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82 years of service to the nation PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH GET IT ON RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 129 www.assamtribune.com Google Play ePaper app for The Assam Tribune Pages 12 + 8 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2020 p2 England begins to ease p5 AJYCP wants ‘fake farmers’ p11 First special train from COVID-19 restrictions charge probed Delhi reaches State 15 more test positive for Income tax returns filing More arrivals date extended GUWAHATI, May 13: NEW DELHI, May 13: In duced by 25 per cent of the the income tax department Six buses from Delhi with COVID-19 in Guwahati a relief to taxpayers, the existing rate... This shall will fast track processing of 163 students and one bus from Chennai with 24 STAFF REPORTER Lakharo Nisab (40), Sanjeet “We are bringing the pa- tel worker of Fancy Bazar government on Wednesday also apply to all payments pending refunds to charitable cancer patients and Kumar (24), Sipu Jan Nishad tients to MMCH. All were co- tested positive. extended the deadline for fil- for contracts, interest, rent, trusts, LLPs, non-corporate attendants arrived here GUWAHATI, May 13: In (57), Sumit Kumar (22), Ajay workers of Mungru Sahani Forty-five-year-old ing of all income tax returns dividend, commission or businesses and proprietor- today. Health Minister the biggest single day Kumar (32), Sankar Saha (22), who had tested positive a day Mungru Sahani, a worker of for 2019-20 fiscal till No- brokerage.. all of these will ship firms, among others. Himanta Biswa Sarma spike in COVID-19 cases Subodh Kumar (49), Mukesh before,” he said, adding that Rajkamal Hotel, had tested vember 30, 2020. be eligible for 25 per cent Also, assessments getting received them at the in Assam, fifteen people – Singh (40), Goni Keward (60), measures regarding contain- positive a day before. Sahani, Announcing a slew of re- rate reduction. time-barred on September 30 Sarusajai quarantine all said to be contacts of the Bindeswar Thakur (30), ment, etc., would be taken im- who does not have travel his- lief measures for the corona- “This reduction would re- have been extended till De- facility. – Staff Reporter Fancy Bazar hotel worker Prabin Kumar Rao (28), mediately to ensure that the tory, hails from Azamgarh in virus-hit economy, Finance lease nearly Rs 50,000 crore cember 31, 2020 and those Package – tested positive for the Krishna Kumar Gupta (32) and virus does not spread further. Uttar Pradesh and was resid- Minister Nirmala Sithara- in the hands of the people who getting time-barred on March GUWAHATI, May 13: novel coronavirus in Guwa- Biswanath Saha (34). A number of areas in Fancy ing at the Aloopatty area of man also slashed TDS (tax would have otherwise paid it 31, 2021 have been extended Industries and Commerce hati on Wednesday. All were taken to MMCH, Bazar, the Northeast’s big- Fancy Bazar along with his co- deducted at source)/TCS as TDS,” Sitharaman said. till September 30, 2021. Minister Chandra Mohan With this, the total number a designated COVID-19 hos- gest commercial hub, are workers. Sahani also worked (Tax collected at source) rates Also, the Vivad Se Vish- She also said the income Patowary today welcomed of COVID-19 cases in the pital, where they will be ad- likely to be declared as con- at a potato godown at for non-salary payments to was scheme for direct tax tax department has already the special focus on the State shot up to 79. mitted. Health Minister tainment zones by tomorrow. Changsari that has also been residents by 25 per cent. dispute resolution has been cleared Rs 18,000 crore MSME in the Rs 20 lakh The positive patients de- Himanta Biswa Sarma The new patients were declared a containment zone. “From tomorrow till extended by six months till worth of refunds where the crore ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ tected today are Sunil Roy rushed to the MMCH to take those who were kept in March 31, 2021, the TDS/ December 31, 2020. quantum due was up to Rs financial package (28), Prabhat Anand (25), stock of the situation. home isolation since the ho- TCS rates have been re- Sitharaman further said 5 lakh. – PTI announced by the SEE PAGE 6 Government of India on Tuesday. – Staff Reporter Nirmala announces package to boost economy Evicted land KAZIRANGA, May 13: The Kaziranga National Rs 3 lakh cr collateral-free Park authority was today formally handed over the evicted land at Bandardubi loans for small business and Deosur after the verification of records and NEW DELHI, May 13: Also, it cut the tax rate on Announcing the first set of data at Koliabor SDO civil The government on Wednes- non-salary