NFPE CIRCULAR ON 1ST AND 2ND DECEMBER , 2015 STRIKE CALL

NFPE CIRCULAR ON 1ST AND 2ND DECEMBER , 2015 STRIKE CALL

   National Federation of Postal Employees

1^st Floor North Avenue Post Office Building, New Delhi-110 001

Phone: 011.23092771      e-mail: nfpehq@gmail.com

       Mob: 9868819295/9810853981                website: http://www.nfpe.blogspot.com

 

NFPE CIRCULAR

No. PF-01(e)/2015                                                                                   Dated – 31.10.2015

To

            All General Secretaries/NFPE Office Bearers/All Circle, Divisional & Branch    Secretaries of NFPE affiliated Unions

Dear Comrades,

            NFPE along with AIPEUGDS (NFPE) has taken decision to go on 48 hours strike on 1^st & 2^ndDecember, 2015 on the four point\s charter of demands.

            NFPE had requested Secretary (P) in writing and by meeting personally to resolve the issues which are pending since long. But it is a very sorry state of affairs on the part of Department of Posts that neither any issue is settled nor even a single line in reply is being given.

            As you all are  aware that NFPE along with PJCA had declared indefinite strike from 6^th May-2015 onwards. On most of the items  Secretary (P)  gave positive  assurance in writing in the meetings  during negotiations on agenda of strike Charter of demands and the minutes were circulated among all and were published in all union journals. On 5^th May Honourable Minister  Communication also called  meeting with both Secretary Generals NFPE & FNPO and  he also gave positive assurances including  GDS wage revision by 7^th CPC and for Cadre restructuring he told  that  he has signed the file after approving the proposals and handed over to Secretary Post.

            But after a lapse of 6 months period no progress is being noticed in any of the matter.

            Earlier National Joint Council of Action  of Constituent Organizations of National  Council JCM had taken  decision to go on indefinite  strike  from 23rd  November -2015 in which  our main demand of inclusion of GDS was also  included in the Charter of  demands

            It was expected that Pay Commission will submit its report upto 30^th September, 2015. Pay Commission requested to grant 2 months extension to bind up the office but the Government of India was very much generous to grant 4 months extension to Pay Commission. Pay Commission has completed its task but now Government is interfering and Secretary Finance Ministry has directed Pay Commission to give recommendations keeping in view the fiscal condition of the country and it should not give such recommendations which cannot be implemented. NJCA had deferred the decision of strike from 23^rdNovember, 2015. We as NFPE told in the meeting of NJCA that we are going on indefinite strike in Postal. NJCA leadership requested to review  and reconsider  the decision and change the  date as NJCA has given call of a grand Dharna by All India  leaders of NJCA at Jantar Manter, New Delhi on 19 November,2015. Some of our Confederation leaders and senior leaders of NFPE also advised to review the decision. Accordingly NFPE Federal Secretariat meeting was held at Hyderabad on 11.10.2015 and reviewed the situation and unanimous decision was taken to organize 48 hours strike on 1^st & 2^ndDecember, 2015 on the following 4 points of Charter of demands:

            (i) Include GDS in 7^th CPC for wage revision and other service related matters. 

            (ii) Implement cadre Restructuring proposals in all cadres including Postal Accounts & MMS. 

            (iii) Fill up all vacant posts in all cadres of Department of Posts (i.e. PA, SA, Postmen, Mail Guard, Mail Man, GDS Mail Man, MMS Driver & other staff in      MMS, PA          CO, PA SBCO, Postal Accounts Staff, Civil & Electrical Wing    Staff, as            per actual sanctioned   strength. 

            (iv) Stop all types of harassment in the name of implementation of various     new      services and schemes and Trade Union Victimization.

BRIEF OF JUSTIFICATION OF DEMANDS

(i).   INCLUDE GDS IN 7^TH CPC FOR WAGE REVISION AND OTHER SERVICE RELATED MATTERS.

