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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:

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  • Jun 15
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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:

As salaried taxpayers gear up for this year’s return, four checkpoints deserve special attention. First, reconcile everything—Form 16, Form 26AS, and the Annual Information Statement—to ensure that salary, TDS, interest, and investment income match the pre-filled data on the portal. Any mismatch, however small, can trigger automated notices. Second, decide early whether you will opt for the old regime’s deductions or the lower-rate new regime; last-minute flip-flops can complicate your computation and delay refunds. Third, remember that exempt allowances (HRA, LTA) and deductions (80C, 80D, HRA, home-loan interest) only carry weight if you have documentary proof—rent receipts, premium receipts, and loan statements should be scanned and stored. Finally, disclose all other income—interest from savings, FDs, and even small capital gains; omitting “minor” amounts is the fastest way to invite scrutiny.Equally critical is the post-filing housekeeping. Pay any remaining self-assessment tax before submitting the return to avoid Section 234A/234B interest, and e-verify within 30 days or the filing is treated as invalid. If errors crop up in the AIS—say, a bank has reported interest twice—use the feedback mechanism immediately so the rectified data flows into the return. Keep digital copies of your filed ITR, acknowledgment, and supporting proofs for at least six years; if you switch jobs mid-year, maintain salary slips and TDS certificates from both employers to avoid double taxation on allowances. A clean, well-documented return is still the cheapest insurance against future tax headaches.

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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:

The lone survival of passenger Ramesh Vishwakumar—who walked from the wreckage with head injuries—offers investigators a rare eyewitness account: he reports an explosion before the aircraft lost altitude, a detail that could prove crucial in determining whether a catastrophic engine failure or fuel-line rupture triggered the crash. His testimony, corroborated by the rapid onset of fire and debris pattern, aligns with early indications of an in-flight emergency rather than pilot error on rotation. Vishwakumar’s A11 seat location may also help analysts map survivable zones within the cabin and refine future evacuation protocols.Tragically, the crash claimed the life of former Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and inflicted additional casualties when the aircraft struck a medical-college hostel, injuring dozens of resident doctors and killing three students. This secondary impact underscores the urgent need for stricter zoning around flight paths and more robust urban-planning buffers near airports. As relief teams stabilise victims and forensic units recover flight data recorders, attention must now turn to systemic lessons: maintenance oversight, fuel-safety procedures, and real-time air-traffic protocols that can avert similar disasters in India’s rapidly expanding aviation sector.

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Home Minister Amit Shah’s briefing on the Ahmedabad crash underscores the grim physics that dictated its outcome: with 125,000 litres of fuel aboard, post-impact temperatures rose so rapidly that rescue teams had virtually no window to extract survivors. Shah detailed how central and state agencies mobilised in minutes—shutting airport operations, rushing fire brigades, and setting up a hotline—yet the sheer intensity of the blaze meant only one passenger could be pulled out alive. His emphasis on DNA-based identification for nearly all victims signals both the scale of the tragedy and the administration’s resolve to provide families with certainty and proper last rites.Operationally, the government now faces three immediate tasks: completing a thousand-plus DNA tests to match remains with anxious relatives, supporting foreign nationals’ families through diplomatic channels, and cooperating fully with aviation investigators to pinpoint the mechanical or procedural failure behind the MAYDAY call. Politically, Shah’s swift arrival and transparent updates aim to project accountability and empathy, crucial for sustaining public trust after India’s deadliest aviation disaster in recent memory. The speed and coordination of the response will be scrutinised alongside findings from the black boxes—lessons that must translate into stricter maintenance protocols and emergency-response drills across the country’s rapidly expanding aviation network.

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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:

In any aircraft accident, the black boxes—the Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and the Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR)—are the investigation’s bedrock. Housed in crash-survivable, flame-resistant orange casings, these devices capture a micro-history of the flight: the FDR logs hundreds of parameters such as altitude, engine thrust, control-surface positions, and trajectory, while the CVR preserves the last two hours of cockpit conversation, radio calls, and aural warnings. Together, they reveal whether a disaster stemmed from mechanical failure, human error, weather, or a combination of factors. Because modern jets carry multiple redundant systems, piecing together the split-second chain of events often requires syncing CVR dialogue—“engine flame-out,” “stall warning,” or even silence—with the data spikes and drops recorded by the FDR.Recovering and decoding these recorders is therefore the first priority after search-and-rescue. Investigators use specialised “read-out” labs to extract raw data, then recreate the flight path in high-resolution simulations. Findings influence everything from emergency-procedure revisions to hardware redesigns. In recent years, recommendations drawn from black-box evidence have led to mandatory terrain-awareness systems, new pilot-training modules, and redesigned cockpit switches. Put simply, each black box is not just a silent witness but a future-saving instrument: the truths it contains ensure that tragedies translate into tangible reforms, making the next flight safer for everyone.

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🖋️ From the desk of Abhijeet Rane:

The tragic crash of Air India flight AI171—a Boeing 787-8 carrying 242 people—within minutes of take-off from Ahmedabad is a gut-wrenching reminder that even the newest generations of wide-body jets are not immune to catastrophic failure. Preliminary accounts point to a sudden loss of altitude, a MAYDAY call, and an impact in a densely populated residential quarter, amplifying the human toll. The fact that the aircraft had recently undergone refurbishment will put engineering and maintenance records under a microscope, while cockpit voice and flight-data recorders will be key to determining whether mechanical malfunction, bird strike, or a critical systems failure triggered the disaster. The swift suspension of airport operations and rapid mobilisation of emergency services reflect lessons learned from past incidents, yet early casualty figures suggest that the crash site’s proximity to BJ Medical College housing has compounded the devastation.

Beyond the immediate rescue and investigation, this incident will reverberate across India’s civil-aviation ecosystem. Air India—still rebuilding its reputation under Tata Group—now faces another tough test of crisis management, passenger outreach, and regulatory scrutiny. For the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, the crash underscores the urgency of tightening oversight amid the country’s aggressive fleet expansion. Politically, senior leaders’ quick engagement signals the government’s recognition that air-safety failures carry national and international ramifications. The priority now is transparent, fact-driven reporting to restore public confidence, compassionate support for victims’ families, and a thorough, independent probe whose findings translate into actionable safety upgrades across all Indian carriers.

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