly establishing physical relations) and 376 (rape). The court also imposed a fine of Rs 3,500 on him. Additional Public Prosecutor, Ravindra Desai told reporters that Sharma, a resident of Banganga, was found guilty of kidnapping and raping the 16-year-old girl, who was his tenant’s daughter. Sharma had abducted the girl on December 9, 2013 and took her to Mathura and Vrindavan where he raped her in hotels. Police reached Sharma on the basis of his mobile phone call details and later rescued the girl from his captivity.
bhel workers enthusiastic about reward scheme
Bhopal: With the new reward scheme effective from Tuesday in BHEl, Bhopal, a sense of enthusiasm was witnessed among the employees. Under the new scheme the employees can now gain attractive benefits. According to the new circular issued by the management, the employees will be made reward payment with respect to the attendance registered by swiping the card at the swiping terminals. Today despite being the first day of the policy, 70 per cent attendance was recorded by the swiping of the card.
Hindi fortnight BEING ORGANISED TIll sEPT 26
Bhopal: All Government institutions under the Central Government, organizes official language fortnight to promote the usage of Hindi in official works. Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangarahalaya is organizing Hindi fortnight from September 14 to 26 to show our love and respect for our national language-Hindi. During the official language fortnight various programmes and competitions are being organized. Today a theme based poster making competition was organized were tribal artists and officers-employees participated. The poster making competition was organized by Assistant Curator (Display), Anand Tehenguria and art section. The competition was divided into two categories – officer-employees and tribal artist. The themes were ‘Daughter’ for officers & employees (non artist) and ‘Our deities’ for the tribal artists. later in the afternoon a competition of photography was orgnanised as part of Hindi fortnight. The competition took place at Mythological Trail of Manav Sangrahalaya and all participants were asked to click photographs of one exhibition of pottery. later each participant submitted a photo-caption in Hindi of the photograph they clicked. The conveyor of photography competition was Tapas Vishwas (Photography Officer, IGRMS).
InvestorS’ Awareness Programme HElD BY SBI
Bhopal: SBI Officials Social Group organised Investor Awareness Programme here on Tuesday. The purpose of this program was to resolve senior citizens grievances and spread financial literacy. There is a paradigm shift in financial planning over the years from “What if I die” to “What if I live”. AP Khare, President , SBI Officials Social Group said, “It was a laudable initiative taken by Vision Advisory Services, in the direction of safeguarding the interests of the senior citizens financial literacy. The major objective of the program is to educate the members of SBI Officials Social Group about Mutual funds, Taxation and investments. Another aspect of financial literacy programmes is to make the senior citizens see the future. “As a vast generation begins to retire, the need for enhanced financial literacy, with importance on prevention and intervention programs among older individuals, is a necessity. It is understood that with age comes wisdom, but sophisticated financial scams and dishonest tactics prove to overcome wisdom, luring elder investors into poor financial decisions" added Munnvar Ali from Vision Advisory Services Pvt ltd said. GC Saxena, Secretary, SBI Officials Social Group along with executive members was also present on the occasion.
KISHORE BIYANI MEETS MINISTER AT MANTRAlAYA
Bhopal: Famous industrial house Future Group’s CEO Kishore Biyani met Commerce & Industries Minister Scindia at Mantralaya on Tuesday. Discussing immense food processing potential in Madhya Pradesh, Biyani expressed desire to set up an industry in Indore-Bhopal corridor in the middle of both cities. Industries Minister Scindia also held detailed discussions with Biyani on various issues including Namkeen Clusters, plug and play units etc. Scindia thanked
Biyani for giving consent to attend Global Investors Summit to be held at Indore in October. Principal Secretary Industries Mohammad Sulaiman, Commissioner Industries Vl Kanta Rao, Director Agriculture and Food Processing Anurag Shrivastava, TRIFAC Managing Director DP Ahuja and Secretary Industries Anupam Rajan were present on the occasion.
SHUKlA TO TAKE PART IN lOCAl PROGRAMMES
Bhopal: Public Relations, Energy, New and Renewable Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Rajendra Shukla will take part in local programmes at Katni on September 17. later, he will reach Rewa in the afternoon to take park in Vishwakarma Jayanti Samaroh. The Public Relations Minister will leave to Katni tonight.