समाचार

 Consumers filing complaints advised to approach consumer-courts My complaint dated 01.11.2018 against non-supply of desired pre-booked meal in GoAir flight-number 145 from Delhi to Ranch with seat-number 6A and PNR-number DE164B on 29.10.2018 reached to Department of Consumer Affairs when a lady calling from telephone-number 23761699 of the Department on 12.12.2018 at 10.55 am for more than 12 minutes (voice-recording with me) strongly advocated for GoAir that the airliner did so according to rules framed by GoAir, and I must have been aware of such anti-consumer rules of GoAir before pre-booking the meal. She further asked me to approach Consumer Court in case I wished to challenge GoAir rules. If consumers are to approach consumer-courts for such petty matters and anti-public rules, ...

It refers to circular-number 65-39-2018-DOR dated 14.09.2018 by Department of Revenue, Government of India which has created unnecessary complications for account-departments of central ministries and others concerned wherein it is directed that on any payment made towards bills with GST, there will be two rates of Tax-Deducted-At-Source TDS, one on basic payment without TDS generally at rate of 10-percent, and second at rate of 2-percent on amount of GST. Such dual rate of TDS on a single payment creates unnecessary confusion and complication for all concerned without any appreciable relief to the payee. Best is to have single rate of TDS on total payment inclusive of GST for simplicity in accounting. Income Tax provisions should be further simplified by abolishing separate number f...