Delhi post offices head in IT returns collections
25 Nov 2006
Chennai: India Post's Delhi post offices have topped in collecting the number of IT returns (ITRs) by 31 October, 2006. They received 74, 824 ITRs followed by Maharashtra (68,275 IT returns) and Tamil Nadu (44,618)
A total of 412,278 IT returns were filed at the various post offices across the country. The finance ministry has decided to process the returns centrally so that refunds are made faster. Meanwhile representations have been received by the government from the Income Tax Employees Federation and Income tax Gazetted Officers Association with regard to their opposition to outsourcing of work of the Income-tax Department.
The state wise break up of IT returns filed in post offices is as below:
| Name of the State | Number of Tax Returns received |
| Andhra Pradesh | 16,006 |
| Assam | 919 |
| Bihar | 9,162 |
| Chhatisgarh | 4,077 |
| Delhi | 74,824 |
| Gujarat (including Daman and Diu) | 9,026 |
| Haryana | 6,019 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 3,352 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 1,100 |
| Jharkhand | 20,598 |
| Karnataka | 29,335 |
| Kerala | 31,016 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 14,081 |
| Maharashtra | 68,275 |
| Goa | 1,285 |
| Meghalaya | 23 |
| Tripura | 49 |
| Manipur | 08 |
| Mizoram | 30 |
| Arunanchal | 83 |
| Nagaland | 0 |
| Orissa | 4,144 |
| Punjab | 10,627 |
| Rajasthan | 24,630 |
| Tamilnadu | 44,618 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 18,846 |
| Uttaranchal | 4,714 |
| West Bengal | 8,134 |
| Sikkim | 138 |
| Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 142 |
| Total | 4,12,278 |