வரி செலுத்தலையா? வருகிறது, 'கிடுக்கிப்பிடி'

வரி செலுத்தலையா? வருகிறது, 'கிடுக்கிப்பிடி'

வருமான வரி செலுத்தாதவர்களை கண்டறிய, பல்வேறு உத்திகள் கையாளப்பட உள்ளதாக, வருமான வரித் துறை வட்டாரங்கள் தெரிவித்துள்ளன.

வருமான வரி செலுத்துவோர் எண்ணிக்கை, ஆண்டுதோறும் அதிகரித்து வருகிறது. 2015 - 16; 2016 - 17ம் ஆண்டுகளுக்கான, வருமான வரி தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம், மார்ச், 31ல் முடிந்தது. இந்த அவகாசத்தில், முன்பை விட, இரண்டு மடங்கு அதிகமான நபர்கள் வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்துள்ளனர்.

அத்துடன், 2017 - 18ம் ஆண்டுக்கான, வருமான வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்வதற்கான அவகாசம், நேற்று முதல் துவங்கியுள்ளது. ஜூலை, 31 வரை அபராதம் இன்றி, வரி கணக்கு தாக்கல் செய்யலாம். 2019 மார்ச் வரை, அபராதத்துடன் வரி செலுத்த முடியும். இந்த ஆண்டில் வரி செலுத்தாமல், அரசை ஏமாற்றுவோரை கண்டறிய, பல உத்திகளை அதிகாரிகள் செயல்படுத்த உள்ளனர்.

வருமான வரித்துறை வட்டாரங்கள் கூறியதாவது: வருவாயை காண்பிக்காமல், பல்வேறு வசதிகளை அனுபவித்து வரும் நபர்களை கண்டறிந்து, அவர்களை வருமான வரி வரம்புக்குள் கொண்டு வர, இந்த ஆண்டு, பல புதிய திட்டங்களை செயல்படுத்த, அதிகாரிகள் ஆலோசித்து வருகின்றனர்.

சொந்தமாக கார் வைத்திருப்பவர்கள், பல ஆயிரம் ரூபாய் மின்சார கட்டணம் செலுத்துபவர்கள் பட்டியலை, சம்பந்தப்பட்ட துறைகளிடமிருந்த
பெற்று, அதற்கான வருவாய் ஆதாரம் குறித்து விளக்கம் கோரவுள்ளனர்.

இதுதவிர, வேறு சில திட்டங்களை செயல்படுத்தவும், அதன் வாயிலாக, வரி கட்டாதவர்களை கண்டறிந்து, அவர்கள் மீது, கிடுக்கிப்பிடி நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கவும், அதிகாரிகள் திட்டமிட்டுள்ளனர். இவ்வாறு அந்த வட்டாரங்கள் கூறின.

Derailment of coach detains Pandian Express 

Special Correspondent 
 
MADURAI, April 02, 2018 00:00 IST

Passengers complain about “inordinate” delay

Derailment of a spare coach that was being shunted from the mechanical shed at Madurai railway junction yard delayed the departure of Pandian Superfast Express to Chennai by three hours on Sunday night.

The train that was scheduled to leave at 8.35 p.m. was rescheduled to leave at 11.35 p.m.

According to railway source, during a routine check, the officials found that one the coaches was unfit for journey.

Hence, a spare coach was moved from the mechanical shed to replace the unfit coach. While it was being shunted from one track to another, it derailed in the railway yard around 2.30 p.m.

Rerailment could not be done till 9 p.m.

With the derailed coach hindering the movement of the rake of Pandian Superfast Express, the train could not be shunted to the platform on time for its scheduled departure.

Many Chennai-bound passengers were seen arguing with the railway officials over what they claimed was an “inordinate” delay.

The officials pacified the passengers by explaining the situation.

A tribute to Sri Jayendra Saraswathi 

Staff Reporter 
 
CHENNAI, April 02, 2018 00:00 IST


Governor Banwarilal Purohit, columnist S. Gurumurthy and chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai Kendra, N. Ravi, at the function on Sunday.B. Jothi Ramalingam

Kanchi seer Sri Jayendra Saraswathi will be remembered as a great soul who brought happiness and spirituality to crores of people, Governor Banwarilal Purohit said here on Sunday.

After releasing the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s journal ‘Shradhanjali’ issue, which is a tribute to Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, he said, “He treated everyone with kindness and had various programmes to help those who were suffering.”

Mr. Purohit recalled that the seer had built hospitals to help the poor access good and free healthcare.

Affordable education

“Seeing that children were moving away from traditional values, he started schools that provided affordable education for them,” Mr. Purohit added.

N. Ravi, chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Chennai Kendra, said the seer had always been a friend and a supporter of the institution.

“He inaugurated the Chennai Kendra office building in 1992. He has been known for the transformative effect he had on the ancient institution that is the Kanchi Mutt. He also got the Mutt to reach out to people through educational and social service institutions,” he said.

Columnist S. Gurumurthy said he had been a devotee of the Kanchi Mutt ever since his birth. Aravind Sitaraman, chairman of What is India Publishers, spoke on the occasion.

Corruption by V-Cs will affect future’ 

Special Correspondent 
 
CHENNAI, April 02, 2018 00:00 IST


Educationist suggests a panel

Corruption by a Vice-Chancellor or faculty members in a university can affect generations of students. There is an urgent need not just to target corrupt V-Cs but also to identify teachers who paid money to get posts in universities, said M. Anandakrishnan, former V-C of Anna University.

He advocated constituting a high-power committee, comprising eminent educationists and legal experts, to offer recommendations on ways to prevent corruption in higher education.

