The Government of India has taken up a series of measures to improve Ease of Doing Business. The emphasis has been on simplification and rationalization of the existing rules and introduction of information technology to make governance more efficient and effective. The measures taken are:
Notification No. 81/2015 – Customs (N.T.) Dated the 20th August, 2015 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962), and in super session of the notification of the Central Board of Excise & Customs No.73/2015-CUSTOMS (N.T.), dated 6th August, 2015, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Board of Excise & Customs hereby determines that the rate of exchange of conversion of each of the foreign currencies specified in column (2) of each of Schedule I and Schedule II annexed hereto, into Indian currency or vice versa
Atal Pension Yojana (APY) Modified to Increase the Acceptability of the Scheme Amongst Informal Sector Workers and Make the Scheme More Viable; Subscribers Would Now Have an Option to Make the Contribution on a Monthly, Quarterly, Half Yearly Basis Instead of on a Monthly Basis Earlier; Discontinuation of Payment of Contribution Provision Substantially Modified in […]
The Government has asked banks to achieve weekly targets set for the purpose of enabling Jeevan Pramaan – an Aadhaar-based Digital Life Certification system for Pensioners so as to cover at least 50% in next 2-3 weeks. Pensioners can approach their paying branches with the PPO, Aadhaar card and bank pass book for trouble-free seeding of Pensioners’ Aadhaar number in their bank account.
A Web-Based Portal VIZ. Vidya Lakshmi (www.vidyalakshmi.co.in) Launched for Students Seeking Educational Loans; First Portal of Its Kind Providing Single Window for Students to Access Information and Make Application for Educational Loans Provided by Banks as well as for Government Scholarships
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the signing and ratification of the agreement between India and Seychelles for exchange of information with respect to taxes. The Agreement will stimulate the flow of exchange of information between India and Seychelles for tax purposes, which will help curb tax evasion […]
This is to inform that a few emails received by the Deductors and Taxpayers have been brought to the attention of the Centralized Processing Cell (TDS), which claim to have been originated from CPC (TDS) and may have been triggered by the sender of those emails with a mala fide intent. To avoid any inconvenience […]
Why should anyone keep money abroad? All the more when they have to pay heavy amount just to park their funds outside India particularly in Swiss Bank as they charge hefty amounts even for a deposit. That essentially means that only those having undisclosed source of income popularly known as black money would be relying upon such costly options.
1. Is Reserve Bank of India a Temporary Bank ? 2. Do you need to have an aircraft pilot license for flying a Kite? India’s repertoire of laws that don’t work-the bizarre, the weird, the irrelevant and the absurd-seems infinite. They are not necessarily bad laws, just obsolete as smoke belching steam engines. But, beware, they are all ‘live’ laws that can theoretically be moved in court.
In an unprecedented move, the recent concluded council meeting has taken back its decision of the 338th Special Council Meeting prohibiting the members for tendering in the exclusive areas of practice of chartered accountants like audit and attestation services. The decision of taken back has been taken in totality so the regulator has opened up […]