            Gramin Dak Sewaks constitute 50% of Work Force in Department of Post. They run 89% Post Offices in Rural Areas. Since 2^nd Pay Commission, every  time a Committee headed by bureaucrats  has been constituted to look into the wage revision  and other service related matters  except at the time of Vth  Pay Commission when Justice  Talwar  Committee  was formed which gave  very favourable  recommendations to the GDS  but Government  did not implement 25% of its recommendations. This time NFPE raised the issue to include GDS in 7^th CPC and this was supported by Confederation and National Council JCM. But Government has not given any attention towards this demand. During the negotiation on Strike  Charter of demands, Secretary (Post) assured to refer the matter  to Government  of India again third time  with strong recommendations  and  on 05.05.2015 , Hon`ble  Minister Communication had also assured to use his influence to get the GDS included in 7^th CPC but nothing has been done so far. It is coming to the notice by some sources that Department of Post is going to form bureaucratic Committee again. We have requested several times that when Pay Commission complete its task than this matter should  also be given to him . Now Pay Commission has been allowed to sit idol for 3 months. This period might have been utilized for the wage revision of GDS. But Government of India is not at all concerned about this poor deprived and exploited section of working class. We cannot tolerate this state. So we have to go to agitation to fight this injustice and discrimination.

(ii).       CADRE RESTRUCTURING

            Cadre Restructuring proposals were finalized by the Committee 2 years before. On 5th May 2015 Minister also approved.  JS&FA also cleared the proposals. DOP&T has not raised any objection and suggested to take clearance from Finance Ministry. There is no more financial implications even that Finance Ministry has not cleared the proposal. We have asked Department of Post several times but nothing has been done so far. If it is not implemented before implementation of 7^th CPC report. It will be of no use.

(iii).     FILL UP ALL VACANT POSTS IN ALL CADRES OF DEPARTMENT OF POSTS.

            Though Recruitment is going on in the Department of Posts here and there. But there is acute shortage of staff in all cadres because recruitment is not being done as per actual sanctioned strength. If recruitment is made as per actual sanctioned strength and shortage is met out then 50%   problems will be solved automatically.

 

(iv).      STOP ALL TYPES OF HARASSMENT IN THE NAME OF IMPLEMENTATION OF VARIOUS         NEW SERVICES AND SCHEMES AND TRADE UNION VICTIMIZATION.

            Our staff in all cadres is facing so much harassment and victimization. Every day any new service or scheme is being launched without proper infrastructure and sufficient man power. CBS and CSI biggest problem for P-III, 100% delivery for Postmen. Harassment of staff in RMS on OTA, More problems in Circle Office, Postal Accounts and Civil Wing and Electrical Wings are being faced due to staff shortage. If any Trade union leader raises his voice against these onslaughts, he is victimized. Holding of Melas and Meetings on every Sunday and Holiday has become the regular practice against the directions given by Secretary (Post).

            So keeping in all these we have to fight against all these onslaughts and wrong policies of department of Posts and Government of India.

            Whatever we have achieved that is due to struggle only. We have achieved so many things in past by struggles only. If we fight unitedly we will win sure.

            For making the strike 100% successful please follow the following instructions: 

1.         Campaign programme of All India leaders have been declared and published in websites, all circle secretaries of NFPE affiliated unions are requested to consult each other and make all arrangements for the meetings of All India leaders. If any change is needed, can be made with consultation of all.

2.         All India leaders should attend the programmes compulsorily.

      3.           Maximum publicity should be given to the campaign programme.

      4.         Strike notice will be served on 06.11.2015 to the Secretary (Posts) by NFPE leaders.It should be served at all levels by organizing mass demonstrations.

      5.         Joint campaign programme should be conducted by all Circle/Divisional Secretaries in their respective Circles and Divisions and make maximum efforts for grand success of strike by organizing Gate meetings and General Body meetings.

      6.          Circulars/Pamphlets /Hand bills and Posters should be published and send to all. These should be published in regional language also.

7.         Please leave no stone unturned for success of strike.

8.         Give Wide Publicity in local Press and Media.

Yours fraternally,

(R. N. Parashar)

Secretary General

மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர் மகா சம்மேளனக் கூட்டம்           

                                  

அன்புத் தோழர்களுக்கு வணக்கம். நேற்றைய தினம் (27.10.2015) மாலை சுமார் 06.00 மணி தொடங்கி மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர் மகா சம்மேளனம், தமிழ் மாநிலக் கிளையின் கூட்டம் AG அலுவலகக் கட்டிடத்தில் அதன்   மாநிலத் தலைவர் தோழர். J . ராமமூர்த்தி அவர்கள்   தலைமையிலும் பொதுச் செயலாளர் தோழர்.M . துரைபாண்டியன் அவர்கள் முன்னிலையிலும்  சிறப்பாக நடைபெற்றது. இதில் சாஸ்திரி பவன் , ராஜாஜி பவன்  ஊழியர்  சங்கங்களின் இணைப்புக் குழு,  வருமானவரித்துறை, AUDIT & ACCOUNTS ,  CIVIL  ACCOUNTS ,  PAO , ICMR , NIOT, MEDICAL  STORES , CENSUS , அகில இந்திய வானொலி  உள்ளிட்ட  அமைப்பு களின் பிரதிநிதிகள் கலந்து கொண்டனர். முன்னதாக மறைந்த முன்னாள் அஞ்சல் மூன்று மாநிலச் செயலர் தோழர். பாலு அவர்களுக்கு நினைவஞ்சலி செலுத்தப்பட்டது. 