payments by 25 components of the Rs 20 lakh office. The eviction drive day announced about Rs 6 lakh per cent, extended support to crore COVID-19 economic was carried out in 2016 as crore package comprising Rs companies to meet statutory stimulus package announced per Guwahati High Court’s 3 lakh crore of collateral-free liability on employees’ retire- by Prime Minister Narendra order. – Correspondent loans for small businesses and ment fund, provided a Rs Modi, Finance Minister Nir- Monsoon a Rs 30,000 crore lifeline to 90,000 crore bailout to cash- mala Sitharaman said the NEW DELHI, May 13: non-bank and housing finance starved electricity distribu- measures will help “spur Monsoon is likely to reach companies as part of meas- tion companies and gave con- growth and build a very self- the Andaman and Nicobar ures to help the economy tide struction firms up to six more reliant India”. archipelago around May over disruptions caused by months to complete the gov- “It addresses ease of do- 16, nearly six days before Security personnel conducting a preparedness drill at Dibrugarh railway station on the eve of arrival of the first the coronavirus lockdown. ernment projects. ing business, compliance, and its normal onset date, due passenger train amid nationwide lockdown, on Wednesday. – UB Photos due diligence and the inten- to a cyclonic circulation in tion is also to build local the Bay of Bengal, the Highlights IMD said today. – PTI brands,” she said. G Rs 3 lakh crore emergency working capital facility The Rs 20 lakh crore Complete dyke works Sonowal reviews for businesses, including MSMEs spending, including ones pre- G Rs 20,000 crore subordinate debt for stressed viously announced and the PLANET Y UNG by May 30: CM NRL projects MSMEs Reserve Bank measures, is G STAFF REPORTER partment to complete the Rs 50,000 crore equity infusion through MSME seen as a government’s at- May 14, 2020 STAFF REPORTER the bamboo-based ethanol Fund of Funds tempt to check the world’s embankment project within plant is a big opportunity for Q Anne’s undying G New definition for MSMEs fifth-largest economy hur- GUWAHATI, May 13: May 30. GUWAHATI, May 13: the company to venture into endurance G No global tenders for govt procurement worth up tling towards its first full-year by Chayanika Saikia Chief Minister Sarbananda The embankment Chief Minister Sarbananda the field of agro-economy by to Rs 200 crore to promote MSMEs contraction in four decades. Sonowal today inspected the project, funded by Asian Sonowal has urged the man- engaging maximum number Q I, Me, Myself: G Extension of EPF support for business, organised construction work of em- Development Bank, would Sitharaman said automatic Ketaki Bardalai agement of Numaligarh Re- of local people in bamboo workers for another 3 months bankment by Water Re- cover a total length of collateral-free loans of a 4- finery Limited (NRL) to play production. G Rs 30,000 crore special liquidity scheme for Q Aliza and the source Department from 23.38 kms and with a width year tenure with a 12-month magical island a proactive role in promot- He observed that the new NBFC/HFC/MFIs Morihula to Agoratoli range of 7.5 metres would pro- moratorium on interest pay- by Akshita Kashyap ing agro-based economy in bamboo and cane policy of the G Rs 45,000 crore partial credit guarantee scheme as a protection measure for tect the KNP from floods ment, will benefit 45 lakh the State and take steps for State government would sig- 2.0 for liabilities of NBFCs/MFIs Q Know your world: Kaziranga National Park and erosion. skill development of youth of nificantly help the NRL and small businesses. Library G Rs 90,000 crore liquidity injection for stressed (KNP). While surveying the neighbouring areas. local farmers in this regard. Another two lakh such Neelotpal Deka discoms businesses would benefit work, he directed the de- SEE PAGE 6 The Chief Minister made The Chief Minister said G Relief to contractors given by providing extension Q Book Nook, Picture this call during a review of the NRL with its wide re- from a Rs 20,000 crore sub- Crossword . of up to 6 months to complete projects ordinate debt for stressed or the Numaligarh Refinery sources should also give a G States are being advised to invoke the force Q Plus Quiz, Poems, loan defaulting MSMEs, she Expansion Project (NREP) thought to strengthen the lo- majeure clause under RERA My Viewpoint, Little and the Bio Refinery Plant at cal economy, including set- said, adding a fund of funds Hearts, Comics and other G Reduction in rates of Tax Deduction at Source, for MSMEs is also being cre- features. the NRL headquarters at ting up cold storages and pro- Tax Collected at Source by 25 per cent for WORLD Numaligarh today.