UPA takes on baba Ramdev for evading tax

An amount of Rs 4 crore has not been deposited since 2006

GN Bureau | August 6, 2012



The UPA2 has decided to take on yoga guru baba Ramdev. Ramdev, who is campaigning against black money may have to explain the black money he has been generating by evading payment of taxes to the government.

His Haridwar-based Divya Yog Mandir Trust, is being served with a notice to pay the service tax of approximately Rs 4 crore not deposited since 2006 in the garb of being a charity institution.

The Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCET) has written to the government that the tax defalcation has been calculated after recording statements of the trust's general secretary Acharya Balkrishna, a key aide of Ramdev, in April as also that of trust incharge Shyam Veer Saini in October and November last year and again in May.

The Income Tax department has already denied the charitable nature of the trust as claimed by Baba Ramdev's men to siphon off the tax payable on the "club and membership services." 

The DGCET has also forwarded a complaint received by Swami Karamveer of Maharshi Patanjali Foundation, Lonavala, about the tax defalcations by the trust to the tax departments in Mumbai, New Delhi, Jaipur, Indore, Lucknow, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Raipur and Dehra Dun.

 

Comments

 

Other News

Gandhian movement after Gandhi failed: Ram Guha

The Gandhian movement in India, after Gandhi’s death, failed, says Ramachandra Guha, and blames Vinoba Bhave for it. But the movement found new, fertile grounds around the world and succeeded in bringing about a change in South Africa, the US and elsewhere. It is high time it returned home. Of cour

When religion, politics and Bollywood come together

Tavleen Singh, noted journalist and political commentator, has turned to fiction, with her debut novel ‘The Actor’ (HaperCollins India). Set in the near future, it has a superstar, Amit Singh, turning to politics, when the political landscape is dominated by prime minister Guru Gaynendraj

Cabinet approves setting up of Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority

The union cabinet, chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved the setting up of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV), called Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), to strengthen research, planning, appraisal, monitoring and impact assessment within the broad domains of Transp

Why foundational literacy and numeracy is key to school education

Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) are often described as the building blocks of education. Yet, their significance goes well beyond a child’s ability to read a sentence, write a response or solve a basic mathematical problem. These foundational skills shape how children understand the world,

When police data becomes the algorithm

For decades, policing has followed a familiar sequence: a crime occurs, the police respond, an investigation produces records and those records become part of the institutional memory of the criminal justice system. Artificial intelligence is beginning to alter that sequence. Instead of merely recording

Before India voted, the framers worried about the referee

“We are making a Constitution forever and not only for today.” Shibban Lal Saksena said this in the Constituent Assembly on June 15, 1949. He was warning that a ruling party might one day choose a loyalist to run India’s elections. Seventy-seven years later, the Supreme Court is wrestli

Upcoming Conferences



-->

Archives

Current Issue

Opinion

Facebook Twitter Google Plus Linkedin Subscribe Newsletter

Twitter