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<keyword id="48812" type="COMPANY" weightage="80" keywordseo="India-Post">India Post</keyword> customers will receive SMSes on their mobile phones informing them about status of mails, parcels, money orders and other deliveries from this September. 
 
The department would also track its postmen with GPS enabled handheld devices by this October. This would help locate the postmen visiting the addresses given to them to deliver parcels and registered posts in Delhi. 
 
"From September, we will send SMS to people informing them about arrival of parcel at nearest centre and time period when it will be delivered," India Post Chief Postmaster General for Delhi, Vasumitra, told reporters. 
 According to him the <keyword id="53988" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Department-of-Posts">Department of Posts</keyword> (DoP) is procuring 1.3 lakh GPS enabled handheld devices for rural areas which will facilitate almost all kind of services delivered through post offices like issuing of receipt for mail or parcel bookings, acknowledge of deliveries, delivery of money orders. 
 
"There is a provision of 15,000 handheld devices separately for major cities. We are in process of procuring 1,000 additional devices for pilot project in Delhi which will show us time when postmen visited various addresses. It should be in place within three months," Vasumitra said. 
 
The DoP has plans to provide 1,30,000 rural post offices with handheld devices. 
 
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India Post will now
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<ul><li>A total of 5.6 lakh students had appeared in the Class 10 exam held in February-March this year. </li><li>The Minister said the result declaration was delayed since the evaluation process was affected by the nationwide lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic.</li><li>The results will be published on the two websites of BSE and also conveyed through SMSes. The websites are bseodisha.ac.in and bseodisha.nic.in, said board Secretary Ramashis Hazra. </li></ul> Odisha <keyword id="125084" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Board-of-Secondary-Education">Board of Secondary Education</keyword> (BSE) will announce the results of High School Certificate (HSC) and other examinations on July 29, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said on Monday. The results of State Open School Certificate and Madhyama (Sanskrit) exams will also be out on Wednesday. The Minister said the result declaration was delayed since the evaluation process was affected by the nationwide lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The results will be published on the two websites of BSE and also conveyed through SMSes. The websites are bseodisha.ac.in and bseodisha.nic.in, said board Secretary Ramashis Hazra. A total of 5.6 lakh students had appeared in the Class 10 exam held in February-March this year. The Minister said that the results of Plus 2 examinations will be out by the third week of August. The Council of Higher Secondary Education (CHSE) will publish the results of Science and Commerce streams by the third week of August, and results of Arts stream by August- end, said Dash. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/news/coovid-vaccine-from-oxford-serum-institute-and-astrazeneca-shows-promising-immune-response/articleshow/77069321.cms">The COVID-19 vaccine from Oxford and AstraZeneca shows 'promising' results in early human trials</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/entertainment/news/dil-bechara-kissing-booth-2-and-other-movies-you-can-watch-on-netflix-amazon-prime-disneyhotstar-this-week/slidelist/77142498.cms">Dil Bechara, Kissing Booth 2 and other movies you can watch on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+Hotstar this week</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/startups/news/work-from-home-effect-these-companies-are-shelling-out-for-employees-power-bills-internet-cost-and-more/articleshow/77139229.cms">WFH effect – These companies are paying for employees' power bills, internet cost and more</a>

Odisha board to declare Class 10 exams' results on July 29

The price wars are far from over in the Indian telecom industry. In a bid to appease the corporate, SME and high-value subscribers, Reliance Communications (RCOM) had today launched a new offer by the name of One India, One Rate. This offer will be available to both pre-paid and post-paid subscribers. 
 
To the post-paid customers, there are two plans to be offered — 'One India, One Rate 350' and 'One India, One Rate 599'. 
 
In the 'One India, One Rate 350' plan, the subscriber will get 700 mins of free outgoing calls (Roaming, STD, Local) and 200 free incoming national roaming mins. Subsequently, the users will be charged for Roaming, STD &amp; Local at 40 paise/minute. Users opting for this pack will also get 1GB of free data and 100 SMSes. 
 
On the other hand, the 'One India, One Rate 599' plan users will be entitled to 1,200 minutes of free outgoing calls (roaming, STD, local) and free unlimited national incoming roaming. Post this, the roaming, STD and local outgoing calls will be charged at 30 paise/minute for roaming, STD and local. Under this pack, users also get 2GB of data and 100 SMSes free. 
 
Coming on the pre-paid plan, users will have to shell out Rs 45 per month to get free incoming calls while roaming and the outgoing calls will be charged at 40 paise/minute. 
 
