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MARY KOM AND SAINA CONDEMN GROWING RAPE CASES IN INDIAPM UNDERMINING DELHI EDUCATION SYSTEM: SISODIA

CAG red over BOCWWB for avoidable payment of taxesEOI BUREAU

PORT BLAIR, APR 17/--/ Withother departments operating inthese islands, the top auditagency of the country has alsobrought the Building and OtherConstruction Workers’ WelfareBoard, Port Blair under its lineof fire. In its report tabled inParliament recently, the Comp-troller and Auditor General(CAG) of India took of a strongnote of the failure of the Build-ing and Other ConstructionWorkers’ Welfare Board,(BOCWWB) Port Blair, to applyfor exemption in compliancewith the Income Tax Act re-sulted in avoidable payment ofRs 34.68 lakh towards income

tax which would otherwise havebeen available for utilization onsocial welfare measures of theworkers and their families. Inits report, the audit agencystated Welfare Board(BOCWWB) was constituted inJanuary 2009 by the Andamanand Nicobar Administration inaccordance with Section 18 ofthe Building and other Con-struction Workers’ (Regulationof Employment and Conditionsof Service) Act, 1996. TheBOCWWB was established forthe welfare of building andother construction workersand hence satisfied the neces-sary conditions for income taxexemption under Section 10 (46)of the Income Tax Act, 1961.

Audit noticed that BOCWWBfailed to apply for exemption tothe income tax authorities andhence no notification forexemption had been issued bythe Central Government. In theabsence of a notification forexemption, tax deducted atsource of Rs 46.79 lakh wasdeducted by banks on interestearned on deposits kept withthem by BOCWWB betweenNovember 2013 and December2016. The Central Audit in itsreport said that BOCWWB filedan Income Tax Return (ITR) forthe Assessment Year 2015-16showing nil income and wasgiven a refund by the IncomeTax Department of the TDScollected by banks of Rs 12.11

lakh for that year. BOCWWBthus made an avoidable pay-ment of Rs 34.68 lakh towardsIncome Tax. The Board inFebruary last year stated thatan application for exemptionhas been submitted to theGovernment of India in view ofthe audit observation. “Thus,failure of BOCWWB to apply forexemption in compliance withthe provisions of the IncomeTax Act resulted in avoidablepayment of Rs 34.68 lakhtowards income tax. Had theexemption been obtained, thisamount would have becomeavailable for utilization onsocial welfare measures of theworkers and their families,” theCAG said.

2nd edition of AndamanSafari Autocross on April 22

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PORT BLAIR, APR 17/--/ Andaman Safari willhold its season II eventwith the message “Skillson track not on the road” onApril 22 this year. Address-ing a press conference onTuesday, Mr Ashraf Hanif,Managing Director,Andaman Safari Pvt. Ltdexpressed gratitude to is-lands for the stupendoussuccess for event con-ducted last year. “Ms BaniYadav, India’s fastestwomen car rally’st will beour celebrity guest for the2nd edition of our annualevent. Around 54 partici-pants - 12 ladies and 28 menhave already registered tillnow and we expect moreentries within the stipu-lated period,” said MrHanif We have collabo-rated with ExperienceAndaman this year and thetime track will be differentand its 3 ½ meter to 6-7turns. The Deputy Commis-sioner of South Andaman,Mr Udit Prakesh Rai andChairman of MunicipalCouncil, Mr Inder PalSingh, will jointly flag offthe contest. Special prizeswill be given to partici-pants. Rs 3000 for partici-pants with 1000 CC Cars, Rs3500 for others. An insur-ance cover of Rs 5 lakhwill be given by FMSCI forthe vehicle having a regis-

tered number, informed MrHanif Federation of MotorSports Club of India mem-bers are coming Dr.Balakrishnan and Dr.Bhasker Mr. Sajiv Rajan

was there for the supervi-sion. All stunts will be per-formed under the supervi-sion of Federation of MotorSports Club of India. Thescheduled dates of

Andaman Safari Autocross2018 will be 21st and 22ndApril. The entries are opennow for which one can con-tact: 9932088888 and9679549662.

CGPS Campbell Bay celebratesAnnual Day with gusto

PORT BLAIR, APR 17/--/A rainbow of colours un-furled on the stage asCoast Guard PublicSchool, Campbell Baycelebrated its AnnualDay Functionon on Mon-day. Inspector GeneralKR Suresh, TatrakshakMedal, Commander,Coast Guard Region(A&N) was the chiefguest. Patron-in-Chiefand Mrs JayanthiSuresh, PresidentTatrakshika (A&N) werealso present during theceremony. The pro-gramme commencedwith the lighting of thelamp by the Chief Guestalong with Mr LokeshKumar, Zonal Office Edu-cation, Campbell Bayand President, StudentManagement Committee.

