Making it Better for Senior Citizens - Key Issues
1. There is no uniform age criteria of 60 years for Senior Citizens for being eligible for all concessions.
2. TDS and filing of IT returns causes mental agony and physical harassment to Senior Citizens.
3. In case of serious illness they become a burden on their near and dear ones.
4. NO Beds are reserved in all Public & Private hospitals for the use of senior citizens.
5. No concession on all service charges for beds, investigations, operations, artificial limbs, eye lenses etc. and medicines etc.
6. No affordable Old age homes with basic facilities for weaker sections of Senior Citizens in the country.
7. No rebate is available to Senior Citizens in Property Tax and Electricity Charges similar to concessions in Income Tax, Train Travel and use of Telephone.
8. Senior citizens are victims of fraudulent schemes.
9. No Category of Senior Citizens with Disability exceeding 40% in Section 80 U of Income Tax Act, 1961.
10. All the Senior Citizens residing in Mumbai have been financially impacted very harshly by the decision of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation to levy property tax based on capital value of flats with retrospective effect from 01/04/2010, and asking residents to pay tax with arrears from that date. The property tax based on capital value of premises is 50% and more of the existing property tax of the said premises.
11. Senior citizens have to depend on Fixed Deposits kept with the Banks for meeting their day to day expenses which are increasing every day . The FD rates keep on going up and down with the policy announcements made by RBI.
12. No compartment reserved for Senior Citizens in Local Trains during peak hours. It is very difficult to board or alight from local trains in Mumbai.
13. Senior citizens are invariably allotted upper berth by PRS of Railways.
14. Railways are discriminating between Male and Female Senior Citizens by giving 40% concession to males and 50% to females
15. It takes a very long time to get the refund of income tax deducted at source from Income Tax Dept.
16. Post Offices do not have separate Q for Senior Citizens or Token System like State bank of India. more
2. TDS and filing of IT returns causes mental agony and physical harassment to Senior Citizens.
3. In case of serious illness they become a burden on their near and dear ones.
4. NO Beds are reserved in all Public & Private hospitals for the use of senior citizens.
5. No concession on all service charges for beds, investigations, operations, artificial limbs, eye lenses etc. and medicines etc.
6. No affordable Old age homes with basic facilities for weaker sections of Senior Citizens in the country.
7. No rebate is available to Senior Citizens in Property Tax and Electricity Charges similar to concessions in Income Tax, Train Travel and use of Telephone.
8. Senior citizens are victims of fraudulent schemes.
9. No Category of Senior Citizens with Disability exceeding 40% in Section 80 U of Income Tax Act, 1961.
10. All the Senior Citizens residing in Mumbai have been financially impacted very harshly by the decision of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation to levy property tax based on capital value of flats with retrospective effect from 01/04/2010, and asking residents to pay tax with arrears from that date. The property tax based on capital value of premises is 50% and more of the existing property tax of the said premises.
11. Senior citizens have to depend on Fixed Deposits kept with the Banks for meeting their day to day expenses which are increasing every day . The FD rates keep on going up and down with the policy announcements made by RBI.
12. No compartment reserved for Senior Citizens in Local Trains during peak hours. It is very difficult to board or alight from local trains in Mumbai.
13. Senior citizens are invariably allotted upper berth by PRS of Railways.
14. Railways are discriminating between Male and Female Senior Citizens by giving 40% concession to males and 50% to females
15. It takes a very long time to get the refund of income tax deducted at source from Income Tax Dept.
16. Post Offices do not have separate Q for Senior Citizens or Token System like State bank of India. more
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MAKING MORE BETTER IF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE IN INCOME TAX , WE CAN LINK THE INCOME TAX - WITH SOCIAL SECURITY , BY CREATING ONE MORE CIRCLE , " VOLUNTARY SCHEME " . THE" VOLUNTARY SCHEME " MEANIES FOR - EXAMPLE TAX CALCULATED FOR "A" IS RS 1 LAKE , HE MAY PAY EXTRA 25% MORE TO TAX , LIKE RS 1.25 LAKE AND HE MUST COVER UNDER " SOCIAL SECURITY GROUP" AND IT COULD BE CONTINUE TILL "A" PAYS THE INCOME TAX AFTER THE AGE OF 60/65 YEARS OR IN ANY OTHER CASE OR NATURAL CALAMITY OR UNTOWARD INCIDENT HAPPEN LIKE DISABLED AND CAN NOT WORK ANY MORE IN THAT SITUATION THE ENTIRE CONTRIBUTION TO INCOME TAX WHAT HE PAID TILL THAT DATE THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD PAY THE " INTEREST" ON THAT TOTAL , AMOUNT AND THE INTEREST INCOME MUST BE TAX FREE FOR HIS SURVIVAL TILL LAST more
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