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The Ministry of Home Affairs issued new guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministries/ Departments of Govt. of In...
17/05/2020

The Ministry of Home Affairs issued new guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministries/ Departments of Govt. of India, State/ UT Governments and State/ IUT Authorities for containment of COVID-19 in the country upto 31.05.2020. The following guidelines are in the below-mentioned pictures.

10/05/2020

The Central Board of Direct Taxes issued a circular no. 11/ 2020 dated 08.05.2020 and gave clarification in respect of residency under section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961.

"Section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 says that
(1) An individual is said to be resident in India in any previous year, if he—
(a) is in India in that year for a period or periods amounting in all to one hundred and eighty-two days or more; or
(b) [***]
(c) having within the four years preceding that year been in India for a period or periods amounting in all to three hundred and sixty-five days or more, is in India for a period or periods amounting in all to sixty days or more in that year.
(2) A Hindu undivided family, firm or other association of persons is said to be resident in India in any previous year in every case except where during that year the control and management of its affairs is situated wholly outside India.
(3) A company is said to be a resident in India in any previous year, if—
(i) it is an Indian company; or
(ii) its place of effective management, in that year, is in India.
(4) Every other person is said to be resident in India in any previous year in every case, except where during that year the control and management of his affairs is situated wholly outside India.
(5) If a person is resident in India in a previous year relevant to an assessment year in respect of any source of income, he shall be deemed to be resident in India in the previous year relevant to the assessment year in respect of each of his other sources of income.
(6) A person is said to be "not ordinarily resident" in India in any previous year if such person is—
(a) an individual who has been a non-resident in India in nine out of the ten previous years preceding that year, or has during the seven previous years preceding that year been in India for a period of, or periods amounting in all to, seven hundred and twenty-nine days or less; or
(b) a Hindu undivided family whose manager has been a non-resident in India in nine out of the ten previous years preceding that year, or has during the seven previous years preceding that year been in India for a period of, or periods amounting in all to, seven hundred and twenty-nine days or less."

In short, it contains provisions related to determination of residency of a person. The status of individual, as to 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 previous year or years preceding the previous year.

Various representations were made stating that there are number of individuals who had come on a visit to India during the previous year 2019-20 for a particular durational 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 owning to outbreak of COVID-19, they are required to prolong their stay in India. Concerns were expressed that they may involuntarily end up becoming Indian residents without any intention to do so.

In order to avoid genuine hardship in such cases, it has been decided that for the purpose of determining the residential status under section 6 of the Income-tax Act, 1961 during the previous year 2019-20 in respect of an individual who has come to India on a visit before 22.03.2020 and:

• Has been unable to leave India on or before 31.03.2020, his period of stay in India from 22.03.2020 to 31.03.2020 shall not be taken into account; or
• Has been quarantined in India on account of COVID-19 on or after 01.03.2020 and has departed on an evacuation flight on or before 31.03.2020 or has been unable to leave India on or before 31.03.2020, his period of stay from the beginning of his quarantine to his date of departure or 31.03.2020, as the case may be, shall not be taken into account; or
• Has departed on an evacuation flight on or before 31.03.2020, his period of stay in India from 22.03.2020 to his date of departure shall not be taken into account.

Further, as the lockdown continues during the Financial Year 2020-21 and it is not yet clear as to when international flight operations would resume, a circular excluding the period of stay of these individuals up to the date of normalisation of international flight operations, for determination of the residential status for the previous year 2020-21 shall be issued after the said normalisation.

09/05/2020

The Ministry of Home Affairs, Foreigners Division issued an office memorandum on 05.05.2020 to grant some consular services on gratis basis to the foreign nationals those who are stranded in India due to travel restrictions in view of COVID-19.
They have decided to extend the period of providing the following consular services by the office of Foreigners Regional Registration Officers (FRROs)/ Foreigners Registration Officers (FROs) to foreign nationals:-

“Regular Visa, e-visa or stay stipulation, of such foreign nationals whose visas have expired or would be expiring during the period from 01.02.2020 till the date on which prohibition on international air travel of passengers from India is lifted by the Government of India, would be extended on ‘GRATIS’ basis on submission of online application by the foreigners. Such extensions would be granted for a period up to 30 days from the date of lifting of prohibition of international air travel of passengers from India without levy of overstay penalty. Exit to such foreign nationals, if so requested by them, will also be granted on the same lines.”

