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  • Telangana: Owaisi launches Urdu journalist federation’s 2023 Diary

    Telangana: Owaisi launches Urdu journalist federation’s 2023 Diary

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    Hyderabad: AIMIM president and Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday launched the 2023 Telangana Urdu Working Journalists’ Federation (TUWJF) diary. He promised to address the challenges faced by Urdu journalists, including the provision of double-bedroom housing initiatives.

    During the event, TUWJF president MA Masjid, general secretary Syed Ghouse Mohiuddin, federation advisors, vice presidents, and other representatives submitted a memorandum to the Hyderabad MP.

    The memorandum called for the restoration of the Mandal Level Accreditation Card Facility for Urdu journalists, the inclusion of an Urdu journalist in SMAC and DMAC, and the creation of a separate Urdu Journalist Category.

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    Additionally, it requested a relaxation of the 12-page rule for Urdu major and medium newspapers, reducing it to 8 pages for the sanction of 2 state-level accreditation cards in districts.

    Other demands included the allocation of housing sites to Urdu working journalists within Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) limits, the nomination of an Urdu member to the Telangana Media Academy, and the allotment of 2,000 square yards of land to construct an Urdu journalists bhavan in or around Hyderabad.

    In response to these demands, Owaisi said that he will bring the matters to the government’s attention to ensure their resolution.

    He said that Urdu media, which is the largest after Telugu media, in delivering government programs and schemes to the Urdu-speaking population.

    Owaisi said, “GO 239 creates a disparity between journalists based on language. Until June 2016, all governments had treated Urdu journalists equally with their Telugu counterparts in various schemes”.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • Div Com, Commissioner SMC Hold Meeting With Trade Federations And Civil Society Bodies

    Div Com, Commissioner SMC Hold Meeting With Trade Federations And Civil Society Bodies

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    SRINAGAR: The Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri and Commissioner SMC, Athar Aamir Khan along with senior officials from Srinagar Municipal Corporation on Saturday held a detailed meeting and discussion with the representatives of various trade federations to discuss the proposed property tax within Srinagar Municipal limits.

    Kashmir Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Kashmir Hoteliers Association, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industries, KCIF, KTMF, CCIK, Kashmir Economic Alliance and many other trade federations and civil society bodies attended the meeting.

    Div Com and Commissioner SMC gave a detailed presentation to all stakeholders about the property tax. The process and method of property tax calculation was discussed with the members present.

    It was impressed that the property tax adopted by J&K is a progressive model. The tax to be collected will go into the account of the local bodies only and will be used for the development of the respective city only. The Tax rates are among the lowest in the country, they informed.

    The members present calculated the model test cases of commercial as well as residential properties.

    The tax is to be paid annually not monthly and Residential properties up to 1000 sqft have been exempted from the tax so are the agricultural land and the religious places.

    The tax slabs have been kept in a very progressive manner so that the distributive Justice is taken care of.

    Meanwhile, the property tax will be effective from 1st April, 2023.

     

     

     

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    ( With inputs from : kashmirlife.net )