1. ஊதியக் குழு தொடர்பான கோரிக்கைகளை நிறைவேற்றாத மத்திய அரசைக் கண்டித்தும் , 

2. ஊதியக் குழுவே அறிக்கையை சமர்ப்பிக்க தயாராக இருந்த போதும்  வேண்டுமென்றே  நீட்டிப்பு அளித்து காலதாமதம் செய்யும் மத்திய அரசின் போக்கைக் கண்டித்தும்,  

3. தன்னிச்சையான அமைப்பான  7 ஆவது ஊதியக் குழுவுக்கு , அதன் சுதந்திர செயல்பாட்டை முடக்கும் வகையில் நிதிச்சுமை குறித்து அறிவுறுத்தியுள்ள  மத்திய  நிதி அமைச்சகத்தின் தலையீடு குறித்து கண்டித்திடவும், 

NATIONAL COUNCIL  JCM  ஊழியர் தரப்பின் சார்பிலும், மத்திய அரசு ஊழியர் மகா சம்மேளனத்தின் சார்பிலும்  போராட்ட அறிவிப்பு வெளியிடப் பட்டுள்ளது.

கூட்டத்தில் மகா சம்மேளனத்தின் மூன்று கட்ட போராட்ட அறிவிப்பை செயல்படுத்துவது குறித்து விரிவாக விவாதிக்கப்பட்டு  முடிவுகள் எடுக்கப்பட்டன . அதன்படி 

1. எதிர்வரும் நவம்பர் 2 முதல் 6  தேதி வரை அந்தந்த துறை சார்ந்த அலுவல கங்களின் பிரச்சாரக் கூட்டங்கள் நடத்துவது.

2. நவம்பர் 6 ந் தேதி அறிவிக்கப் பட்டுள்ள  தார்ணா  போரட்டத்தை ,டெல்லி ஜந்தர்  மந்தரில் தார்ணா நடைபெறும் 19.11.2015 அன்று மாநில  தலைமை யகத்தில் சிறப்பாக  நடத்துவது .( அஞ்சல் பகுதியில்  ஆர்ப்பாட்டத்துடன் கூடிய  வேலைநிறுத்த நோட்டீஸ் அன்றைய தேதியில் வழங்க உள்ளதாலும் அன்றைய தேதியில் வேலைநிறுத்த சிறப்புக் கூட்டம் நடைபெற உள்ளதாலும் இந்த தேதி  மாற்றப்பட்டுள்ளது ).

3.தார்ணா  போராட்டத்தை மையப் பகுதியான   CPMG  அலுவலக வாயிலில் நடத்துவது. 

4.அதே தேதியில் தமிழகமெங்கும் கறுப்புச் சின்னம் அணிந்து கண்டன  ஆர்ப்பாட்டங்கள் நடத்துவது. 

இதற்கான தயாரிப்பு  வேலைகளை உடனடியாக துவக்குவது என்றும் முடிவுகள் எடுக்கப்பட்டன. இறுதியில்  மாநிலப் பொருளாளர் தோழர். 

S.சுந்தரமூர்த்தி அவர்கள் (INCOME TAX) நன்றி கூற கூட்டம் இனிதே முடிவுற்றது. 

                அஞ்சல்  பகுதி  வேலைநிறுத்தம் 

அஞ்சல் பகுதியில் எதிர்வரும் டிசம்பர் 1 மற்றும் 2ம்  தேதிகளில்  நடைபெறவுள்ள  வேலைநிறுத்தம் தொடர்பாக  எதிர்வரும் 6.11.2015 அன்று மாநில , கோட்ட மட்டங்களில் அளிக்கப்படவேண்டிய வேலை நிறுத்த நோட்டீஸ் மற்றும் ஆர்பாட்டம்  குறித்தும் , 6.11.2015 அன்று சென்னையில் நடைபெற உள்ள  வேலை நிறுத்த  சிறப்புக் கூட்டம் குறித்தும் , மாநிலம் முழுவதும் நடைபெற உள்ள  பிரச்சார இயக்கங்கள்  குறித்தும்  இதர சங்கங்களுடன் கலந்துகொண்டு  தமிழ் மாநில  NFPE  இணைப்புக் குழு மூலம்  அறிவிப்புகள்  வெளியிடப்படும் என்பதை   தமிழ்  மாநில அஞ்சல் மூன்று சங்கத்தின் சார்பில் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறோம்.

