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Kejriwal halves Delhi power tariff

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday gave a New Year's gift to Delhiites by slashing the power tariffs of 28 lakh households by 50 per cent, partially meeting the poll promise of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).The monthly electricity bills of households which use up to 400 units may be reduced by half from January to March, as the government will pay half their bills. However, households consuming more than 400 units per month will have to pay the entire bill amount.
After the government’s subsidy, the new rates will be about
Rs 1.95 per unit, against the current Rs 3.90 per unit for the slab of 0-200 units.
For a slab of 201-400 units, the rates will be Rs 2.90 per unit, against the current rate of Rs 5.50 per unit.
About six lakh households will not benefit from the populist move.

Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013

Here is the winner list from Big Star Entertainment Awards 2013.
Most Entertaining Director - Rakesh Roshan (Krrish 3)
Most Entertaining Film Of The Year - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Most Entertaining Song of the Year - Tum Hi Ho (Aashiqui 2)
Best Actress Social Drama - Sarika (Club 60)
Most Entertaining Comedy show - Comedy Nights With Kapil
Most Entertaining Judge - Shilpa Shetty, Terence Lewis, Sajid Khan
The Most Entertaining Dancer - Prabhu Deva (ABCD)
Best Actor Female in a Thriller film - Mahie Gill (Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns)
Best Actor Male in a Thriller film - Jimmy Shergill (Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns)
Most Entertaining Thriller Film - Saheb Biwi Aur Gangster Returns
Best Actor in a Action Film - Hrithik Roshan (Krrish 3)
Best Debut(Male) : Manish Paul
Best Debut(Female) : Vaani Kapoor
Best Action film - Ram Leela
Best Actress in a Romantic role - Sonakshi Sinha (Lootera)
Best Actor in a Romantic role - Aditya Roy Kapur (Aashiqui 2)
Most Romantic Award for 2013 - Aditya Roy Kapur and Shraddha Kapoor for Aashiqui 2
Best Entertaining film - Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
Most Entertaining Film Music (Best Music) - Ram Leela (Sanjay Leela Bhansali)
Most Entertaining Director (Best Director) - Rakesh Roshan (Krrish 3)
Star of the Millennium - Amitabh Bachchan (Satyagraha)
Most Entertaining Film - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Most Entertaining Comedy - Chennai Express
Most Entertaining Comedy Actress - Deepika Padukone (Chennai Express)
Most Entertaining Comedy Actor - Arshad Warsi (Jolly LLB)
Star Plus Entertainer Of The Year - Shahrukh Khan (Chennai Express)
Jodi Of The Year - Shahrukh Khan and Deepika Padukone (Chennai Express)
Best Singer Female - Bhumi Trivedi (Ram Chahe Leela - Ram Leela)
Best Singer Male - Siddharth Mahadevan (Zinda Hai Toh - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag) and Honey Singh (Lungi Dance - Chennai Express)
Most Entertaining TV Actress - Disha Parmar (Pyar Ka Dard Hai)
Most Entertaining Television Actor - Nakuul Mehta (Pyar Ka Dard Hai)
Best Fiction Serial - Maharana Pratap and Diya Aur Baati Hum
Most Entertaining Sports Person - Dipika Pallikal

want to know about Lokpal Bill

Parliament passed the crucial Lokpal Bill on 18.12.13 wednesday with the Lok Sabha adopting the measure as amended by the Rajya Sabha after a short discussion.
Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill.
1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta.The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only if they give consent to its application.The old bill gave power to the central government to appoint state Lokayuktas while the new draft gives this power to the states.
2. Constitution of Lokpal: The Lokpal will consist of a chairperson and a maximum of eight members, of which fifty percent shall be judicial members. Fifty percent members of Lokpal shall be from among SC, ST, OBCs, minorities and women.The older version said the chairperson shall be the Chief Justice of India or a present or former judge of the Supreme Court or a non-judicial member with specified qualifications (chief justice or a judge of a high court).
3. Selection of Lokpal: The selection committee will have Prime Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. A fifth member of the selection committee for selection of Lokpal under the category of "eminent jurist" may be nominated by the President on the basis of recommendation of the first four members of the selection committee.In the old bill, selection of the fifth person was left entirely to the President.
4. Religious bodies and trust: The new bill includes societies and trusts that collect public money, receive funding from foreign sources, and have an income level above a certain threshold, it excludes bodies creating endowments for or performing religious or charitable functions.The old bill expanded definition of public servant by bringing societies and trusts which receive donations from the public (over a specified annual income) and, organisations which receive foreign donations (over Rs 10 lakh a year) within the purview of the Lokpal.
5. Prosecution: In the new version, before taking a decision on filing a chargesheet in a case upon consideration of the investigation report, the Lokpal may authorise its own prosecution wing or the concerned investigating agency to initiate prosecution in special courts.Under the old bill, prosecution of the case could be done only by the prosecution wing of the Lokpal.
6. Central Bureau of Investigation: For independence of the CBI, in the new bill a directorate of prosecution will be formed. Appointment of the director of prosecution will be on the recommendation of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.Transfer of officers of CBI investigating cases referred by Lokpal will be only with the approval of Lokpal who will also have superintendence over CBI in relation to Lokpal referred cases.
7. Hearing: The new bill says a government servant will get a hearing before a decision is taken by the Lokpal.
8. Prime Minister: The Prime Minister will be under the purview of the Lokpal with subject matter exclusions and specific process for handling complaints against the Prime Minister.
9. Investigation: Inquiry has to be completed within 60 days and investigation to be completed within six months. Lokpal shall order an investigation only after hearing the public servant.Inquiry against the prime minister has to be held in-camera and approved by two-thirds of the full bench of the Lokpal.
10. Penalty: False and frivolous complaints - imprisonment up to one year and a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh. Public servants - imprisonment up to seven years. Criminal misconduct and habitually abetting corruption - jail term up to 10 years.