Speaking on the sidelines of a seminar on corruption in higher education, Mr. Anandakrishnan told reporters that V-Cs indulged in corruption in the blind faith that there would be no repercussions as they had political protection.

“They also believe that their act would not have an impact on society. But if society boycotts such corrupt officials, the message would get through,” he said.

Cultural decline

Rajya Sabha member and CPI (M) leader T.K. Rangarajan said there was a cultural decline and teaching had been compromised.

“It is not possible to eliminate corruption when it is introduced into the system from childhood. If you don’t correct the education system, you cannot change politics for it is these students who become politicians,” he said.

Former president of the All India Federation of University and College Teachers Organisation A. James William felt the recent thrust of the Union Ministry of Human Resource on autonomy to universities would end up making the latter introduce courses through self-financing mode.

Universities in the Grade III category would become ‘untouchables,’ he said.

Ranking universities based on their NAAC score was not the correct way to evaluate the quality of education, Mr. William added.

A high-power committee must be set up to offer recommendations on ways to prevent corruption in higher education

M. Anandakrishnan,Former V-C of Anna University

Denied medical seat, aspirant to get Rs 20 lakh

Mohammed Akhef | TNN | Updated: Mar 31, 2018, 06:04 IST




AURANGABAD: The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has directed the state government to withdraw the recognition and affiliation to the Godavari Foundation’s Dr Ulhas Patil Medical College in Jalgaon for flouting admission norms. 

The bench ordered the college to pay Rs 20 lakh as compensation to the petitioner in the case, Tejaswini Phad, who had claimed she was denied an admission against vacant seats after the centralised admission process (CAP) rounds in 2012 even as 19 other students with lesser merit were admitted.

Phad, from Parbhani, had filed her petition in February 2013. The HC, in its ruling on Tuesday, termed the procedure adopted by the college for admitting the 19 students as illegal.

Incidentally, the 19 students have completed their course and got their degrees this year. “We will have to examine the HC’s judgment and other relevant aspects, including past rulings by the Supreme Court in such cases, before taking a call on whether to withhold or recall these degrees,” Sandeep Kulkarni, law officer of the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, told TOI on Friday.

The HC bench of Justice T V Nalawade and Justice Sunil K Kotwal also ordered a suo motu contempt proceeding against the college authorities.

The college said it would move an appeal against the HC’s decision in the SC.

Phad had contended that the college admitted the 19 students in violation of the revised admission schedule issued by Pravesh Niyantran Samiti (PNS), the state’s admissions regulatory panel. The list of these admissions was released two days before the counselling round and this had deprived many students their right to secure admission, she had stated. Among other things, she had sought cancellation of these admissions. The bench, however, said that the PNS had already taken a decision to cancel the admissions of the 19 students.

On January 11, 2013, before Phad filed her petition, the PNS had held the admissions illegal and recommended that the state government cancel them. The students continued to pursue their studies after the college filed a petition in the Aurangabad bench of HC against the PNS decision. In 2016, the college also secured an interim relief from the HC bench in Mumbai.

College registrar Pramod Bhirud claimed, “In 2015, the PNS regularised our admissions with a condition that the college deposit Rs 20 lakh per student with the state. We made the deposit and challenged the PNS’ directives before the HC bench in Mumbai and the matter is still pending . ”

Phad’s lawyer Siddheshwar Thombre said, “The state government and other authorities, including the health sciences university, had turned a blind eye to the PNS’ report seeking cancellation of these admissions. The bench has now partly allowed our petition and has dismissed the college petition against the PNS decision.

7 Indians among 15 killed in Kuwait bus collision

AFP, Kuwait City, Apr 1 2018, 22:41 IST 


Seven of those killed were Indian nationals, five were Egyptians and the other three from Pakistan, said Mohammed al-Basri of the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company. Representation image

Seven Indians were among 15 oil workers killed today in a head-on collision between two buses in southern Kuwait, officials said.

Seven of those killed were Indian nationals, five were Egyptians and the other three from Pakistan, said Mohammed al-Basri of the state-owned Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).

Two Indian citizens -- one in critical condition -- and a Kuwaiti were also injured in the accident, Basri told AFP.

Fire department spokesman Colonel Khalil al-Amir said the victims were employees of Burgan Drilling, a private subcontractor for KOC.

Like the other Arab states of the oil-rich Gulf, Kuwait has drawn international condemnation for its track record on migrant workers' rights and labour conditions.

Odisha: Sleeping infant snatched from parents by monkey, found dead in well 

DECCAN CHRONICLE.

Published Apr 2, 2018, 1:36 am IST

The police and forest department officials could not trace the 16-day-old boy during their day-long searches on Saturday. 


Missing infant’s father prays for his return.

Bhubaneswar/Cuttack: A newborn, who had been snatched away by a monkey from its mother’s side on Saturday at Talabasta village of Banki in Cuttack district, was found dead on Sunday inside a well near the house, the police said.

The police and forest department officials could not trace the 16-day-old boy during their day-long searches on Saturday.

The family members of the new born first spotted the body floating in the 15-feet-deep well and retrieved it with the help of villagers, police said.

The eyewitnesses said the body bore an injury mark and was probably inside the well for over 24 hours, although it had not bloated.

We are waiting for the autopsy report to ascertain the cause of death of the baby, which had a premature birth under Cesarean section, said investigating officer Priyabrat Rout.

It appeared the newborn might have slipped from the clutches of the monkey and subsequently died after falling into the well, but the investigation is in progress and is taking all possibilities into consideration, the police said.