Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced in Budget 2021 that interest on employee contributions of over Rs 2.5 lakh per annum to the provident fund would be taxed, starting from 1 April. Annual contributions up to Rs 2.5 lakh has been kept as the deposit limit for which interest is tax exempt. […]
Passport application in India is made even easier as Union Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan on Friday launched a new scheme by which an applicant can benefit from the DigiLocker platform of the Government of India while applying for passport-related services from anywhere in India. The Passport Seva […]
National Highway Authority of India has started issuing the RFID tag that enables electronic payment of toll charges free at toll plazas and will continue till March 1. Record FASTag Transactions Daily toll collection via FASTags hit a record of ?95 crores with almost 60 lakh transactions on Wednesday. Also, […]
Union health ministry has issued new guidelines for international arrival amid the spread of mutant variants of Covid-19. The new Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) will come into effect from today i.e. February 22 till further orders. According to the latest SOPs, for the next 14 days, all foreign travellers arriving […]
Union Road Transport and Highways Ministry has decided that all lanes in the fee plazas on National Highways shall be declared as ‘FASTag lane of the fee plaza’ from midnight of 15th/16th February 2021, the government said in a statement. Any vehicle not fitted with FASTag will have to pay twice […]
UIDAI in a tweet updated as “You can add up to 5 Aadhaar profiles in your #mAadhaar app. OTP for authentication is sent to the registered mobile number of the Aadhaar holder. How to create a profile on mAadhaar app? Launch the app Tap on the Register Aadhaar tab on the […]
National Highways Authority of India on Wednesday said it has decided to do away with the requirement of maintaining a minimum amount in FASTag wallet. The move aims at ensuring seamless movement at electronic toll plazas. “In order to increase the FASTag penetration to ensure seamless movement of traffic and […]
Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), through its mAadhaar app, provides a host of services. This unified app, which is available in 13 languages, offers over 35 Aadhaar online services in a single app. “Get more than 35 Aadhaar services like download eAadhaar, update status, locate Aadhaar Kendra etc. on your […]
State Bank of India (SBI), has said that if you apply for ‘SBI RuPay Jan Dhan Card’ then you can get accident insurance cover up to Rs 2 lakh. The SBI informed about this scheme on bank’s official twitter handle. “It’s time to put yourself on the road to success. Apply for […]
PhonePe announced that it has collaborated with Axis Bank, on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) multi-bank model. It aims to offer its users the ability to build and use multiple UPI IDs with the “@axl” handle of Axis Bank. Earlier, only one UPI ID per bank could be generated and used […]
