The income-tax department is planning to launch the Online Tax Accounting System (OLTAS) from June 1. The move is part of the several assessee-friendly measures being planned by the department to get the Tax Information Network going. Under the proposed system, assesses will have to use only three challans instead of seven to pay their taxes.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), India launched electronic filing of income tax returns way back on August 8, 2003, started gaining ground. Under the scheme, salaried tax payers with Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) approach a designated bank with their tax challans or Form 16 and proof of savings, to get their tax returns electronically filed.
India Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) is planning to start e-ticketing in Mumbai and Chennai soon looking at the immense success of the e-ticket services from New Delhi. At present reserved tickets which are booked through internet are being printed and delivered only from New Delhi. The process takes 3-4 days to reach the prospective passengers. In order to curtail the delay to deliver printed tickets to passengers, the IRCTC has now planned to install hub stations in Chennai and Mumbai for printing tickets to cater to the needs of the South and West Zone passengers respectively.
Today, e-post is a reality all over India and a large share of the credit goes to Andhra Pradesh for pioneering it. The department of posts for the Andhra Pradesh circle has spearheaded the
When man is the master, and technology the faithful follower at his heels, things get cracking. Witness the Delhi municipal corporation’s initiatives to make tedious chores a pleasure for the city’s residents.
[This article was published in the May 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
This paper provides an understanding of the effective use of ICT for development and poverty reduction
[This article was published in the May 2004 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
Unable to broadcast legally on the public airwaves, Namma Dhwani is an attempt to demonstrate the viability of a locally owened and operated community radio and to explore the potential of cable FM as an alternative to broadcast FM
‘Escotel’, one of the leading cellular operators in the India, has announced a new service offered in association with the Election Commission whereby the public can access electoral roll data on their Escotel mobile through SMS.
THE Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has approached the Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) requesting all the cellular service providers to send short messaging services (SMS) to their consumers on polling day requesting them to exercise their franchise.
As per Nasscom (National Association of Software and Service Companies) study, State governments will spend close to a staggering Rs 15,000 crore on computing their operations over the next five years. The government sector accounted for nine per cent of the total IT spend in India in 2002, which is estimated to go up to 15 per cent of the total IT spend in the next five years, the study said.
