HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHITHURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2016 07| metro |

Delhi govt to spot, countbusinesses in the citySURVEY Team of officials will go to each shop in city and prepare adatabank of traders so that all eligible ones are brought under the tax netVishal Kant■ vishal.kant@hindustantimes.com

NEW DELHI: The Delhi govern-ment has started counting thetraders in the city in order toascertain the total number oftraders under the tax net, andthose outside it.

Sources said deputy chiefminister Manish Sisodiahas directed the trade andtaxes department to prepare a databank of all tradersthrough field survey andsubmit a report in a week.The tax department, sourcessaid, started the survey onTuesday.

“As per the statutes, all trad-ers with a turnover of over `20 lakh have to mandatorily r e g i s t e r w i t h t h e t a xdepartment. The survey willcreate a databank of traders/dealers. It will also help inidentifying traders who are notregistered as per the norms,”a senior Delhi governmentofficial said.

Officials, however, said cov-ering the entire city in a weekwould be a herculean task. The tax department is divided into106 wards. A team under thesupervision of ward inspector

has started the survey. Sources said the deadline could eventu-ally be extended.

“Field survey across thecity could take time as theteams would have visit everyshop. Covering market hubswon’t be difficult, but severalpeople operate from residen-tial areas. There are shops inevery street of the city,” anofficial said.

Sources said once the data-bank of traders is created,it could be verified with theregistered traders to identify

defaulters and those plyingtheir trade illegally.

The state government col-lected `20,246 crore as valueadded tax (VAT). Though VAT collection registered 10.7%growth during the last finan-cial year, it failed to achieveits budgetary target of `24,000crore under VAT.

Deputy chief minister andfinance minister Manish Sisodia has once again set anambitious target of `24,500crore under VAT for the cur-rent financial year.

HT Correspondent■ htreporters@hindustantimes.com

NEW DELHI: A retired governmentemployee has been teachingunderprivileged children dur-ing his free time in the beliefthat it his time to give back tothe society.

Dilip Mehra, 65, has been ableto do this by volunteering withHT Paathshala. An engineerhimself, he teaches English,Maths and Science to studentsof Class 5-7.

“I wanted to use my free timein the best possible manner so what better way than this. I hadobserved that though these chil-dren were going to schools, theirlearning levels were low. I knew that regular coaching would helpthem. Some of these childrenare quite sharp so I am helpingthem,” said Mehra.

Mehra was able to becomean HT Paathshala volunteerthrough the help of NGOPratham, which is a partner in the campaign.

“These volunteers helpteachers in maintaining classorder and assist them with dif-ferent learning methods. They also organise extra-curricular activities for the children. The response to the campaign hasbeen immense,” said Pallavi,programme head from Pratham

Delhi.Hindustan Times Paathshala

i s a C o r p o r a t e S o c i a lResponsibility initiative to support the education of under-privileged children. Over 60,000lives have been impacted undervarious projects of the campaignsince its launch in April, 2012.

Volunteering programme wasinitiated on December 7, 2015with our partner NGOs to make volunteering more accessiblefor those who wanted to devoteto the children in need.

So be it donations, or a pur-poseful hour spent with under-privileged children, smallactions make a big difference.

HT Correspondent■ htreporters@hindustantimes.com

NEW DELHI: With no less thanfour officers being promoted to Director General (DG) rank and another five promoted toAdditional DG rank this month,hectic lobbying has begun inDelhi Police for key posts ofDirector General (Prisons) andjoint commissioners (JCPs) of important ranges particularly south-east.

While new police commis-sioner Alok Verma is keenthat TN Mohan, a 1986 batch IPS officer, be appointed asDG (Prisons), two newly-pro-moted DG-level officers of 1985 batch—SS Yadav and KishanKumar—are also in contentionfor the job.

Lieutenant Governor Najeeb

Jung will take the final call.Mohan is returning to Delhi Police after serving as DGPGoa.

Five 1989 batch IPS officers— Sandeep Goel, JCP, Traffic,Sanjay Beniwal, JCP, East, RS Krishnia, JCP, South-East,Mukesh Meena, JCP, New Delhi and Anti-CorruptionBureau Chief and Sunil KumarGautam, JCP, Central — have been promoted to special com-missioner rank and need to adjusted in the headquarterswith new officers to be appoint-ed as JCPs.

It is understood that RPU p a dyay, wh o i s re t u r n -ing to Delhi after serving inChandigarh and EnforcementDirectorate, is the favourite for the coveted JCP (South-East)job with the police headquar-

ters wanting to move RobinHibu, JCP, Training, to a key police range that had presenceof northeastern people. The reorganisation is also being done taking into account theminority as well as SC/STpopulation areas in mind.

Given that key senior policeposts are limited, there is lot oflobbying going on within theDelhi Police with a consider-able degree of heartburn amongsenior officers.

A l r e a d y D h a r m e n d r aKu m a r, a ke y c o n t e n d e r of Police Commissioner’s job, was pushed to CISF asAdditional DG, and DeepakMishra, who served as SpecialCommissioner (Law and Order)for more than three years, hassought deputation to Centralgovernment.

■ Officials say the survey will be a difficult task since there is shop onevery street in the city. RAJ K RAJ/HT FILE

Hectic lobbying on for keypostings in Delhi Police

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Years in themaking: HowGurgaon becameGurugram

Gurug ram Gaurav waslaunched in August 2014 afterthe Gurgaon municipal corpora-tion (MCG) passed a resolutionfor a name change.

“After passing the resolution, we started a signature campaignand pitched in Surender Pal who acted as Dronacharya in the TVserial Mahabharata” said Kataria.

Always clad in saf fron,Kataria said Gurugram repre-sented the originality of the areaand needed to be restored.

In March, Gurgaon deputycommissioner TL Satyaprakashwrote a letter to the financecommissioner (revenue) withrepresentations he receivedfrom resident welfare associa-tions and groups, including theGurugram Gaurav.

Lokesh Ahuja, a representa-tive of the resident welfare association of Sector 7-exten-sion, said RWAs of old Gurgaonstarted discussions on renamingGurgaon about three years ago.They sent representations to thedistrict administration over theissue several times.

But opposition parties havecriticised the name change,with Congress leader Ajay Singh Yadav saying the BJPgovernment was using suchhandiworks to cover its lack ofgovernance.

“Gurgaon has gained interna-tional repute now. Renaming itis just a ploy to divert attentionof the public” he said.

O b j e c t i n g t o t h e wo rdgram (village) in Gurugram,former Haryana chief ministerBhupinder Singh Hooda saidauthorities should used thename Gurugaon as gaon (vil-lage) connects with local people.

Raising a similar issue, Bollywood actor Randeep Hoodatweeted, “Changing Gurgaon to Gurugram is attack on culture,dialect and history of Haryana.Gram is not our word. Why hasthis been done?”

“Gurgaon could also be renamed as Gurugaon” he saidin another tweet.

Sanjay Colony residentSardar Singh, 70, who servedin the Gurgaon deputy commis-sioner’s office, remembered hisfather and grandfather using thename Gurugram.

“ T h e y u s e d t o c a l l i tGurugaon, but I have never seenthe name in official documents,” he said.