Income Tax – Rebate on Housing Loan up to Rs.2 lacs allowed

Income Tax – Rebate on Housing Loan up to Rs.2 lacs allowed

Income Tax Act allows tax payers to deduct up to Rs.2 lakh towards the interest paid on housing loan from the Gross total income. When declaring Annual Rental Value which will be added with Gross total income, there will not be any ceiling as far as deduction of interest paid on the loan availed for buying the house property is concerned.

Acceptance of Diploma or Degree in Engineering prescribed open market recruitment in Railways

Railway Board prescribed a minimum of three year Diploma course in Engineering and a minimum of four year course in Engineering done after +2 shall only be accepted in addition to Diploma in Engineering obtained from Polytechnics for open market recruitment to posts on the railways.

Proposed revision in the Recruitment Rules (RRs) of Superintendent (Sorting): Department of Posts

Department of Posts has proposed modification in the Recruitment Rules of Superintendent-Sorting and wants all the share holders to go through it and those who want to send comments can do so within 30 days. If no reply is received within the stipulated time period, it will be presumed that the Stakeholders have no comments on the proposed Recruitment Rules.

Allotment of berths under physically handicapped quota: Railway Board Order

Quota of 2 berths in sleeper class (one lower and one. middle) is earmarked for physically handicapped persons travelling on concession. physically handicapped persons who can utilize concession only when accompanied by an escort and the second for those handicapped persons for whom it is optional to take an escort with them.

Denial of complimentary passes to the widows of deceased railway employees

Railway Board denied complimentary passes to the widows of deceased railway employees who had retired before completing 20 years of service and dies thereafter. NFIR requests allowing complimentary passes to the widow of the deceased railway employees appointed on or after 12/03/1987, retired, before completing 20 years service and died subsequently.