Now in the state, financial fraud cases by forging or manipulating documents can be resolved quickly. The cabinet has approved the proposal to establish a digital forensic laboratory under the state tax department. The establishment of the forensic laboratory will benefit the tax department as well as the CGST and Income Tax departments. At present, cases of economic crime are increasing in the state. Whether it is a case of tax evasion, fake form or stamp duty theft by manipulating documents in the registry. To investigate such crimes, the State Tax, CGST and Finance departments are currently dependent on the police department for their forensic investigation. The police already have other cases. Due to this, the investigation of these departments is slow, and at the same time many investigations are also pending. In view of this, the Finance Department placed a proposal related to the digital forensic laboratory under the State Tax Department before the cabinet. The cabinet has approved this proposal. With this, now the information and evidence related to the tax department can be collected in the laboratory of the state tax department itself. By bringing back the old data, it will be possible to analyze it.
Restructuring of the structure of Uttarakhand Finance Service Cadre
The structure of the Finance Service Cadre in the state will be restructured. Under this, the posts already approved in this structure will be categorized on the basis of work and responsibilities in view of the need of the work. There will be no change in the total number of posts in this.
There will now be 152 posts in the Vigilance Department
The workload of the Vigilance Department is continuously increasing. In view of this, now 20 more posts have been added to the structure of the department. Thus their number has increased from 132 to 152. The cabinet has given its approval to this proposal of the Personnel Department.
It is not mandatory to put a photo in marriage registration
Under the Uniform Civil Code, the requirement of putting a marriage photo in marriage registration has now been abolished. Along with this, the compulsion of putting a wedding card has also been removed. An order has already been issued in this regard. On Wednesday, this matter was placed before the cabinet for its understanding. It was also informed that the fee for registration of marriages done before January 27, 2025 has been waived.
