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ALERT CITIZENS FORUM OF INDIA A7/303, Saket CHSL, Thane (W) 400601 June 27, 2018 The Hon. Chief Minister, Govt of Maharashtra, Mumbai. Dear Sir, Sub: Request to reconsider the total ban on Plastics in Maharashtra The Govt of Maharashtra has decided to ban use of plastic w.e.f June 23, 2018. We must say that this decision is completely unbelievable and that too in a state where almost 1 million tons of various types of plastic products are manufactured. Is the Government, instead of working on the fundamental problem of water logging, putting all blames on plastic bags? While we agree that plastic bags and the other plastic products end up in the drains because of bad littering habits, can we blame plastic products alone for the water logging? By the proposed ban on plastic bags, the Government of Maharashtra is charting a detrimental course. About 70 million tons of plastic is used in the packaging sector out of the total of about 200 million tons consumed in the ...

Salaried persons constitute a large chunk of total taxpayers in India and their contribution to total tax collection is substantial. The document includes brief introduction and tax treatment of various allowances and perquisites available to an employee, inter-alia, house rent allowance, gratuity, provident fund and so forth. This Article compiles  List of benefits available to Salaried Persons for AY 2019-20  which includes 1. House Rent Allowance, Children Education Allowance, Hostel Expenditure Allowance, Transport Allowance and other  allowances 2. Perquisites in respect of Rent free unfurnished accommodation provided to Central and State Government employees, Unfurnished rent free accommodation provided to other employees, Rent free furnished accommodation, A furnished accommodation in a Hotel, Motor Car / Other Conveyance, Services of a domestic servant including sweeper, gardener, watchmen or personal attendant, Supply of gas, electricity or water for hous...