Theme: Government & Elections

If you are a person who belongs to the categories given below and if you do not have a PAN Number, make sure that you apply to the Assessing Officer for the allotment of a PAN Number under the Income Tax Act: 

• if your total income or the total income of any other person in respect of which you are assessable during any previous year exceeded the maximum amount which is not chargeable to income-tax 
• if you are carrying on any business or profession whose total sales, turnover or gross receipts are or is likely to exceed five lakh rupees in any previous year 
• if you are required to furnish income tax returns
• if you are an employer who is required to furnish a return of fringe benefits 
• if you are a resident, other than an individual, which enters into a financial transaction of an amount aggregating to two lakh fifty thousand rupees or more in a financial year
• if you are the managing director, director, partner, trustee, author, founder, karta, chief executive officer, principal officer or office bearer of the entity mentioned above or any person competent to act on behalf of the entity.

According to the law, the eldest male number will be the head of the family for the purposes of obtaining a Ration Card, when there is no adult woman in the household. The female member, who is a minor person right now, will become the head of the household on turning 18 years old, in place of the male member. 

Therefore, in this case, you will be the head of the household, and your daughter will become the head once she turns 18 years old.

Even if you have a passport, you cannot travel to countries that fall within the following categories:

•  A country which is committing, or assisting in committing, external aggression against India;
• A country which has active armed hostilities with India 
• A country to which any travel would seriously impair the conduct of foreign affairs of the Indian government.

The NRC (National Register of Citizens) is a register maintained by the Government of India containing personal information such as name, age and other information for identification of Indian citizens. The register has only been implemented in Assam, so far, where it is termed National Register of Citizens (NRC). 

For more information on the NRC, please see here.

Your application for a DL can be refused, you can be disqualified or your license revoked for any of the following reasons::

• You are a habitual criminal or drunkard.
• You are addicted to any drugs. 
• You have used your motor vehicle to commit an offence or crime. For example theft of a motor vehicle etc.
• You have shown by previous conduct that your driving can pose a danger or nuisance to the public. For example, theft of a motor vehicle, assaulting passengers, over-speeding, etc. 
• You have obtained your license by fraud.
• You are a minor person and were holding a license with the consent of a major person, but have ceased to be in his care.
• You have not passed the driving test conducted by the RTO/RTA. 
• You have committed any offence with a motor vehicle, and a Court has disqualified you, except for offences related to over-speeding when committed for the third time can lead to disqualification.
• Your license has been revoked at any time in the past. If your license has been revoked, you must surrender your license to the authority which revoked it.

Your Passport may be impounded or revoked on any of the following grounds:

• If you are holding the Passport wrongfully
• If you obtained the Passport fraudulently by provision of incorrect information. In such a case, if you obtain another Passport, that Passport will also be impounded/revoked. 
• If the Passport authority deems it necessary revoke/impound your Passport  the interests of the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of India, friendly relations of India with any foreign country, or in the interests of the general public
• If you have been convicted of an offence and have been sentenced to imprisonment of at least 2 years, at any time after the issue of the Passport
• You have committed an offence and criminal proceedings are pending before a Court,
• If you have breached any of the conditions of the Passport 
• If you have failed to surrender your Passport after the Passport authority has cancelled your endorsement 
• If a warrant or summons for the appearance, or a warrant for the arrest, of you has been issued by a court under any law 
• If a Court has passed an order prohibiting your departure from India.

You must surrender your Passport in the following circumstances:

• You have been repatriated at the expense of the Government of India. In such a case, you must apply for an Emergency Certificate to return to India, which also must be surrendered on return.
• You have taken the citizenship of another country. 
• Your Passport has been revoked or impounded.

The driving test certifies your ability to safely drive and handle a motor vehicle. If you fail the test, you can take it again after 7 days. If you fail your driving test 3 times, you cannot take it again for the next 60 days from the date of your last test. This may vary across states.

Your application for a Passport may be refused on the following grounds:

• You are not a citizen of India,
• You may, or are likely to, negatively impact the sovereignty or integrity of India, outside the country, or your presence outside India may be detrimental to friendly relations between India and other countries, or your departure from India may, or is likely to, be detrimental to the security of India, 
• You have been convicted of an offence and have been sentenced to imprisonment of at least 2 years, within 5 years of making this application, 
• You have committed an offence and criminal proceedings are pending before a Court,
• A Court has issued a warrant or summons for the appearance, or a warrant for the arrest, with respect to you under any law, 
• A Court has passed an order prohibiting your departure from India. 
• You have been repatriated and have not reimbursed the expenditure incurred, 
• Issuing you a Passport will not be in public interest, in the opinion of the Central Government of India.

If you give up your Indian citizenship, any minor children (i.e. any children that you have who are below the age of 18) that you have will also cease to be Indian citizens.(( Section 8(2), Citizenship Act, 1955)) However, if the citizenship of your minor children is revoked, he may, within one year of turning 18 years old, make a declaration that he wishes to be an Indian citizen, and his Indian citizenship shall be resumed. However, if your children are majors, they will continue to be Indian citizens.