 
 
“We are delighted to launch the One India, One Rate Plans in the country, which abolish differentiated tariffs for roaming, STD and local calls in India. When business has no boundaries, then tariffs should also be seamless and customer-friendly—thus, incoming calls while roaming will now be free on the RCOM network,” said Gurdeep Singh, Chief Executive Officer, Consumer Business, Reliance Communications Limited. 
 
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RCOM Introduces 'One India, One Rate' Roaming Plan

Telecom operator Idea Cellular today announced free incoming calls on domestic roaming and unveiled international roaming value packs that, it claimed, would prevent "bill shocks" to those travelling abroad, as per a news report by PTI. 
 
The offers come on the heels of the larger rival Bharti Airtel announcing removal of all roaming charges for outgoing and incoming calls as well as SMSes and data usage within India, to take on competition from newcomer Reliance Jio. 
 
"Effective April 1, 2017, Idea's 200 million customers will enjoy free incoming calls while roaming on company's 2G, 3G and 4G network across 400,000 towns and villages in the country. Idea customers will be able to make outgoing calls, SMS freely at affordable rates while roaming anywhere in India," an Idea release said. 
 
It further said mobile data tariffs and data pack benefits of home circle will be available while roaming within India at no extra charge. 
The facility of free incoming calls on domestic roaming will be extended to both prepaid and postpaid customers. 
 
For international travellers, the company is offering international roaming value packs with free bundled usage of up to 400 outgoing minutes, 100 SMSes per day, 3GB bundled data and unlimited incoming calls for Rs 2,499 for Asia, and Rs 5,999 for Europe for 30 days validity. 
 
"These international roaming packs also come bundled with free 1GB/2GB/3GB data and overage charges as low as Rs 3 per MB to avoid bill shock to travelling customers," Idea said. 
 
The company said it has done a study of customer s travel destinations, usage patterns and bill shock complaints to design a new range of value packs for select destinations across Europe, Asia, America, UK and Middle East. 
 
"For value conscious customers, the packs start at Rs 1,199 for 10 days validity and go up to Rs 5,999 for 30 days validity, giving up to 85 per cent savings on international roaming charges," it said. 
 
"...Idea is now set to enable over 200 million customers to use their mobile phones freely, without having to worry about roaming charges, while they travel anywhere in the country," Sashi Shankar, Chief Marketing Officer of Idea Cellular said. 
 
On February 27, Bharti Airtel had removed domestic roaming charges on calls and data, and said international call rates will be cut by up to 90 per cent to as low as Rs 3 per minute and data charges by up to 99 per cent to Rs 3 per MB across popular roaming destinations. 
In a press statement, 'Airtel Declares War on Roaming', the company had then said the move will lead to "death of National Roaming" from April 1.

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<a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> is opening its floodgates. 
 
Last year at its F8 conference, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> merely teased the prospect of businesses hopping onto Messenger. This year <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> founder <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Mark+Zuckerberg&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Mark Zuckerberg</a> is likely to announce many more business plans with its 1 billion monthly active users. 
 
Gupshup, an offering by Webaroo is a smart messaging platform that companies like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Ola&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Ola</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=MakeMyTrip&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">MakeMyTrip</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Flipkart&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Flipkart</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Snapdeal&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Snapdeal</a>, Axis Bank, and many more you to send you SMSes. 
 
With global players like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> and Slack already realizing the potential of smart messaging, Business Insider caught up with co-founder and CEO of GupShup to discuss the future of smart messaging in India. 
 
How has the enterprise messaging scenario changed since back in 2010? 
From 2010 to now, our journey reflects how the messaging platform has evolved. In the feature phone world, all messaging was SMS. 
 
We built the largest SMS based messaging platform with over 4 billion messages. That includes messages from e-commerce companies, banks, taxi companies and so on. Most of that volume in India goes through our platform. 
 
Meanwhile, new channels have emerged. 
 
Today there’s <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=WhatsApp&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">WhatsApp</a>, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a>, WeChat and Line. Unlike the telco ecosystem that was very location specific, the IT based channels transverse national boundaries. 
 
Where does the bulk of the enterprise messaging platforms lie? 
P2P has moved substantially from SMS to <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=WhatsApp&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">WhatsApp</a>, etc. Enterprise messaging, not so much. That has primarily been via SMS. 
 
Do you see that trend changing anytime soon? 
It’s going to change soon. With the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> F8 conference, that change has already begun. 
 
I can bet at about this time next year, IP based messages will be growing much faster. 
 
How does IP-based messaging get an edge over SMS? 
SMS mechanism in India is totally messed up. It’s messed up at a regulator and operator level alike. 
 
