TSIT ■ Jagtial : Telangana Pensioners Central Association State Secretary and Jagtial District President Hari Ashok Kumar has demanded that the central government should exempt pensioners from income tax On Tuesday, under the authority of Telangana Pensioners Association district branch, representatives of pensioners associations of district and mandal branches met in Jagtial Division RDO office premises and wrote petitions on post cards to the Prime Minister seeking exemption of retired employees and teachers from income tax Post cards in the box, specially letters to the Prime Minister and the Union Finance Minister were sent by registered post. District TNGO’s Employees JAC Chairman Bhoga Sasidhar and Co Chairman M.D. Vakil participated and expressed their support On this occasion.
Hari Ashok Kumar said that he expressed deep concern over the Center’s disregard for the dharnas at Jantar Mantar in Delhi for the past four yearsThey will go to Delhi again in the last week of December under the leadership of their state president Gajula Narsaiah and ask the state MPs and central ministers to voice their demand in the parliament. Collection of income tax on honorarium given to pensioners who have served the government and people for 35 years It is wrong to do.State Finance Minister Harish Rao, MLC Kalvakuntla Kavitha, Finance Chairman Rajesham Gowdu, District MLAs Sanjay Kumar and Kalvakuntla Vidyasagar Rao have also sent their demand to the Union Finance Minister Vakil said that he fully supported the movement undertaken by the pensioners.
They demanded that the ceiling limit of income tax for employees and teachers should be increased from Rs.2.5 lakh to Rs.10 lakh District Pensioners General Secretary Bollam Vijay, Treasurer Gaurisetti Viswanatham, President P. Hanmanth Reddy, Vice Presidents Pusaala Ashok Rao, M. D. Yakub, Bobbati Karuna, Satyanarayana, Organizing Secretaries V. Prakash, Vidyasagar, Vithal, President of Jagitial Unit B.Rajeshwar, Mallya President MD Yakub, Dharmapuri President K. Gangader, Secretary Ganga Reddy, Raikal President Ramulu, Met Palli President Royal, Leaders Prasad, Srinivas, anmandlu, Peddi Rajam, Yusuf, Narsaiah, Narayana, Madhu Sudan Rao, Representatives of the district and mandal units participated.
