(a) whether the Income Tax officers nation-wide decided not to process
any of the returns submitted to Post Offices as reported in Hindustan
Times dated October 31, 2006;
(b) if so, the details along with the reasons therefor;
(c) the number of I.T. returns submitted in post offices in the
country State-wise; and
(d) the time by which these are likely to be processed and refunds
paid to the assesses?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE: (SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM)
(a) & (b) Representations have been received from the Income tax
Employees Federation and Income tax Gazetted officers Association in this
regard pointing out that they are opposed to outsourcing of work of the
Income-tax Department.
(c) 4,12,278 tax returns have been received through the post offices
in the country up to 31.10.2006. State-wise break-up is annexed.
(d) It has been decided to process these returns centrally. It shall
facilitate issue of refunds quickly.
State-wise breakup of the tax return filed in Post Offices up to 31st
October, 2006
Name of the State Number of Tax Returns received
Andhra Pradesh 16,006 Assam 919 Bihar 9,162 Chhatisgarh 4,077 Delhi 74,824 Gujarat (including Daman and Diu) 9,026 Haryana 6,019 Himachal Pradesh 3,352 Jammu & Kashmir 1,100 Jharkhand 20,598 Karnataka 29,335 Kerala 31,016 Madhya Pradesh 14,081 Maharashtra 68,275 Goa 1,285 Meghalaya 23 Tripura 49 Manipur 08 Mizoram 30 Arunanchal 83 Nagaland 0 Orissa 4,144 Punjab 10,627 Rajasthan 24,630 Tamilnadu 44,618 Uttar Pradesh 18,846 Uttaranchal 4,714 West Bengal 8,134 Sikkim 138 Andaman & Nicobar Islands 142 Total 4,12,278