The cost per message on <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook+Messenger&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook Messenger</a> is zero. Also, the sender ID on SMS is not a regular number, so you can’t reply. On <keyword id="790242" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="40" keywordseo="WhatsApp">WhatsApp</keyword> or <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> you can. 
 
Also, these are world-class platforms where developers can build to APIs. 
 
For SMSes, there are complicated rules about who can send messages, what messages they can send. There are penalties if you violate these rules. They can even shut you down, and it’s difficult to argue against that. 
 
SMS has been rendered completely sub-optimal. Messaging can be a lot more. It’s currently only used for one-way broadcasting. It should be a two-way interactive channel. 
 
SMS in India is nowhere close to that. 
 
There’s an alternate view that telemarketers will be even more difficult to control. 
I trust <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Facebook&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Facebook</a> and WhatsApp to handle spam better than any regulator anywhere. 
 
Spam is a highly technical issue, and most regulators tend to have a black-or-white point of view. They have a clear and simple rule of what’s spam and what’s not. 
 
The reality is it’s not easy to define spam. If a brand sends me random marketing messages every day, its spam. If I go to that store every weekend, it’s not spam. 
 
You can’t have a one-line rule that defines what’s spam, what’s not. The regulator has no idea whether you’ve been to the store or not. 
 
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The <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=income+tax+department&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Income Tax officials</a> are working on Operation Clean Money-a dedicated portal to investigate <keyword id="91729" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Tax-defaulters">tax defaulters</keyword>. The portal, which was launched after <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=demonetisation&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">demonetisation</a> move, will identify tax defaulters with <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=pan&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">PAN</a> and look into individuals who have deposits or large purchases not in line with declared income. One of the main aim of the portal is to have minimum involvement. "We are working on a dedicated portal. This will be for those identified as part of Operation Clean Money,” a top government official aware of the deliberations told ET.” The Operation Clean Money will also focus on high-risk individuals who made high-value transactions. They will be questioned by the tax department and already, over 60,000 such people have been identified. As <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=black+money&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">black money</a> crackdown remains of the top priorities of the government, this portal will ensure focused and non-intrusive interaction between tax authorities and suspected evaders. The Prime Minister was given a detailed presentation on Operation Clean Money and various actions taken by the apex direct taxes body, <keyword id="121964" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Board-of-Direct-Taxes">Central Board of Direct Taxes</keyword> (CBDT). The department has identified about 1.8 million persons through the portal who were contacted through SMSes and emails and asked to explain their deposits, pay tax or declare past undisclosed income through the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana.

Tax officials to have names of defaulters on a dedicated portal; identification process to be non-intrusive

Mumbai, May 24 () State-owned Bank of Maharashtra on Sunday said it has sanctioned loans worth Rs 2,789 crore to MSME, self-help group, agricultural and retail borrowers to help them meet their liquidity mismatches caused due to coronavirus crisis over the last three months. The lender had launched various COVID-19 emergency credit lines for its existing customers in March. "We have sanctioned loans amounting to Rs 2,789 crore under agriculture, SHGs, Retail, MSMEs with almost one lakh beneficiaries between March 2020 and May 2020," the lender said in a statement. It had used various channels such as webinars, calls, SMSes and emails to raise awareness about these credit lines and to reach out to its borrowers. The bank said it is now gearing up to extend the stimulus package announced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman aimed at restarting business activities. Recently, the government had announced a Rs 20 lakh crore (nearly 10 per cent of GDP) package to support the economy headed for its first full-year contraction in more than four decades. Last week, Sitharaman had announced a 100 per cent credit scheme worth Rs 3 lakh crore to support the MSME sector, which has been adversely affected by disruptions caused by coronavirus crisis. All existing MSME borrowers with outstanding credit of up to Rs 25 crore as on February 29, and with an annual turnover of up to Rs 100 crore would be eligible for guaranteed funding under the scheme. HV BAL BAL