Lokpal's journey to transparency
1966 Morarji Desai led First Administrative Reforms Commission recommends setting up of Lokpal at Centre and Lokayukta in states to look into complaints against public functionaries, including MPs
1968-2001 Successive governments introduce Lokpal bill eight times
2002 Justice MN Venkatachaliah led Constitution Review Commission stresses the need for Lokpal and Lokayuktas
2004 UPA-I's national common minimum programme promises that Lokpal bill would be enacted
2005 Veerappa Moily led Second Administrative Reforms Commission reiterates that Lokpal be established without delay
2011Jan: UPA-II's GoM headed by Pranab Mukherjee suggests a range of anti-corruption measures, including the Lokpal bill
Apr 5: Anna Hazare begins his first fast at Jantar Mantar demanding enactment of Jan Lokpal bill drafted by his team
Apr 9: Anna ends fast as the government forms a joint drafting committee consisting of ministers and civil society members
Jun 21: The last meeting of the drafting committee ends with the two sides coming up with separate drafts
Aug 4: Govt introduces a Lokpal bill, widely attacked as fl awed
Aug 8: Bill referred to standing committee
Aug 16: Anna launches second fast for Jan Lokpal bill
Dec 22: Govt re-introduces Lokpal and Lokayuktas bill
Dec 27: Lok Sabha passes bill
Dec 29: Introduced in Rajya Sabha
2012 Re-introduced in Rajya Sabha. Referred to select committee
2013 Dec 10: Anna Hazare begins fast in his village in Maharashtra, demanding urgent introduction of a new anti-corruption law
Dec 13: Amended bill tabled in Rajya Sabha
Dec 18: Lok Sabha passes the ammended bill. Anna Hazare breaks his fast.

Where To Complaint In Case a Bill Is Not Issued By Any Dealer In Karnataka.

e-GRAHAK STATUS
e-Grahak is a system for any common citizen to enable him to lodge a informant in case a bill is not issued by any dealer in Karnataka.
The citizen has to just send a brief SMS to the specified numbers: 9164888888 or 9164777777.
The informant would get an acknowledgement on registration of his/her information.
After this the Control Room established in the CTD would get in touch with informant and obtain all further details.
CTD would take action on the defaulting dealer based on the authenticity of the information furnished.
The informant can track all the action initiated by department by using the acknowledgement number.
This screen is to facilitate the informant to check the progress of action initiated against the defaulting dealer.
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HOW TO PAY ONLINE VAT(Value Added Tax) KARNATAKA

VAT ONLINE SYSTEM 
The Department of commercial taxes, Karnataka has introduced the VAT e-filing system to enable the dealers to file the details of purchase and sale electronically through web-based application software with technical support from National Informatics Centre, Bangalore with effect from September 2007. To begin with, 500 dealers were notified as eligible to enter the details of purchases made from and sales made to the dealers registered under the Karnataka Value Added Tax Act. Subsequently, this facility is extended to more than 25000 dealers and, entering the details of export sale out of territory of India is also made mandatory in addition to entering the details of purchase and sale. This initiative of the department has enhanced the efficiency and effectiveness of process of refund claims towards input tax credit. Further, the correctness and veracity of the claim of input tax credit could also be verified once the dealer submits the details of purchase, sale and export sale into the website electronically. All dealers registered under the KVAT ACT, 2003 are enabled to obtain the delivery note in Form VAT 505 electronically through VAT Online System from anywhere any time. In case, at the place of loading of the goods, there is no facility of computer or internet, still the dealers can use the unique number printed on the delivery note in form VAT 505 obtained electronically from a place where computer and internet facility is available. Further, the declarations in C form are also being issued electronically to all the dealers registered under the CST Act 1956. It is mandatory for the dealers to submit the details of interstate purchases electronically to obtain the declarations in C form. However, an option is provided to the dealers to obtain the printout of C forms at their place of business or from the offices of the jurisdictional LVO or VSO after approval by such authorities.
 1. Website for submitting purchase sale and export sale : http://vat.kar.nic.in/
 2. Website for obtaining C Form : http://vat.kar.nic.in/
 3. Websites for obtaining delivery note in Form VAT 505 : 
   http://vat.kar.nic.in/
   http://vatkar.gov.in/
   http://164.100.80.20/vat505
Delivery note in Form VAT 505 may be downloaded from any one of the three websites. 

Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF) 2013 winners

The 2013 winners are:
Emirates NBD People's Choice Award:
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee for American film "Frozen" and Amal Al-Agroobi for "The Brain That Sings" (UAE)
FIPRESCI:
Short: Ahmed Yassin - "Children Of God" (Iraq, UK, Hungary)
Documentary: Zeina Daccache - "Scheherazade's Diary" (Lebanon)
Feature: Mohammed Khan - "Factory Girl" (Egypt, UAE)
Emirates NBD People's Choice Award:
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee - "Frozen" (US) Amal Al-Agroobi - "The Brain That Sings" (UAE) Muhr Emirati:
Special Mention: Mohammad Fikree - "Girl & It" (UAE)
Best Director: Muna Al Ali - "Concealment" (UAE)
Special Jury Prize: Claudia Corbelli and Greg White - "The Neighbour" (UAE)
Best Film: Abdullah Hasan Ahmed and Khalid Al Mahmood - "Don't Leave Me" (UAE)
Muhr Asia Africa:
Muhr AsiaAfrica Short:
Special Mention: Cédric Ido "Twaaga" (Burkina Faso, France)
Best Director: Sandeep Ray - "Thin Arms" (India)
Special Jury Prize: Halla Kim - "The Way Back" (South Korea)
Best Film: Askhat Kuchinchirekov "Gas Is Over" (Kazakhstan)
Muhr Asia Africa Documentary:
Special Mention: Lynn Lee and James Leong - "
Wukan: The Flame Of Democracy" (Singapore)
Best Director: Pin Pin Tan - "To Singapore With Love" (Singapore)
Special Jury Prize: Sara Rastegar - "My Red Shoes" (France)
Best Film: Yoshiko Hashimoto and Shigeki Kinoshita - "The Horses Of Fukushima" (Japan)
Muhr AsiaAfrica Feature:
Special Mention: Souleymane Démé for his role in "Grigris" (France, Chad)
Special Mention: Ritesh Batra for the screenplay of "The Lunchbox" (India)
Best Actress: Yeo Yann Yann - "Ilo Ilo" (Singapore)
Best Actor: Irrfan Khan - "The Lunchbox" (France, Germany, India)
Best Director: Tsai Ming Liang - "Stray Dogs" (Taiwan, France)
Muhr Arab Documentary:
Special Mention: Zeina Daccache - "Scheherazade's Diary" (Lebanon)
Best Director: Salma El Tarzi - "Underground On The Surface" (Egypt)
Special Jury Prize: Diala Kachmar and Carole Abboud,Guardians - "Of Lost Time" (Lebanon, UAE)
Best Film: Karim Amer - "The Square" (US, Egypt)
Special Jury Prize: Sepehr Seifi - "Fish & Cat" (Iran)
Best Film: Ang Hwee Sim, Anthony Chen, Wahyuni A. Hadi,- "Ilo Ilo" (Singapore)
Muhr Arab Short:
Special Mention: Camille Salameh for his role in "Troubled Waters" (Lebanon)
Special Mention: Ahmed Yassin - "Children Of God" (Iraq, UK, Hungary)
Best Director: Ali Cherri - "The Disquiet" (Lebanon, France)
Special Jury Prize: Haider Rashid - "The Deep" (Iraq, Italy)
Best Film: Bavi Yassin, Nore Maatala - "The Lost Voice" (Belgium, Iraq)
Muhr Arab Feature:
Special Mention: Mohammed Amin Benamraoui - "Adios Carmen" (Morocco, Belgium, UAE)
Special Mention: Raouia for her roles in "Rock The Casbah" (Morocco, France) and "Pillow Secrets" (Morocco)
Best Actress: Yasmine Raees - "Factory Girl" (Egypt, UAE)
Best Actor: Hassan Badida - "They Are The Dogs" (Morocco)
Best Director: Hany Abu Assad - "Omar" (Palestine, UAE)
Special Jury Prize: Nabil Ayouch - "They Are The Dogs" (Morocco)
Best Film: Waleed Zuaiter - "Omar" (Palestine, UAE)