The federal character of the Indian Constitution is one of its the salient features however, the term Federation has not been incorporated anywhere in the Constitution of India. The Indian Constitution provides for a structure of governance, which is essentially federal in nature.
The demarcation of power in the respective lists clearly shows the intention of constitution makers that all states must be free to adjust the rate of the sales tax according to their respective requirements. Earlier
Evolution of disruptive technologies is fast shipping the global economies or should we say, rewriting the rules of global businesses. Disruptive technologies are not only creating new products, services, business models but also providing vast amount of data for carrying out various analysis from different perspectives suitable to a variety of users and purposes.
Now, in the GST Regime, the service of transportation of goods by a vessel from a place outside India up to the customs station of Clearance in India (Import Ocean Freight) is taxable @ 5% (IGST) by virtue of Notification 8/2017 – IGST (Rate) dt. 28th June 2017 read with the IGST Act, 2017 & relevant provisions of CGST Act, 2017.
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented by the government of India on 1/7/17. India joined the likes of Australia, Brazil. The Government claims that it is a historical tax reform since independence. It was hailed by Flipkart’s chairman as a step which will financially unite the country.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested two Directors of Kolkata based private company in an on-going investigation of a bank fraud case to the tune of Rs.515.15 crore(approx).
Punjab National Bank (PNB) has taken many IT initiatives. Bank has computerized 100% of its branches and has implemented a Centralized Banking Solution with Data Centre at New Delhi and Disaster Recovery Site at Mumbai.
Whether local cable operators to whom signals of cable TV are provided by the applicant as MSO are agents of the applicants for the purpose of liability to GST of the applicants on services provided by LCO to the end customers?
Environmental crimes, in relation to import & export include: Illegal dumping of hazardous waste, electronic waste, including chemicals in India. Illegal import / export of plants and animal species; Smuggling of “Ozone Depleting Substances (ODSs)”; Smuggling of any other environmental pollutant (any solid, liquid or gaseous substance present in such concentration, as may be, or tend to be, injurious to environment);
While the year 2017 saw global trade expansion as a consequence of acceleration in global trade growth in the first six months of the year, India’s slow growth of trade has been a concern. Many are attributing this short term down turn as a negative fallout from the reforms – Demonetization and Goods and Service Tax (GST).