Bank of Maharashtra sanctions Rs 2,789 cr loans over 3 months to MSMEs, others

<keyword id="62034" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Punjab-National-Bank">Punjab National Bank</keyword> (<keyword id="47268" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="PNB">PNB</keyword>) Maestro debit cards holders will face a card blockage if they fail to replace it with a more secure <keyword id="726464" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="EMV">EMV</keyword> chip based card by the end of this month, according to PTI news report. The bank will not charge anything for the replacement and it will be provided free of cost. "If you are having Maestro debit card, git replaced free of cost with a new EMV chip based debit card from any PNB branch. All Maestro cards issued by PNB will be blocked or hotlisted on July 31, 2017 for security based reasons," the bank said in a communication to its customers. The replacement is as per RBI advisory issued in 2015, asking all the banks to migrate to a much secured EMV chip based cards, an official of the bank said. The bank has identified that there are about one lakh customers with old Maestro debit cards and has started sending them SMSes as well, an official of the bank said. Presently, PNB's card base stands at around 5.65 crore. "However, we have excluded those customers who are not using these Maestro debit cards at all with not even a single transaction in a year as making of cards involves cost as well as time," the official said. As per RBI advisory, existing magnetic stripe only cards need to be replaced with EMV chip and pin based cards by December 31, 2018, irrespective of the validity period of the cards. And from January 31, 2016 onwards, banks are directed to issue only EMV based debit and credit cards. Card replacement is important, keeping in mind digital drive of the government that has led to a drastic rise in debit card usage. "Now, people are taking interest in using debit cards. Young generation definitely use it, but people over 40 years of age are also using it and taking help from children to learn card usage," the official said.1

This is why PNB Debit cards will get blocked after 31 July

A protection from arrest till March 27 approved by a <keyword id="6364736" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Delhi-court">Delhi court</keyword> comes as a breather for the former United Nations climate panel chief RK Pachauri , who is allegedly involved in harassment and stalking of a 29- year old research analyst . As reported by the Economic Times, The court also restricted Pachauri from entering the premises of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) - of which he was the <keyword id="123228" type="POSITION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Director-General">Director General</keyword> till a few days ago. 
 The court has been informed that Pauchauri had undergone a minor surgery on Wednesday in a private hospital and Pachauri's counsel Siddharth Luthra had requested for an anticipatory bail on the grounds of health. As per the ET’s news report, opposing anticipatory bail, the <keyword id="6358992" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="80" keywordseo="Delhi-Police">Delhi Police</keyword> submitted that the attempt to seek bail was a "pretext" to escape interrogation. In the status report submitted by the police, it has been claimed that Pachauri is "not co-operating". Pachauri is "not co-operating" and has not joined the investigation into the accusations "which required to be investigated in detail",” the report has added. 
 
Pachauri (74) had received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 on behalf of the Inter governmental Panel on Climate Change. The court has further directed him not to contact or influence witnesses or the complainant and to make himself available for investigation and not to go abroad without court permission, all of which are standard conditions imposed for grant of bail, as per the news report. 
 Though Pauchari has claimed on February 17 that his mobile phone and computer were hacked by some ‘unknown criminals’, the Police told the court, the accused made such claim just to counter the FIR registered by the victim . The Economic Times reported that Police has scrutinised his call records and found that SMSes and calls have been made form <keyword id="2745277" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="80" keywordseo="Pauchuri">Pauchuri</keyword>’s phone. Pachauri had claimed to be a victim of hacking after ET had sent him a questionnaire (on February 16) seeking his response to the accusations leveled against him. 
 
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Pachauri not to be arrested  till March 27

<ul><li>The draft of national e-commerce policy suggests developing a legal framework to regulate unsolicited commercial messages and calls. </li><li>Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had earlier suggested regulating unsolicited commercial calls by allowing the consumers to choose when they would prefer receiving such calls. </li><li>The telecom regulator identified the issue in 2007 but is still struggling to fight the menace. </li></ul>India is the <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-is-the-second-most-plagued-country-by-spam-calls-says-truecaller/articleshow/67172582.cms">second most affected country</a> by spam calls. Now the Indian government is looking to boost efforts to rein in spammers. According to the <a href="https://dipp.gov.in/whats-new/draft-national-e-commerce-policy-stakeholder-comments">draft</a> national e-commerce policy, the Indian government is developing a new legal framework restricting unsolicited commercial messages “including but not limited to SMSes and emails.” It’s unclear when the framework will go into effect. This isn’t the first time India has tried to regulate spam calls. In fact, it identified the issue of unwanted calls and messages as early as 2007. Last year, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-policy/new-pesky-calls-texts-rules-to-allow-consumers-take-better-control-trais-sharma/articleshow/64372200.cms">proposed</a> rules allowing consumers to choose a specific time to receive text messages. In addition, it also launched <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/trai-launches-dnd-mycall-apps-on-umang-platform/article24622703.ece">launched</a> the Do-Not-Disturb app to report unwanted calls and messages. However, these policies have had limited success thus far. In fact, the existing regulation <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-policy/new-trai-pesky-calls-norms-wont-help-say-consumers-body/articleshow/65074990.cms?from=mdr">isn’t likely to make an impact</a> because of the unfriendly user app, Hemant Upadhyay, advisor (telecom &amp; IT) at Consumer Voice told Economic Times citing consumer group. The effectiveness of the DND app has also been called into question. India has over a billion mobile users, a figure <a href="https://www.hindustantimes.com/tech/india-s-mobile-subscriber-base-to-touch-1-42-billion-by-2024-80-to-use-4g/story-TAPIFZLEzYqEbeaqmAWnXP.html">expected</a> to grow to 1.42 billion by 2024, reported Hindustan Times citing Ericsson Mobility Report. The popularity of WhatsApp and Facebook has also meant that brands are now increasingly using several channels to reach target consumers including social media. Given growing privacy concerns with emerging technology, tougher regulation would be welcome news for consumers. See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/india-is-the-second-most-plagued-country-by-spam-calls-says-truecaller/articleshow/67172582.cms">India is the second most-plagued country by spam calls, says Truecaller</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/trai-new-cable-tv-pricing-has-users-complaining/articleshow/67861929.cms">The top 10 TV channels in India are more expensive now – thanks to TRAI</a>

