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Custom Duty : Instead of a formal signature, some documents are marked with S/d- (an abbreviation for signed) as a form of attestation. This rai...
Corporate Law : Analyze the effectiveness of carbon taxes in combating climate change. Explore the strengths, weaknesses, and alternative strategi...
CA, CS, CMA : New e-waste management rules (G.S.R. 801(E)) effective from April 2023 require registration, responsibility, and reporting for man...
Finance : Explore yoga fitness market trends, retention strategies, and tech innovations. Uncover insights on customer loyalty, VR classes, ...
Corporate Law : Learn about the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) under the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, outlining the obligations f...
Corporate Law : उत्तर प्रदेश बार काउंसिल ने नए अधिवक्ताओं के पंज�...
Finance : Discover the risks of UPI cash deposits, recent transaction statistics, safety measures, and future plans for cross-border UPI int...
Fema / RBI : Details on penalties for not maintaining AMB in savings accounts, criteria for calculation, and government's stance on rationalizi...
Corporate Law : TRAI has released a consultation paper on reviewing Telecom Consumer Protection Regulations 2012, focusing on tariff offerings, vo...
Corporate Law : Govt launches 3 employment schemes: wage support for new workers, incentives for manufacturing jobs, and employer support to boost...
Corporate Law : Supreme Court of India invalidates State VAT amendments made post-GST, citing issues of legislative competence in Telangana, Gujar...
Corporate Law : Kharghar Co-op. Housing Societies Federation Ltd Vs Municipal Commissioner (Bombay High Court) Bombay High Court in the matter of ...
Corporate Law : Calcutta High Court held that computation of award amount without multiplying the amount with the multiplier 13 is unjustifiable....
Corporate Law : Ours being a Welfare State, the respondents who happen to be instrumentalities of the State under Article 12, cannot act arbitrari...
Corporate Law : Held that there is no infringement of copyright as some contents are bound to be similar as teaching given in the Holy Books Quran...
Corporate Law : MHA issues guidelines to ensure nondiscriminatory prison visitation rights for LGBTQ+ community, emphasizing equal treatment in al...
Corporate Law : Get clarity on GPF interest exceeding 5 lakhs. Learn about revised provisions & implications for government servants' GPF subscrip...
Corporate Law : Government of India requests Bar Council to issue Bar Licenses through Digi Locker, enhancing e-governance and e-court integration...
Corporate Law : Government of India announces a 4% increase in Dearness Relief for pensioners effective from January 2024. Details & implications ...
Corporate Law : Explore the Ministry of Commerce & Industrys transformative industrialization scheme, UNNATI 2024, approved by the Cabinet. Incent...
Introduction on Interst Free Banking The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has received references from the India Centre for Islamic Finance for introducing interest-free banking in the country in order to ensure inclusive growth with innovation in accordance with recommendations of the Raghuram Rajan Committee.
The Competition Act is a modern legislation that incorporates all the broadly accepted principles of antitrust, such as provisions prohibiting anti-competitive agreements including cartels and bid rigging, and abuse of dominant position, and regulation of mergers. It has provisions relating to the interface of intellectual property and competition, the leniency tool for cartels, provisions for investigative and inquiry powers, as well as for a whole range of remedies. The objectives of the Act are sought to be achieved through the Competition Commission of India (CCI), which has been established by the Central Government.
It is announced for general information that during the year 2011-2012, accumulations at the credit of subscribers to the General Provident Fund and other similar funds shall carry interest at the rate of 8% (Eight per cent) for the period from 1.4.2011 to 30.11.2011 and 8.6% (eight point six percent) with effect from 1.12.2011. The funds concerned are:—
E-Tickets through Mobile Phone -Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, has launched the scheme for booking Railway e-tickets through mobile phone through its website i.e. irctc.co.in/mobile. The broad features of the schemes are as follow:-
Motor Vehicle Tax (MVT) is being levied in all States and Union Territories (UT) except in the UT of Lakshadweep. There are different bases for computation and different rates, leading to differing incidence of taxes for different categories of vehicles in different States/UTs. Existing tax structures show wide variations among States/UTs due to:
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to release an additional instalment of Dearness Allowance (DA) to central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) to pensioners w.e.f. 1.1.2012 representing an increase of 7% over the existing rate of 58% of the Basic Pay/Pension, to compensate for price rise. The increase is in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on the recommendations of the 6th Central Pay Commission. The combined impact on the exchequer on account of both dearness allowance and dearness relief would be of the order of Rs.7474.53 crore per annum and Rs.8720.32 crore in the financial year 2012-13 (i.e. for a period of 14 months from January, 2012 to February, 2013).
The Law & Justice Minister has said that the proposals to change the names of ‘Bombay High Court’ as the ‘Mumbai High Court’, the ‘Calcutta High Court’ as the ‘Kolkata High Court’ and the ‘Madras High Court’ as the ‘Chennai High Court’ have been received and they are all under consideration of the Government. This […]
On the issue of whether the Government has assessed the likely impact of cancellation of 2G licenses by the Supreme Court, and Foreign Direct Investments ( FDI) in the sector, the Government has said that FDI decisions are based on totality of commercial considerations and it would not be appropriate to discern a link between a judgment of the Supreme Court , and FDI into India. For telecom services Foreign Direct Investment upto 74% is already allowed out of which 49% is through automatic route.
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Shri Mukul Roy has been sworn in as the new Union Railway Minister here today. Prior to this, Shri Roy was the Minister of State for the Ministry of Shipping since 28th May 2009 onwards. He also served earlier as Minister of State for Railways.
