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Commissioner of I-T (Appeals), Bathinda, assumes office
Annual exam round the corner
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Roko Cancer to hold 300 camps in Punjab
Abohar woman is best kinnow grower of Punjab
Refinery begins pet coke prodution
UN team visits wildlife sanctuary
Poppy husk recovered, two arrested
Abohar team tops in robotics
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Commissioner of I-T (Appeals),
Bathinda, assumes office
Bathinda, February 29 "Quick disposal of appeals is the priority," said Samuel while speaking to The Tribune on Wednesday evening. Darse Samuel assumed the office of CIT (Appeals), Bathinda, on Tuesday. Prior to his present assignment, Samuel was with the shipping department in Mumbai as Deputy Director General. Samuel, who belongs to Andhra Pradesh, is an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer of the 1989 batch. Samuel further explained that parallel and simultaneous efforts would be made to ensure the quick disposal of appeals, including those related to high demand, i.e. one which concerns tax effect with Rs 10 lakh and more and also other appeals like those related to TDS. After being vacant for nearly one-and-half-year, the post of Commissioner of Income-tax (Appeals), Bathinda, has been filled. The post has been lying vacant since August 19, 2010 and has been under the additional charge of the Commissioner I-T (Appeals), Jammu and Amritsar during the period, sources in the income tax department said. The appointment of CIT (Appeals), Bathinda, would go down well with the residents of Malwa region as the jurisdiction includes six districts of Malwa, including Bathinda, Mansa, Muktsar, Fazilka (Abohar office), Faridkot and Ferozepur. After joining the office, Samuel started meeting the residents and others, sources in the income tax department said, adding that the officer met members of the Bar on Wednesday. Dissatisfied with the assessment of tax, the residents of the districts under the Bathinda charge would appeal at the office of CIT (Appeals) for relief or other purposes, but within the 30 days of receiving the receipts of the assessment, sources said. It may be mentioned that Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Amritsar region, KS Pathania during his recent visit to Bathinda, had disclosed that the office may be assumed by the officer concerned by the end of February. "With the appointment of commissioner appeal at Bathinda, the tax payers may not need to visit Amritsar for getting their grievance redressed," Pathania had said. |
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Annual exam round the corner
Fazilka, February 29 The Education Department organised seminars for five consecutive months till January 25. Notably, it was mandatory for the teachers to attend the seminars rotation-wise on the basis of their respective subjects. There after, a large number of teachers were deployed on poll duties during the recently concluded Assembly elections in Punjab. Now, the Education Department has directed 7,654 newly appointed teachers to attend “induction training courses” which commenced on February 21 and shall continue till March 29. Besides all these off classroom duties, the teachers enjoyed a large number of scheduled holidays. Above all, scores of resources persons are involved in the seminars for imparting training to the teachers. It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab School Education Board examination of X and XII classes are scheduled to start on March 12 and 20 respectively, in which nearly eight lakh students will appear in the state. Similarly, lakhs of students from sixth to ninth and plus one shall take the final tests during the month of March. “These messy affairs of education in the state have virtually spoiled the studies of the students. How can we expect from a faculty to do justice to the students in these circumstances. The seminars and interrupted appearance of the teachers in the classrooms have multiplied the problems of the students,” pointed out NGO Shiksha Sudhar Committee, Punjab, patron Raj Kishore Kalra and educationist Ashok Monga. The situation in government- aided schools is miserable following a ban on recruitment of teachers since 2001. As a result, a large numbers of posts of teachers are lying vacant in these schools. Kalra and Monga said the seminars should have been discontinued after December 2011 so that the teachers could take the classes regularly to revise the syllabus. The educationists have demanded that the ongoing process of conducting seminars should be stopped immediately for better results. |
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Roko Cancer to hold 300 camps in Punjab
