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SUPPLY OF ESSENTIAL GOODS ITR FILING DATES EXTENDED

n an attempt to provide further relief to
TO NORTH EAST ENSURED Itaxpayers wanting to settle disputes under
DURING COVID-19 Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme, the Government
has extended the date for making payment
evelopment of North East without additional amount from December
Dhas always been the 31, 2020 to March 31, 2021. The last date for
priority of the Government making declaration has been notified as December 31, 2020. The
whether it is during the time declaration under Vivad Se Vishwas Scheme needs to be furnished
of crisis or normalcy. The latest by December 31, 2020. Besides that, income tax return (ITR)
Government did not allow filing deadline for 2019-20 has been further extended to December
North East to remain isolated 31, 2020, for most individual taxpayers, from the earlier deadline
geographically even during of November 30, 2020. This is the second time the deadline of tax
Corona time by taking care of filing has been extended.
supplies to the region. From
March 25 to September 30, KVIC BRINGS SMILE BY CREATING
over 4,500 goods trains
ensured supply of essential EMPLOYMENT IN KARGIL AND LEH
goods to the North Eastern hadi and Village Industries
region without any hindrance. K Commission (KVIC) has set nearly
Around 527 rakes have been 1,000 small and medium manufacturing
supplied to Assam only in units under the flagship scheme Prime
the month of September. Minister Employment Generation
Out of that 322 rakes were Programme (PMEGP) in Kargil and Leh
of essential commodities. areas of Ladakh by creating over 8,200
They included supply of food jobs for local youth in just three-and-
grains, sugar and fertilizers. half years. The KVIC released margin money to the tune of Rs
Similarly 58 rakes were 32.35 Crore since 2017-18 to support these units. Cement blocks
sent to Tripura, 32 rakes manufacturing, steel items manufacturing, automobile repair
to Nagaland, two rakes of workshops, tailoring units, wooden furniture units, wood carving
food items and two rakes units, cyber cafe, beauty parlours and manufacturing of gold
of petroleum products were jewellery are a few skills that the KVIC is supporting to enable
sent to Arunachal Pradesh. locals to earn a respectable livelihood.

Follow development of COVID-19 vaccine on website

o provide every information about development of COVID-19 vaccine
Tand information about numerous other clinical trials that CSIR is
engaged in partnership with industry, other government departments
and ministries, the Health Ministry has come up with two websites.
Called CSIR Ushered Repurposed Drugs (CuRED), the website provides
information about drugs, diagnostics and devices including the current
stage of the trials, partnering institutions and their role in the trials and
other details. The site can be accessed at https://www.iiim.res.in/cured/
or http://db.iiim.res.in/ct/index.php.

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