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Keeping in abeyance the direction issued letter No. 450/ Infra Cell, Allahabad dated 18.04.2020, regarding opening of Di...
19/04/2020

Keeping in abeyance the direction issued letter No. 450/ Infra Cell, Allahabad dated 18.04.2020, regarding opening of District Courts From 20.04.2020, till 27.04.2020

On 15.04.2020, the Central Government has issued consolidated revised guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministri...
16/04/2020

On 15.04.2020, the Central Government has issued consolidated revised guidelines on the measures to be taken by Ministries/ Departments of Government of India, State/ UT Governments and State/ UT authorities for containment of COVID-19 in the Country. The said revised guidelines are mentioned in the pictures.

16/04/2020

The Ministry of Tourism launched its "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar series from 14.04.2020. "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar series will continue and the Ministry would work towards showcasing the diverse and remarkable history and culture of India.

What is Webinar?
The term Web conferencing is used for various online services. It includes webcasts, webinar (web seminars) and peer-level web meetings.
It is made possible by internet technologies and allows real-time point to point communications and multicast communications from one sender to many receivers.

As everybody knows that COVID-19 has had a major impact on all human life and not just in India but globally. Tourism as a sector is naturally hugely impacted with no movement happening either domestically or from across the border. But owing to technology, it is possible to visit places and destinations virtually and plan our travels for a later date. In these unprecedented circumstances, technology is coming handy to maintain human contact and also keep faith that times will be good to be able to travel again soon.
Keeping this in view, the Ministry of Tourism launched its "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar series on 14.04.2020 to provide information on many destinations and the sheer depth and expanse of the culture and heritage of our Incredible India. The first webinar, which was part of a series that shall unfold, touched upon the long history of Delhi as it has unfolded as 8 cities, each one unique in its character and leaving behind traces which makes Delhi the magnificent city that it is today. The webinar was titled as "City of Cities- Delhi's Personal Diary”.
The webinar shall be available in public domain soon. It will be available on the Ministry’s social media handles- IncredibleIndia on Instagram and Facebook.
The objective behind the launch of the webinar series is to showcase the diverse and remarkable history of India. It will celebrate the cultural heritage that includes cuisines, dance forms, monuments, arts, festivals, landscapes and other aspects of Indian civilization.
The next webinar was held on today i.e. 16.04.2020 from 11 am to 12 noon in which it showed the amazing city of Kolkata.

16/04/2020

The Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched the All India Agri Transport Call Centre at a function in Krishi Bhavan to facilitate the inter-state movement of perishables in the current situation of lockdown due to the COVID-19 threat. The Call Centre numbers are 18001804200 and 14488. These numbers can be called from any mobile or landline phones any time of the day or night.
The 24x7 service All India Agri Transport Call Centre is an initiative of the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Government of India for coordination between States for inter-state movement of perishables - Vegetables & Fruits, Agri Inputs like seeds, pesticides and fertilizer etc.

16/04/2020

On 13.04.2020, the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India modified the order dated 08.04.2020 and passed the following directions regarding the tests for COVID-19:
(i) Free testing for COVID-19 shall be available to persons eligible under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana as already implemented by the Government of India, and 6 any other category of economically weaker sections of the society as notified by the Government for free testing for COVID-19, hereinafter.
(ii) The Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare may consider as to whether any other categories of the weaker sections of the society e.g. workers belonging to low income groups in the informal sectors, beneficiaries of Direct Benefit Transfer, etc. apart from those covered under Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya Yojana are also eligible for the benefit of free testing and issue appropriate guidelines in the above regard also within a period of one week.
(iii) The private Labs can continue to charge the payment for testing of COVID-19 from persons who are able to make payment of testing fee as fixed by ICMR.
(iv) The Government of India, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare may issue necessary guidelines for reimbursement of cost of free testing of COVID-19 undertaken by private Labs and necessary mechanism to defray expenses and reimbursement to the private Labs.

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15/04/2020

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15/04/2020

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