வருந்துகிறோம்...............

தமிழ் மாநில அஞ்சல் மூன்று சங்கத்தின்   முன்னாள் மாநிலச் செயலர் அஞ்சா நெஞ்சன் அண்ணன் பாலு அவர்கள் இன்று (20.10.2015) காலை 7 .40 மணி அளவில் திருவனந்தபுரம் மருத்துவமனையில் இயற்கை எய்தினார் என்பதை ஆழ்ந்தவருத்தத்துடன் தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறோம். 

அன்னாரின் இறுதிச்சடங்கு அவரதுசொந்த ஊரான நாகர்கோவில் - சுசீந்திரம் அருகில் உள்ள குரண்டி என்கிற  கிராமத்தில் நாளை நடைபெற உள்ளது.

அவரது மறைவால் வாடும் அவரது குடும்பத்தாருக்கும், நம்முடைய இயக்கத் தோழர்களுக்கும் நம்முடைய ஆழ்ந்த வருத்தத்தை தெரிவித்துக் கொள்கிறோம்.

Meghdoot 7.9.3 and SpeedNet 4.3 are released by CEPT

Meghdoot 7.9.3 and SpeedNet 4.3 are released by CEPT

 Meghdoot Version 7.9.3

(Release Document  For Post Offices and Parcel Booking Centres )

Issues rectified and new features added                                                              

Point of Sale:

 New Features

1)      Provision for configuring the following parameters related to Postal Life                                              Insurance(PointOfSale)

·        service Tax - PLI First Year Premium

·        Service Tax - PLI Subsequent Premium

·        Education Cess - PLI First Year Premium

·        Education Cess - PLI Subsequent Premium

·        PLI Sales Tax (J&K)

2)     Automatic Calculation of Service tax , education cess and sales tax for PLI\RPLI transactions(PointOfSale)

3)     Provision for Accepting the PLI policies of Jammu and Kashmir from Post offices in other parts of India with the Sales tax applicable and provision for accepting the policies of other parts of India at Post offices of Jammu and Kashmir with the applicable service tax. (PointOfSale)

4)     Updation of Service Tax which is effective from 1.6.2015 for the following services

a.     Speed Post

b.     New Pension Scheme

c.      World Net Express

5)     Service tax in the shift reports of PLI and RPLI transactions. (PointOfSale)

6)     Provision for booking Orissa High Court Articles. (PointOfSale)

7)     Automatic fetching of data for BESCOM and the freezing of relevant fields while doing ePayment transactions. (PointOfSale)

8)     Discontinuation of surface mail to Oman post. (PointOfSale)

9)     Incorporated the latest WNX Tariff modification. (PointOfSale)

10)  Enhanced the maximum limit of VP Amount above which insurance is mandatory. (PointOfSale)

10) Only barcode scanning will be allowed for inputting CRNumber while doing RMFS transactions through ePayment(PointOfSale)

11) Incorporated the revised Allocation of circle wise barcode series for notices/Summons of HighCourts (PointOfSale)

12) Discontinuation of eVP service.

               Bugs Fixed  

1)     Rectified the error while taking UCR Detailed Report.(PointOfSale)

2)     Issue with reversal of IATA code in Airway Bill (PDF) resolved.

3)     Issue with enabling of state list for USA is resolved.

4)    Issue with populating of pincodes when the booking is done for Singapore is resolved. Now, the operator can enter the pincode directly instead of waiting for the system to load 8 lakh pincode entries for Singapore.

5)    Issue with calculation of DOP commission after revision of service tax rates is resolved.

6)    Error noticed while configuring new Airway Bill series is rectified.

Despatch:

New features

1)   Provision for incorporating the mobile number while accepting the article from other sources (Despatch).

2)   Modified bulk special journal upload to accept sender's mobile number. (Despatch).

3)   Modified booking special journal to accept sender's mobile number. (Despatch).

4)   Scanning of articles will be faster while bag closing. (Despatch)

5)   For MBC /BPC office, Booking, bagging and dispatching articles can be done by any shift login user.

