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Free Webinar: Analysis of 10 Recent Income Tax Judgments in Favour of Assessee

July 1, 2024 2166 Views 0 comment Print

Join our free webinar on July 7 at 5 PM for insights into 10 recent High Court income tax judgments favoring assessees. Expert analysis by CA Dipak Dama.

Measures to Protect & Promote Domestic Steel Industry Against Cheap Steel Imports

February 6, 2017 771 Views 0 comment Print

The Ministry of Steel has brought cold reduced low carbon sheets and strips and cold rolled strips under the quality control order vide order dated 18th December 2015.

12 Steps To Reduce Road Accidents By 50 Percent by Year 2020

February 6, 2017 822 Views 0 comment Print

Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has taken a number of steps to prevent road accidents as per details mentioned under: i. The Government has approved a National Road Safety Policy. This Policy outlines various policy measures such as promoting awareness, encouraging safer road infrastructure including application of intelligent transport, enforcement of safety laws trauma care etc.

Steps Taken to Encourage Use of Digital Payment at Petrol Stations

February 6, 2017 1077 Views 1 comment Print

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has taken the following steps/actions to encourage consumers for use of digital payment methods at various petrol pumps in the country to promote cashless transactions –

3.56 Cr fake/duplicate accounts identified for 2015-16 under PAHAL

February 6, 2017 1176 Views 0 comment Print

Implementation of PAHAL has resulted in identification of 3.34 crore and 3.56 crore ghost/fake/duplicate accounts during Financial Year 2014-15 and 2015-16 respectively. The total subsidy / under recovery on domestic LPG during the financial years 2014-15 and 2015-16 was Rs. 40569 crore and Rs 16074 crore, respectively.

Employees Enrolment Campaign, 2017 to expand EPF Ambit

February 6, 2017 996 Views 0 comment Print

To bring in more employees from public and private sector into the ambit of Employees’ Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), an Employees’ Enrolment Campaign, 2017 has been launched for the period 01.01.2017 to 31.03.2017.

50 lacs Universal Account Number allotted to Construction Workers

February 6, 2017 837 Views 0 comment Print

Universal Account Number (UAN) allotted to construction workers is over 50 lakhs as on 17.01.2017. The Government has enacted the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 and the Building and other Construction Workers’ Welfare Cess Act, 1996 to regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and other construction workers and to provide for their safety, health and welfare measures.

Rationalisation of Labour Laws

February 6, 2017 2337 Views 0 comment Print

Reforms in labour laws are an ongoing process to update legislative system to address the need of the hour and to make them more effective and contemporary to the emerging economic and industrial scenario.

India / Austria Sign Protocol amending India-Austria Double Taxation Avoidance Convention

February 6, 2017 753 Views 0 comment Print

India and Austria signed a Protocol amending the existing Convention between the two countries for Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with respect to Taxes on Income here today. The Protocol was signed by Shri Sushil Chandra, Chairman CBDT on behalf of India and Mr. Georg Zehetner, Charge d’ Affaires, Embassy of Austria on behalf of Austria.

Post demonetization Cashless transaction to milk producers/farmers increases to 72.25%

February 6, 2017 681 Views 0 comment Print

Percentage of milk producers/farmers with bank accounts increase from 49.27% to 63.42% after demonetization Cashless transaction to milk producers/farmers increases from 23.82% to 72.25% after demonetization Consequent upon the Central Governments decisions of demonetization, certain unintended impacts have been observed especially in the sectors thriving upon sheer cash transactions. In this regard, non-availability of funds […]

RBI releases revised draft directions on Commercial Papers (CPs)

February 6, 2017 1146 Views 0 comment Print

Commercial Papers (CPs) were introduced to enable corporate borrowers to diversify their sources of short-term borrowings as also to provide an additional instrument to investors.

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