Moga, February 29 Talking to The Tribune from London, the global ambassador of the organisation, Kulwant Singh Dhaliwal, said that 150 camps would be organised in the Malwa region while 75 each would be held in the Majha and the Doaba regions of the state. He said, “Punjab is suffering the most among all the states of the country, which is one of reasons why Roko Cancer has decided to hold 300 medical camps at various locations throughout the state.” He said that apart from diagnosis of cancer, other ailments like blood pressure and diabetes would also be checked and ECG conducted on the needy patients. “We will also distribute free medicines to the needy patients,” he said. He also announced to hold a walk to create cancer awareness among the masses on March 9 on the eve of Women’s Day at Chandigarh, besides holding a breast cancer detection camp. Dhaliwal said, “We will carry out the awareness walk in association with the students/teachers of the local colleges and non-governmental organisations, which will begin from Sukhna Lake and culminate at Sector-17 where a medical camp would be organized from 12.30 pm onwards on the same day to conduct mammography tests on women.” Famous actress and theatre personality Kiron Kher would also participate in the walk and inaugurate the medical camp. “On this occasion, we will pray for the speedy recovery of Yuvraj Singh and hope that he comes back to the game of cricket with full vigor,” he added. Adding that there is a need to make concerted efforts to spread awareness on cancer in the state, Kulwant Dhaliwal said that if detected at an early stage, breast cancer among women could be completely cured with medication and surgery. |
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Abohar woman is best kinnow grower of Punjab
Abohar, February 29 Notably, Karamjit Kaur claimed to have made the world record in kinnow production (132.25 tonne per hectare). She was earlier honoured for growing the best of citrus fruit and excellent maintenance of the orchard at the annual citrus shows organised by the Punjab Horticulture Department. Central Agricultural University Vice-Chancellor Dr SN Puri, former chairperson of agriculture scientists recruitment board CD Mayee, senior scientists Dr RR Kholi, Dr HC Dass, Dr Shyam Singh, KR Kranthi and SK Goel were among the veterans who felicitated Karamjit and 11 other progressive farmers from across the country for their innovative and inspiring work in farming. The NRCC has organised a national dialogue on citrus improvement, production and utilisation to mark the occasion. Director VJ Shivankar informed that apart from the national dialogue, attended by a number of luminaries from the field, a number of other activities like health camps were also taken up. Shedding some light on the NRCC's history, Shivankar said, “NRCC was established when the citrus black fly wreaked havoc on the citrus crops.” |
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Refinery begins pet coke prodution
Bathinda, February 29 The trucks carrying the first consignment were flagged off by MA Tankiwala, chief operating officer of the HMEL and RR Handa, vice-president (Project). The first consignment has been purchased by an Ambala based trader. The HMEL would produce 9 lakh tons of pet coke every year. The refinery also has its own thermal power plant. The refinery had earlier started prodution of kerosene that was being marketted through the Hindustan Petroleum Ltd that is its partner. |
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UN team visits wildlife sanctuary
Abohar, February 29 However, the Akhil Bhartiya Jeev Raksha Bishnoi Sabha and other NGOs that had been performing the most challenging duty of protecting thousands of black bucks and other species from hunters were not involved in the survey. "We were keen to apprise the experts about the apathy of the state government towards the sanctuary. The administration might have kept us off to put a lid onit,” said a senior functionary of the Sabha. Two forest guards in the ill-equipped government office here assisted the visiting experts as they took pictures of protected species in Mehrana, Dutaranwali and Sukhchain villages. The team also visited village Khuyiansarwar to have a look at decoration of water pots by cash starved artisans, most of them belonging to the Kumhar community. |
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Poppy husk recovered, two arrested
Ferozepur, February 29 SSP Hardyal Singh Mann said in the first incident, the police apprehended a truck near village Sherpur Takhtuwala under Zira sub-division and recovered 60 bags of poppy husk weighing 30 kg from the truck. The SSP further said that in order to evade interception by the police, the drug peddlers had written the name of a milk company on both sides of the truck. In another incident that took place near village Kamalgarh under Zira sub-division, the police nabbed two car-borne persons, identified as Nirmal Singh and Darshan Singh, from whom 30 kg of poppy husk were recovered. The SSP further said the police also recovered another five bags of poppy husk from an area close to Pindi minor in village Ahmed Dhandi under Lakho Ke Behram police station. |
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Stating about the priority of the appeal department of income tax, the newly-posted Commissioner of Income Tax (Appeals), Bathinda, Darse Samuel, said equal importance would be given to almost all the appeals, including those that come under the high-demand category.
Karamjit Kaur of village Danewalia Satkosi, popularly known as “Kinnow Queen”, has been honoured as the Best Kinnow Grower of Punjab during the silver jubilee function of the National Research Centre for Citrus (NRCC). The three-day celebrations concluded at Nagpur on Wednesday.
