As it is well known that the income tax department has allowed Aadhaar card holders to use the biometric id number in lieu of the Permanent Account Number (PAN). But as per new provision of Income Tax, fine of Rs. 10,000 may be levied in case of wrong Aadhar Number. As per the latest amendments in the Finance Bill 2019, not only allowed people to use Aadhaar in lieu of PAN but also introduced a penalty for giving a false Aadhaar number. However, the new penalty rules are applicable only in cases where you are using Aadhaar in lieu of PAN and where quoting PAN is mandatory according to the income tax department rules. It is well known that although Aadhaar is issued by the Unique Identity Authority of India, yet the fine is not imposed by UIDAI but by the income tax department. Under Section 272B of the Income Tax Act, 1961, the department can impose a penalty in case of default in complying with provisions relating to PAN, i.e., failure to obtain, quote, or authenticate PAN.
Ministry of Personnel, PG and Pensions : Grant of family pension and gratuity to the eligible member of the family of an employee/pensioner/family pensioner reported missing.
Family members of a missing
government employee or pensioner can get all benefits including pension, gratuity and leave encashment among others, the
central government has said.
Family members of a
government employee or pensioner kidnapped by insurgents and terrorists will
also be eligible to all monetary benefits given by the government, according to
a fresh set of instructions issued last week by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and
Pensions.
However, family members of
those employees who disappear after committing frauds or crime etc. will not be
entitled to pension or any other benefits.
"In the case of a
missing employee or pensioner or family pensioner, the family can apply for the
grant of family pension, amount of salary due, leave encashment due and the
amount of GPF and
gratuity (whatever has not already been received) to the Head of Office of the
organisation where the employee or pensioner had last served, six months after
lodging of police report," it said.
According to the direction,
the family must lodge a report with the concerned police station and obtain a
report from the police, that the employee or pensioner or family pensioner has
not been traced despite all efforts made by them.
"The report may be a
First Information Report or any other report such as a Daily Diary or General
Diary Entry," it said.
"An Indemnity Bond should be taken from the nominee or dependents of the employee, pensioner or family pensioner that all payments will be adjusted against the payments due to the employee, pensioner or family pensioner in case she or he appears on the scene and makes any claim," it said in the direction issued to all central government ministries.
The retirement gratuity will
be paid to the family within three months of the date of application. In case
of any delay, the interest shall be paid at the applicable rates and
responsibility for delay shall be fixed.
The difference between the death gratuity and retirement gratuity shall be payable after the death of the employee is conclusively established or on the expiry of the period of seven years from the date of the police report, it said.
"The amount of salary due, leave encashment due and the amount of GPF will be paid to the family in the first instance as per the nominations made by the employee or pensioner on filing of a police report and submission of an indemnity bond," the directive said.
Circular in this regard is as under:
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