On completion of wel-come a soulful renditionby Kathak Dance, mimeon save water with theplea to dispel the dark-ness and bring aware-ness on “water conserva-tion is our future’’ by thestudent was eyes catch-ing and enthralled theaudience. The dance,presented by two-juniorsections, the pre- pri-

mary department, tookthe audience on a spec-tacular journey of child-hood. Folk dance onHojagiri of the state ofTripura, performed bythe students grabbed un-interrupted attention ofthe audience. The audi-ence felt devotion to-wards the god as qawwaliperformed by the ofgroup students.

The Annual SchoolReport read by the Princi-pal, Smt HemaliKushwaha, brought tofore, the achievements ofthe students of the

school and presented thePrincipal’s vision for theprogress of the school.The Patron-in-Chiefawarded trophy to theschool and best over all insports followed by unveil-ing of first ever magazineof Coast Guard PublicSchool, Campbell Bay. Asa part of promotion ofDigital India Campaign,GoI, flagship programme,two in number laptopswere presented to thePrincipal and Officer-In-Charge of school by MrsJayanthi Suresh, Presi-dent Tatrakshika (A&N).

Swachh BharatParv in isles today

PORT BLAIR, APR 17/--/ Gram Swaraj Abihyan is infull swing in the A & N Islands. Tomorrow, Swachh BharatParv will be observed across these islands, which as perthe direction of the government has achieved ODF statusbefore 31.01.2018. Under the GSA, all the Gram Panchayatsshall be celebrating Swachh Bharat Parv in the villages ,market area, schools and hospitals. Chief Secretary, A &N Administration has also directed all the government of-fices to have cleanliness drive conducted on April 18.

Counters have been established in all the 70 GramPanchayats, Tehsil offices, BDO offices, CDPO offices andDistrict offices across the islands. In these counters island-ers who are not registered/ not getting benefits of the fol-lowing schemes can approach and get them enrolmentdone Ujjwala Yojana, Saubhagya Yojana, Ujala Scheme,Pradhan Mantri Jandhan Yojana, Pradhan Mantri JeevanJyoti Bima Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Surkasha Bima Yojanaand Mission Indradhanush If any of the islander is notregistered in the above schemes, he/she may contact thedistrict control room No. 238881/240127 or visit the Dis-trict Office GSA counter for enrolment. Chief Secretaryhas also requested all the government servant to registerunder 1) Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana 2)Pradhan Mantri Surkasha Bima Yojana to get the benefitsof life insurances. Special camps for the government serv-ants shall organized for enrolment under the schemes in theSecretariat and Police Line.

PORT BLAIR, APR 17/--/ Online application was invitedfrom the eligible candidates for the post of Patwari in thePay Band-I Rs.5200-20200 Grade Pay Rs.2000/- Group-C(Non-Gazetted/Non-Ministerial) in the Revenue depart-ment vide this office Recruitment Notice No.7-12/2013/Estt/2524 dated 06.11.2016. The Written Examination forthe post of Patwari was held on 15.04.2018 (Sunday) in 62examination centres across A & N Islands.

Consequent on promotion of Patwari’s to the post Rev-enue Inspector/Dy.Tehsildar vide Administration’s OrderNo. No.1093 dated 11.04.2018 and Order No.1090 dated11.04.2018 and 01 resignation of Patwari, nine (09) moreposts of Patwari has been vacant. Now, the number of va-cancy of Patwari aroused consequent on the above occur-rence in the Revenue Department is re-notified as under:

Total number of of Patwari posts 21 (General 13, OBC8), subject to variation. Scale of pay : Pay band Rs 5200-20200+ grade pay Rs 2000. Accordingly, it is informed to allconcerned that 21 posts of Patwari shall be filled againstthe merit of the written examination held on 15.04.2018.

Patwari recruitment

EVENTS TODAYITF 2018: Island Tour-ism Festival at Marina Park,road adjoining Marina Park,Rajiv Gandhi Water SportsComplex, Netaji Stadium,Andaman Club, FisheriesMuseums and Govt. Girls Sr.Sec. School campus. TillApril 22.

Workshop: Kite Makingand Flying Workshop atNetaji Stadium.

Observance: SwachhBharat Parv to be observedin all government offices ofthese islands.

Sailing: MV CoralQueen to sail for Hut Bay at9 pm from Haddo wharf.

Flea Market: Depart-ment of Tourism to organizeFlea Market at Marina Parkand Girls School Complexfrom 4 pm to 9 pm.

Observance: Andamanand Nicobar Police FireServices observing FireServices Week with variousevents. Till April 20.

Campaign: Village Self-Governance campaign be-ing conducted in these is-lands. Till May 5.

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