Union cabinet clears Citizenship Bill, may table in Parliament in 2 days

The Bill seeks to grant citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan if they faced religious persecution there, sources said

Current Affairs News:The Union Cabinet has cleared the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill that looks to concede citizenship to non-Muslim evacuees from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan on the off chance that they confronted strict oppression there, sources said on Wednesday.

A bill to alter the Citizenship Act, 1955, is probably going to be presented in the Parliament in the following two days, the sources said.

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Cabinet approves SC, ST reservation in LS, assemblies for another 10 years

The reservation for these categories in the LS and the assemblies was to expire on January 25, 2020

Current Affairs News:The Union bureau on Wednesday affirmed a proposition to expand booking for SCs and STs in the Lok Sabha and the state congregations for an additional 10 years, profoundly set sources said.

The booking for these classes in the LS and the gatherings was to lapse on January 25, 2020.

The administration will carry a bill to broaden the booking in this session, the sources said.

While booking for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the lawmaking body is helped out through sacred alterations, comparative reservation in occupations for these classifications is chosen by particular state governments, a senior functionary clarified.

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Income Tax return processing time to reduce from 63 days to just 1 day

Under the new system, Infosys will handle end-to-end solution – from e-filing to return assessment to refund processing

The Union Cabinet on Wednesday affirmed a coordinated pay assess e-recording and centralised processing centre (CPC) gateway, which will decrease the arrival preparing time from 63 days to only one day. The new entry is likewise expected to process the discounts inside one day of documenting of assessment forms, in tremendous help for citizens. In any case, one should trust that year and a half will see its dispatch.

“Prior, citizens would confront inconveniences in view of deferral in discount preparing and the CBDT used to spend a ton of cash each year as enthusiasm on pending discounts, which will be history now,” Union pastor Piyush Goyal told columnists after the Cabinet meeting here.

A month ago, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Sushil Chandra had said an improved return frame and process would be set up soon in which the division would process the self-assertion made by the citizen. The new Rs 4,241-crore task will join these changes.