Ministry of Railways has decided to revise the child fare rule. Under the revised provision, full adult fare will be charged for children of age 5 years and under 12 years of age if for whom berth/seat (in reserved class) is sought at the time of reservation. However, in case berth/seat is not sought for the children of age 5 years and under 12 years of age at the time of reservation, then half of the adult fare shall continue to be charged subject to the minimum distance for charging.
EPFO has madea provision forchange the name of EPF members in the application software. Members who wish to get their name to be changed in the EPF Database can apply for the same through their employer alongwith supporting documents. In this regard a circular has already been issued to the field offices mentioning the supporting […]
Section 66(1) (b) of the Factories Act 1948 which explicitly prohibits the employment of women in night shift between (7pm to 6am) has been challenged inter-alia, by the women organisations, in the High Court on the ground that it is unconstitutional being violative of Art 14, 15 and 19(1) (g) of the constitution. Since it discriminates women factory workers based on Sex and gender by its prohibitory provision to work during night shift.
The Central Government has amended the ceiling for contributions under the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 (EPF Act) and the Employees’ Provident Fund and Miscellaneous Provisions Scheme, 1952 (EPF Scheme) from Rs. 6,500 to Rs. 15,000, with effect from 1 September 2014. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has, by its circular […]
After leaving employment, employees were supposed to get their forms for withdrawals attested through employer as earlier it was only the employer who could identify the worker and his/her details. After launch of UAN, EPFO has started collecting the KYC details such as Aadhaar, PAN, Bank details etc.
For all Central Excise and Service Tax assessees in the State of Tamil Nadu, the date for payment of Central Excise duty and Service Tax for November 2015 is extended to 20th December 2015 while date of filing of the Central Excise return for November 2015 is extended to 31st December 2015
F.No. 385/26/2015-IT(B) Central Board of Direct Taxes hereby extends the due date [under section 200 (1) of the Act] for paying to the credit of the Central Government, tax deducted at source and the due date [under 206C (3)] for paying to the credit of the Central Government, tax collected at source, in respect of deductions or collections made during the month of November, 2015, from 7th of December, 2015 to 20th of December, 2015 in respect of deductors located in the State of Tamil Nadu.
Income Tax Department , New Delhi – Delhi Last Date : Dec 21, 2015 Work from qualified chartered accountants /firms of CAs for empanelment to carry out special audit u/s 142(2A) of the I.T.Act 1961.
Notification No.137/ 2015-Customs (N.T.) Central Board of Excise and Customs, hereby makes following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) No.12/97-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated the 2nd April, 1997, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 193(E), dated the 2nd April, 1997, namely:-
It is hereby notified for general information that in view of heavy rains and consequent disruption of normal life in Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh, the CPT scheduled on 13th December 2015 (Sunday), in the said states stand rescheduled to 27th December 2015 ( Sunday).
