Revision of voter list begins; People urged to apply and register

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October 1, 2012

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Mangalore, October 1: The revision of voter list in six Assembly constituencies of the district as per the order of the Election Commission of India, will begin from October 1 and last till October 31, Dr. N S Chennappa Gowda, Deputy Commissioner, DK district said.

 

Briefing mediapersons about the voter list revision process at his office in Mangalore on Monday, Mr. Gowda said that the draft voter list is being released today (October 1). Revision of the voter list will be held between October 1 and October 31, which is also the duration for eligible voters to apply and register themselves. The final announcement of the list will be made on January 5, 2013. The DC, however clarified that these dates apply to constituencies which are outside Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) limits. The duration for revision of voter list in constituencies coming within MCC limits (Mangalore North and Mangalore South) will be from October 16 to November 15, he said, while informing that the draft voter list for the same will be released on October 16. The final list for these constituencies will be announced on January 16, 2013.

 

Those who are eligible for voting (above 18 years of age) and have not registered themselves in the voting list can apply by submitting documents verifying their age and residential proof along with passport size photograph. The earlier system of taking photographs via computers and accumulation of finger prints is not being used this time, the DC said. He however mentioned that although people may possess photographed voter ID cards, they must make sure that their names are figuring in the draft voters list. In case they are not there, they will have to submit a fresh application, the DC said.

 

Applications can be submitted to appointed Booth Level officers in each constituency, Tahshildars of respective taluks, Revenue Officer of the Mangalore City Corporation, Assistant Commissioner, and even in the drop boxes set up at Taluk Offices, Office of the Assistant Commissioner, and Mangalore City Corporation. Applications can also be submitted online at ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in

 

In case of removal of one's name from the draft voters list due to death of a registered person or migration to another place, an application can be sent using Form 7. In case of any correction of names, spelling, etc in already existing ID cards with photograph, applicants can submit application using Form 8. In case of change of address from one constituency to another, application can be submitted using Form 8A.

 

To create awareness among the masses of these notifications, the district administration has planned staging of road shows, street plays, magic shows, competitions in schools etc, the Deputy Commissioner said. A meeting with Principals of various schools and colleges to direct students above 18 years of age to get themselves enrolled in the voting list will also be held, he said.

 

As of now, there are 13,91,918 registered voters off the 21 odd lakh district population, Mr. Gowda said.

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Monday, 7 Mar 2016

my colleagues were looking for MA WPA Form 8A this month and saw a great service with an online forms database.

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May 9,2020

New Delhi, May 9: The Finance Ministry on Friday announced relief to those who have been facing difficulty with their residency status in India under section 6 of the Income-tax Act due to lockdown and suspension of international flights owing to COIVD-19 outbreak, as they have had to prolong their stay in India.

According to a Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) release, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today allowed discounting of prolonged stay period in India for the purpose of determining residency status after considering various representations received from people who had to prolong their stay in India due to lockdown and suspension of international flights.

They expressed concern that they will be required to file tax returns as Indian residents and not as NRIs after 120 days of stay.

The Finance Ministry stated that the lockdown continues during the financial year 2020-21 and it is not yet clear when international flight operations would resume, a circular excluding the period of stay of these individuals up to the date of resumption of international flight operations shall be issued for determination of the residential status for the financial year 2020-21.

A circular also said that in order to avoid genuine hardship in such cases, the CBDT has decided that for the purposes of determining the residential status under section 6 of the Act during the previous year 2019-20 in respect of an individual who has come to India on a visit before March 22, 2020 and:

(a) has been unable to leave India on or before March 31, 2020, his period of stay in India from March 22, 2020 to March 31, 2020 shall not be taken into account; or

(b) has been quarantined in India on account of novel coronavirus (Covid-19) on or after March 1, 2020 and has departed on an evacuation flight on or before March 31, 2020 or has been unable to leave India on or before March 31, 2020, his period of stay from the beginning of his quarantine to his date of departure or March 31, 2020, as the case may be, shall not be taken into account; or

(c) has departed on an evacuation flight on or before March 31, 2020, his period of stay in India from March 22, 2020 to his date of departure shall not be taken into account."

The release said there are number of individuals who had come on a visit to India during the previous year 2019-20 for a particular duration and intended to leave India before the end of the previous year for maintaining their status as non-resident or not ordinary resident in India.

"However, due to declaration of the lockdown and suspension of international flights owing to outbreak of COVID-19, they are required to prolong their stay in India. The status of an individual whether he is resident in India or a non-resident or not ordinarily resident, is dependent, inter-alia, on the period for which the person is in India during a year," it said.

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July 10,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 10: The Karnataka cabinet gave its approval for "The Karnataka Contingency Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2020" to enhance the contingency fund limit to Rs 500 crore in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This will be an ordinance making one time enhancement in the limit as the government needs money to make payments immediately, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

Under the contingency fund, the government had room to spend up to Rs 80 crore without budget provision.

"...but this time due to COVID-19 as we had to give money to some sections that were in distress like barbers, flower and vegetable growers, taxi drivers, among others, we have decided to increase the limit to Rs 500 crore," Mr Madhuswamy said.

"As assembly was not in session and as we had to make payments to those in distress immediately, this decision has been taken," he added.

The cabinet today ratified the administrative approval given to carry out civil and electrical works to install medical gas pipeline with high flow oxygen system at district hospitals, taluk and community health centres coming under Health and Family welfare department in view of COVID-19.

The minister said about Rs 207 crore is being approved for this purpose.

It also ratified procurement of medical equipment and furniture for public healthcare institutions of the health and family welfare department worth Rs 81.99 crore.

According to the minister, the cabinet has decided to bring in an amendment to section 9 of the Lokayukta act, which mandates that the preliminary inquiry contemplated by Lokayukta or Upalokayuta should be completed in 90 days and charge sheeting should be completed within six months.

Noting that at the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) cess was being collected, he said as the government had brought in an amendment to the APMC act, there was demand to reduce the market cess. "So we have reduced it from 1.5 per cent to one per cent."

Approval has also been given by the cabinet to bring Karnataka Vidyuth Kharkane (KAVIKA) and Mysore Electrical Industries (MEI), which are presently under the control of Commerce and Industries department, under administrative control of the energy department.

Other decisions taken by the cabibinet include deployment and implementation of "e-procurement 2.0" project on PPP at a cost of Rs 184.37 crore and ratification of the action taken to issue orders on March 24 to release interest free loan of Rs 2,500 crore to ESCOMs for payment of outstanding power purchase dues to generating companies.

The cabinet also gave administrative approval for setting up of an Indian Institute of Information technology at Raichur.

"Under this, we are committed to provide Rs 44.8 crore in four years for infrastructure," the minister added.

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March 29,2020

Kasaragod, Mar 29: The ban imposed by Karnataka in crossing state borders to Mangalore even for medical emergencies had cost a life here late on Friday.

According to sources, the ambulance carrying a 70-year-old woman for critical care treatment to Mangalore was blocked at Thalapadi border on Kasaragod-Mangalore National Highway on Friday evening.

A pregnant lady had to deliver in an ambulance recently as the police denied permission to cross over to Mangalore.

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