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The Minister for Corporate Affairs has said that as per information available in his Ministry, 135 Multinational Pharma companies are operating in India through their subsidiaries. Giving this information in written reply to a question in the Lok Sab Full Article

The Directorate of Currency has been set up in the Ministry of Finance as a permanent body to monitor and review the efficacy of the existing security features in the currency notes, study best practices prevailing in other countries, drive and fund research and Development (R&D) on continuous basis and act as a clearing house on research on the subject. Full Article

Ahead of Budget, an industry body has suggested government a slew of measures to boost industrial growth, including simplification of tax procedures, rationalisation of direct taxes and reduction in Minimum Alternative Tax (MAT). ‘Rationalisation in direct taxes is among the critical policy instruments with which government can help manufacturing sector consolidate its positions not only to mitigate the effects of global slowdown, but also to facilitate its transition.. Full Article

The income attributable to the operations of developing/producing breeder seeds or hybrid germplasm or parent hybrid seed containing desired traits cannot be treated as agricultural income and should be treated as business income. Full Article

The Finance Bill, 2009 has introduced changes in the provisions relating to deduction for scientific expenditure incurred by an assessee in connection with his business. Clause 12 of the Finance Bill, 2009 proposes to substitute the following words in sub-section 2AB of section 35 of the Income-tax Act: Full Article

India can surpass China as a global production hub for consumer durables with rationalisation of tax structure and policy support from the government, says a study by industry body Ficci and financial consultancy company PricewaterhouseCoopers. The study suggested tax rebates for high-end technology companies that set up research and development centres in India . Full Article