Sikkimese women who marry non-Sikkimese exempted from IT

Sikkimese women who marry non-Sikkimese exempted from IT

From Our Correspondent GANGTOK, July 1 – More than 7,000 government employees braved the rain to join the ‘Dhanyabaad’ rally organized by All Sikkim Government Employees Association on June 28 as an expression of gratitude to the CM for having exempted government employees from Central direct taxes.The rally saw the participation of government employees of four grades from the 24 government departments. The rally started from Convoy Ground and congregated at Paljor Stadium where the Chief Minister addressed the gathering. In his address, the Chief Minister said that government employees in Sikkim enjoy a lot of facilities. He informed that government employees in Sikkim receive Rs 48,000 more than the employees of other States. Talking on income tax exemption for Sikkimese, he informed that all government employees would be exempted from Income Tax from the month of April 2008. He also informed that all Sikkim Subject holders who carry business outside will be kept out of the tax purview and obtaining a Permanent Account Number would be easier. The Chief Minister assured that Sikkimese women who marry a non- Sikkimese would also be exempted from Income Tax.He further assured to try and work for exempting taxes for the business community and for those government employees who do not hold Sikkim Subject along with the assurance to increase the salaries of all the work charged, ad-hoc and muster roll employees. Stating that the Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) Government has always made the promotion criteria more flexible, Chamling appealed to the Grade D employees to further their education so that they have scope for promotion.‘The MRs and WC employees would now get age relaxation up to 50 years in all departments and 30 years in Police department to appear for examination held by the respective departments,” he announced. source: telegraph india