Government announced 11 incentives to encourage e-payments a month after it cancelled the legal tender status of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.

Below are the main points FM Jaitley outlined: 

1) For those using cards and e-wallets, Petrol and Diesel purchases will now attract a 0.75% discount. 

2) The government will provide 2 POS or Point of Sale machines for free to each village that has a population of over 8,000. 

3) Railways to give 5% discount on catering, retiring room on payment by digital mode 

4) All railway passengers who buy tickets online get free accident insurance cover worth Rs 10 lakh 

5) Monthly and seasonal tickets for suburban railways to offer 0.5% disc on digital payments 

6) Insurance bought online from customer portal of public sector companies will get 8% discount for life & 10% for general insurance 

7) Public Sector Banks will ensure that merchants don't need to pay more than Rs. 100 per month as monthly rental for PoS terminals 

8) Digital transactions of up to Rs 2,000 will be exempted from service tax 

9) Highway toll will see 10% discount on digital payments 

10) NABARD will give Rupay card to people who have Kisan Credit Card 

All decisions to be implemented with immediate effect...  (9th Dec 2016 - Economic Times)

Read more at:
http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/55875894.cms?utm_source=ETnotifications&utm_medium=autopush&utm_campaign=Policy&utm_content=10PM&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

New Tatkal timing wef 10th Jul 2012

From July 10, 2012 TATKAL booking will start from 10 A.M. instead of 8 A.M..

Please share this piece of info with your friends & relatives to avoid any inconvenience while its urgent to book a ticket. 

Chandragupta Maurya is back again on Tarang TV

This is a great news for all "chandragupta maurya" TV serial fans...



As Imagine TV had to close their operations due to heavy losses; from quite some time we all are missing this great serial.
Well, I heard very soon its going to be lunched again by Sony Channel :)

As of now its going on in one of the regional channel : Tarang TV (Channel no 603, in Airtel digital TV).

Show Timing : Every Friday & Saturday from 10PM till 11PM & repeat telecast is on sat & Sunday at 9AM :).

Till Sony is lunching hindi version of CGM, enjoy watching the Odia (Oriya) version in Tarang TV :)

Together we can make a big difference to help our society to prosper

On this Auspicious occasion of Holi, I got the opportunity to contribute back to society in terms of FOOD for promoting EDUCATION, with the hope for making India prosperous by eradicating hunger & malnutrition. 

Though this small amount is very insignificant, if everyone of us decided to help then, these little drops could become an ocean soon & we can see the drastic progress very soon.

Thanks to Dell for giving us a platform for making donation to a genuine organisation (AkshayaPatra.org). 


It also accepts direct online donations for feeding poor school going children, i.e. Enabling Hunger free Education for nearly 1.3 million Children in India.

If anyone is interested to help in similar fashion or need any further information, please contact me without any hesitation. Together we can make a big difference...

Changes in Tatkal booking from Nov 21 - The Economic Times

Changes in Tatkal booking from Nov 21 - The Economic Times:

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New Tatkal ticket rules effective from today

Last Updated: Monday, November 21, 2011, 08:47

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Tags: Indian Railways, Tatkal ticket booking, IRCTC

New Delhi: Indian Railways’ new ticket booking rules under the Tatkal Sewa will come into force from Monday.

Under the new rule, advance reservation period of Tatkal tickets has been reduced from two days to one day (24 hours).

The advance Reservation Period of Tatkal Scheme is reduced from two days to one day excluding the day of journey from the originating station from Monday.

For example, if a train is to depart from the originating station on 2nd day of the month then the Tatkal quota for this particular train will open at 08.00hrs of the 1st day of the month.

A maximum of FOUR passengers can be booked per PNR for Tatkal tickets.Now, no refund will be granted on cancellation of confirmed Tatkal tickets except in exceptional circumstances. Also, no duplicate tickets will be issued except only in exceptional cases on payment of full fare including Tatkal charges.

Tatkal tickets shall be issued only on production of prescribed photo identity card. For this purpose, a self attested photo copy of the proof of identity of any one passenger is required to be attached to the requisition slip.

During the journey, the passenger whose identity card number has been indicated on the ticket will have to produce original proof of identity indicated on the ticket. If the passenger whose identity card number is indicated on the ticket is not traveling, all other passengers booked on that ticket will be treated as travelling without ticket and charged accordingly.

Agents/RTSAs will not be able to book Tatkal tickets at the counters as well as on the internet between 08.00hrs to 10.00hrs.The IRCTC agents will be permitted to book only one Tatkal ticket per train per day on the internet.

Source: http://zeenews.india.com/news/nation/new-tatkal-ticket-rules-effective-from-today_742920.html

IT Department Sends Notices Over Bank Accounts Abroad

IT Department Sends Notices Over Bank Accounts Abroad:

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