Indian government hints at bringing new law to crack down on spam

Mumbai, Mar 26 () The finance ministry has asked banks to ensure smooth transfer of money to women account holders under Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) as part of the stimulus package announced by the government. While announcing the relief package for the poor affected by the 21-day nationwide lockdown, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said 20.4 crore women having Jan Dhan bank accounts would get one-time cash help of Rs 1,500 spread over three months. "You are requested to ensure that the said amount is transferred smoothly to the targeted accounts, so that the beneficiaries can get access to the funds during this time to carry on their livelihood without facing any hardship," the department of financial services wrote in a letter addressed to head of public and major private sector banks. Banks have been asked to make a list of beneficiaries -- women PMJDY account holders, and intimate it to the finance ministry, which would then inform about the date of transfer of funds. The ministry has asked banks to prepare a detailed plan, in consultation with state governments and district authorities through the state level bankers' committee (SLBCs) and lead district managers, for withdrawal of fund. "Ensure that withdrawal of the amount by individual beneficiaries from their respective bank accounts is done while also following the restrictions required under the on-going lockdown and maintaining the prescribed social distancing and sanitisation," it said. Banks have been asked to maintain adequate liquidity at the branches and with business correspondents, regularly replenish ATMs to meet the requirement, ensure sufficient cash for mobile ATMs and send SMSes to beneficiaries regarding time schedule of withdrawal. The government on Thursday announced a Rs 1.7 lakh crore stimulus that included free foodgrain and cooking gas to poor for three months, and cash doles to women and poor senior citizens as it looked to ease the economic impact of the nationwide lockdown. Over 80 crore poor ration card holders will each get 5 kg of wheat or rice and one kg of preferred pulses free of cost every month for the next three months. HV RVK

Stimulus package: FinMin asks banks to ensure smooth transfer of funds to women account holders

Replying to <keyword id="6354751" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Income-Tax">income tax</keyword> scrutiny notices with supporting documents will soon be just a click away, according to a PTI news report. Instead of having to make the rounds of the tax department with sheaf of papers in response to notices received, tax payers can soon upload them on the department's e-filing portal sitting in comfort of one's own premises. The <keyword id="65338" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Income-Tax-Department">Income Tax Department</keyword> will very soon launch on its e-filing website a facility for uploading of information sought through scrutiny notices, a senior government official told PTI. "This is part of our focus to reduce human interface and make the department more taxpayer friendly," he said. "The facility to e-file the documents to scrutiny notices is being done to reduce interface between the assessing officer and the taxpayer." Also, the tax department plans to start soon an SMS facility to communicate with taxpayers about any scrutiny notice sent to them. "We will send SMS on the registered mobile number informing them to go to their account in the e-filing portal to see the new notice," the official said. Once the facility is started, tax payers will gan SMS alert of a new notice or information being raised by the tax department. The assessee can then log on to the efiling portal and upload the documents that have been sought. Currently, the department sends SMSes for informing tax payers, especially the salaried class, about the tax deducted at source (TDS). Also, such alerts are sent on filing of tax returns and their acceptance. As many as 3.65 crore individuals filed tax returns in assessment year 2014-15, while only 1 per cent of these are picked up for scrutiny. There are over 29 crore persons holding permanent account number (PAN). Also to avoid discretion to assessing officer, a computer-based programme picks up cases for scrutiny based on the risk parameters identified by the I-T department. The Income Tax Department had earlier said that all tax related proceedings between the assessee and the taxman from the new fiscal will be conducted online. A new link called 'e-proceeding' has already been launched on the e-filing portal through which assessees reply to notice, questionnaire, or letter issued under various sections of the I-T Act.

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