Bhubaneswar, Nov 13: In a bid to bring service delivery closer to the doorstep of pensioners under the policy initiative of 5T and Mo Sarkar especially during the challenging times of Covid-19 pandemic, State government has introduce a facility for pensioner/ family pensioners through which they can download Form-16 (income tax) from IFMS portal for the tax deducted by the treasury from their pension. “This will help the pensioner/ family pensioners to file their income tax return without physically visiting the treasuries for collection of Form-16. This will be applicable for all pensioners/family pensioners of State government and aided educational institutions drawing pension from treasuries within the State of Odisha.,” read a release of Finance department. “ In case the pensioner/ family pensioners face any difficulty in downloading his /her Form-16 from IFMS portal, he/she may contact the respective Treasury Officer over telephone/email to get the Form-16 or email to the Directorate of Treasuries (
[email protected]),” added the release.