File Taxes the Paper-free Way - Go Green
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Realising the importance of conserving energy, protecting the environment and curtailing emissions, Corporates and citizens alike have realized their responsibility towards making the world greener and healthier to live in. This brings our focus on the heavy felling of trees and deforestation. The fact is that paper and pulp is the single largest industrial consumer of forests. Paper is produced by cutting trees; and the resultant deterioration of greenery impacts the environment adversely.
Moreover, if you consider the chemical process used for pulp production, the bleaching process to whiten the pulp, and finally, the pollution created through the disposal of paper in landfills, office paper consumption is anything but "green".
Research predicts office paper consumption increasing by 20% per year. Not only does this wastage have an environmental impact, but major costs can be attributed to both the purchasing and disposal of paper, not to mention the business inefficiencies associated with paper-dependent processes. This paper dependency brings with it high storage costs and reduced productivity associated with filing and retrieving documents. It is our responsibility to reduce paper consumption through effective utilization of the internet technology to improve business efficiency and save costs, and respond to the environmental concerns associated with paper consumption. |
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Today, in spite of going digital, documents need to be printed if they need to be signed. By using e-Mudhra digital signatures, you get the benefits of a process that is completely online. The documents are created electronically, executed electronically, transferred electronically and ultimately stored electronically, resulting in an entirely electronic and paperless transaction.
e-Mudhra advocates a greener and safer world, enabling easy, convenient, and secure end-to-end fulfilment through online digital documentation and processing that is legally binding. In addition to other uses, e-Mudhra achieves this in the area of income tax filing; by helping you sign your return digitally, using Government-approved e-Mudhra digital signature certificates that ensure non-repudiation of the digitally signed documents. You can file your return using e-Mudhra digital signature by choosing the Taxsmile Gold efiling plan. |
Bottom line: this translates into Great Savings today and much more potential savings tomorrow.
A Win-Win situation, for sure.
Year by year trend of paper consumption per person in India:
Do you want to live in desert…..?
Consumption of paper in India is set to double from the current 5 million tonnes per annum in the next eight years, according to Indian Paper Manufacturers Association (IPMA). Study shows on an average a person living in India uses 5 kg of paper per year. That means throughout our life time on an average one person uses 350 kg of paper. And if we calculate further, in one year in India, the total consumption of paper will be approx 5136000 tonnes costing us 87312000 trees…
How far are we now from desert ….???
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| How to save the trees
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- Use digital signature (www.e-mudhra.com) to sign documents and transfer them safely through electronic media.
- Send documents via e-mail or e-fax
- Buy recycled paper,
- Check your work to avoid printing copies that have to be thrown away
- Don’t throw away your misprints, keep it as draft paper
- Avoid printing out single line e-mails or unnecessary copies of documents
- Make use of double-sided printing
- Avoid printed envelope labels, and print directly on to the envelope
- Do not pick up paper napkins in cafés.
- Ask yourself: do I need to print this? If yes, use both sides of the paper.
- Re-use paper bags
- Re-use envelopes and make your own cards.
- Ask your boss to buy recycled paper for your workplace.
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| Pulp facts
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- Deforestation caused by paper production is thought to be a bigger cause of global warming than transport.
- Each person in the India gets through 5 kg (approx.) of paper a year. The worst offenders are the Finns at 333kg. The average Somalian uses 20g.
- It is a myth that most paper comes from sustainable sources. Seventy per cent of it comes from natural forests.
- Around 75 per cent of the paper for magazines is production wastage and is never read.
- Advertisers know that 99.7 per cent of recipients of junk mail throw it away unread. They think it's worth it for the 0.3 per cent who might.
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