6)   Direct bag provision for Parcel bag type for PO's. (Despatch)

7)   Default Direct bag close provision for MBC/BPC Offices.  (Despatch)

8)   Office master data upload to BNPLParcel Database.  (Despatch)

9)   Validating COD articles. (Despatch)

eMO

New features

1)     Option for invoicing Bulk Remitter returned to Sender eMOs to a Bulk payee.

BNPL Parcel

New Features

1)      Incorporated mobile number while manual detailed booking / excel upload.

2)     Provision made to calculate tax amount for each transaction in case of advance customer.

 Bugs Fixed 

1)     Rectified the run time error while generating monthly bill.

2)     Rectified the run time error while booking insured article for which insured amount > 33000

Postman

New Features:

1) Cod article resend message will generate automatically if the message is not available during the bag opening time.

2) Day end is not possible without the verification of cod article delivered at BO.

3) While giving the BO remark of COD article, BO summary date can be given.

4) A new status column has been added in the ‘Request Resend for parcel COD Article’ option which will show the status of the article in central server. Ex: Message not available in Server, This is a RTS article etc.

5) Two new messages are provided during the login time to notify the Disaster pending articles and BO delivered article pending for BO COD verification by the Supervisor.

6) A new message is provided at the BO remark option if any foreign article is pending for taking returns.

Treasury:

New Features: 

1)     While generating PLI/RPLI transaction files along with Daily account files at SOs through Floppy Upload option, additions fields of Service tax, Education Cess, Tax Type are being captured to upload the data in Sub Accounts at HOs for fetching the same by PBS Module.

2)     Modifications for the purpose of Court Summons transactions being booked in POS module for the purpose of Submit account. 

Sub Accounts:

New Features: 

1)      Provision for fetching additional columns of ServiceTax, EducationCess, TaxType while uploading daily account files of SOs at HOs through Floppy Upload option for the purpose of PLI/RPLI Schedules (Subaccounts).

2)      Modifications for the purpose of Tally re-booked transactions of PLI/RPLI done at BOs (Subaccounts).

R Net Communication:

New Features: 

1)     WNX related data will be transmitted to new DHL ftp server.

Bugs fixed:

1)      Rectified the run time error “invalid column name AddresseeMobileNumber” in case of offices which are not ePayment enabled offices.

2)       Rectified the run time error “Index was outside the bounds of the array".

Accounts:

New Features: 

1)     Tax type column added in respect of PLI pay recovery and RPLI pay recovery for identify the tax type whether policy belong to service tax or sale tax.

AccountsPBS (Schedules):

New Features:

1.     Automatic calculation of PLI RPLI service tax 3.5% for first year premium and 1.75% of renewal premium.

2.     PLI RPLI Service tax  fetching from Subaccount and counter

3.     PLI RPLI service tax report

4.     FYST,Renewal ST,Tax type columns in NIC CSV file generation

5.     New Tax Type which is 1 for service tax and 2 for sales tax

 Bugs Fixed: 

1)     No of Bills shown as zero while fetching ebill from subaccount is rectified.

MO Compilation:

New Features: 

1)     Provision for data entry of service eMOs issued at HO/SO has been made available.

2)     Provision for configuration of eMOCodes of SOs is provided. 

Configure eMOCodes option will show all the SOs under your HO. 

1. For each office selected in that office corresponding eMOCode and office Name as per eMO will appear.

 

2. Select the eMO OfficeName and press ok, automatically the eMOCode will added in configuration table and the office is ready for making data entry for paid and booked data

 

3. For the offices for which the eMO Codes are not configured the data entry will not be permitted.

 

4. In eMO Paid data entry, for audit accounting, one new column called audit code is added and the paid eMOs should be sorted audit-wise and data entry should be done. 

Bugs Fixed: 

1)     When two different daily accounts (different dates) of the same office (sub office) are received at HO, MO compilation module is not allowing to enter the data for two daily accounts of the same sub office for the same account date (i.e, HO date). This issue has been now fixed in this release.

New Features in RegisterNet Version 7.9.3 (CRCs)

1)     Closing a bag directly to the Bulk Customer:  For the bulk customer there will be one option of Invoice to Bulk Customer, here a direct bag will be closed to the bulk customer for all the articles to be delivered to Customer directly from CRC, which is explained below with the help of screen shots.

2)     The Bulk Delivery customer can be registered in Parcel Net website by giving the details CustomerName, hub Name etc., by logging in as Divisional Administrator.

