e-Pragati will be the flagship programme that will help the government make a smooth transition from real-time government to real-time governance, said Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, at the inaugural of a training programme for officers in the new mode of technology. He said e-Pragati was one of the most attractive projects that would transform the governance in the State. […]
» Read moreGoogle has reportedly hired a 16-year-old student from Chandigarh at a whopping annual salary of Rs 1.44 crore. According to a report in Hindustan Times, the teenager named Harshit Sharma, will be joining the graphic designing team of the company later this month in the US. A student of Government Model Senior Secondary School (GMSSS), Sector 33, in Chandigarh, Harshit […]
» Read moreArvind Panagariya on Tuesday resigned as vice chairman of government think tank NITI Aayog. Mr. Panagariya will be returning to the United States to rejoin academia. His last day in office will be August 31. He has submitted a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting to be relieved by the end of this month. Mr Panagariya was appointed to […]
» Read moreThe UIDAI has recently filed an FIR in Bengaluru against an individual for allegedly offering “unauthorised” Aadhaar-related services via an app. But the case does not involve breach of privacy or hacking of authority’s own database, CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey said. The said app — against which action was initiated by the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) — was […]
» Read moreThe government on Monday notified that it has extended the deadline for linking Aadhaar with PAN (Permanent Account Number). The last date for the linking has now been finalised for August 31. In a series of tweets from its verified handle, the Finance Ministry clarified that for e-filing of ITR, it is sufficient to quote Aadhaar or acknowledgement number but […]
» Read moreThe government on Monday extended the deadline for filing the Income Tax Returns (ITRs) for the financial year 2016-17. The new deadline has been set at August 5. The announcement was made by the the Income Tax department’s verified Twitter handle. The I-T department cited ‘difficulties faced by taxpayers’ as the reason behind the extension. In view of the difficulties […]
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