3)     Once the customer is registered Successfully the customer Id will displayed which can be noted for

Further reference, the office need to update the latest Customer Master data by giving Customer Master Request in Administrator login.

4.Returns of all articles in bag can be taken by selecting the customer name,date and Bag number as seen below.

5.Proper return remark has to be furnished against each Undelivered Article.

6. Once returns taken for all Undelivered Articles click on Finish button. A screen will appear as below will appear.

7. Two more reports are included in the release as Delivered Article report and Consolidated Delivered Article Abstract.

a) Delivered Article Report:

     This will give the report of the article which is delivered customer wise by selecting the Customer name and the date.

b).Consolidated Customer Abstract:

      This will give the consolidated report for the Bulk Delivery Customer

 

Other Modifications in RegisterNet:

 

1)     In this release RegisterNetBackup Database creation included for moving past 15 days data to Backupdatabase for enhancing the performance.

2)     Also an option flush old data is also included in this release; it will delete the four month old data from the RegisterNetbackup database.

To get the Flushdata option

Admin→MasteràFlush old data

3)     A new message will be generated while opening of the bag to pass the data of bag opened content to the server.

New Features in Express Parcel Net Version 7.9.3 (Express Parcel Hubs)

1.     In this release two report are included for Bulk Delivery Customer Delivered Articles.

a)      Delivered Article Report:

     This will give the report of the article which is delivered customer wise by selecting the Customer name and the date.

b) Consolidated Customer Abstract:

      This will give the consolidated report for the Bulk Delivery Customer

 

Other Modifications in ExpressParcelNet:

 

1)     In this release ExpressParcelNetBackup Database creation included for moving past 15 days data to Backup database for enhancing the performance.

2)     Also an option flush old data is also included in this release; it will delete the four month old data from the ExpressParcelNetbackup database.

Government to unveil new I-T tool to check PAN transactions history

Government is set to unveil an ambitious PAN activity monitoring and analysis software tool that will enable Income Tax department to check transactions history of a person country-wide and help sleuths in effective tracking of black money trail.

The digital and smart platform is called the Income Tax Business Application-Permanent Account Number (ITBA-PAN) and is currently being put to final tests by a special team of tax sleuths and business software analysts at a facility in the national capital.

The new software tool will enable the taxman to view, in a chronological order, the entire "PAN life cycle summary" or to simply say transactions history of an individual or entity where a PAN number has been quoted, in any part of the country.

The project is expected to be activated by the end of this month by the Finance Ministry and will also enable the tax department and its two intermediary organisations--NSDL and UTIITSL-- to allocate a fresh PAN number and subsequently issue a new card in 48 hours flat as compared to the about 15 days time taken currently.

The operationalisation of the project assumes significance as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had recently said that the government is at an "advanced stage in considering the requirement of furnishing PAN card details if cash transactions beyond a certain limit are undertaken."

The department, in order to enhance its capabilities to better track large value transactions in the country, has brought the ITBA-PAN portal and has for the same has also closed down its "legacy" and the existing Assessee Information System (AIS) early this month which till now used to hold the PAN database.

The new platform, according to an official proposal accessed by PTI, will also allow the taxman to view and capture various events of an assessee like "death, liquidation, dissolution, de-merger, merger, acquisition, fake PAN or amalgamation of PAN" in a specific or general case in an event of any investigation to be carried out in a case of black money or tax evasion.

"The ambitious project will be rolled out soon and the I-T department has already migrated all the PAN data last week from the old system to the new one. With this project going operational, PAN will become a unique identifying database in the real sense all across the country," a senior official said today.

The new tool will also allow the taxman to remotely identify duplicate or fake PANs in its system which has been troubling the tax investigators for a long time and was used by criminals to perpetrate black money operations within and outside the country.

The ITBA-PAN software will also allow a PAN holder to request for deletion or de-activation of his or her PAN and it will send an electronic and digitally signed "intimation letter" in this regard to the concerned assessee.

The soon-to-be launched platform will also allow an entity to activate a wrongly deleted or de-activated PAN number.

In order to provide better services to taxpayers, the platform will allow for a smooth computer-based transfer of an individual's PAN number in case they are transferred or re-located from one place to the other.

PAN is a ten-digit alphanumeric number issued in form of a laminated card by the Income Tax department.

It is also a national identification number of the taxpayer which has to be mandatorily quoted on the return of income and in all correspondences with the department.

 

Source:-The Economic Times