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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...
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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...
Mauritius Treaty – A Joint Working Group (JWG) was constituted in 2006 for the purpose of renegotiating the Direct Taxation Avoidance Convention with Mauritius and its last meeting was held in 2008. Thereafter, India has successfully used the mechanism of the Peer Review Group (PRG) of the Global Forum for Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes – of which India is Vice Chair – to leverage arguments with the Mauritian side to be more open in furnishing tax related information to India.
Government of India has evolved a Scheme named Rajiv Gandhi Adhivakta Prashikshan Yojna (Rajiv Gandhi Advocate’s Training Scheme) to be launched on 27 June, 2011. The Scheme envisages selection of 10 young practicing Advocates from each State every year for being imparted professional training. This initiative is in sync with the Supreme Court directive in the case of State of Maharashtra vs Manubhai Pragaji Vashi (1995) 5 SCC 730 where the Court had observed that continuing and well organised legal education is absolutely essential reckoning the new trends in the world order and to meet the ever-growing challenges.
About 47.5 lakh domestic helps would soon get medical insurance benefits under the Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) with the Union Cabinet approving the proposal on Thursday. The scheme, which envisages smart card-based cashless health insurance cover of up to Rs. 30,000 under any empanelled hospital anywhere in the country, was approved by the Cabinet at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
Emphasising on the need to boost growth in the manufacturing sector, Bharat Forge Chairman and Managing Director Baba Kalyani today expressed hope that the soon-to-be-announced manufacturing policy would give an impetus to the sector.
India is likely to allow foreign individuals to invest in mutual funds in the next two weeks but with a cumulative cap of USD 10 billion, an official said today. The detailed guidelines are being worked out jointly by the finance ministry, RBI and Sebi. These will be notified by the capital market regulator, the Finance Ministry official said.
A BILL to provide access to financial services for the rural and urban poor and certain disadvantaged sections of the people by promoting the growth and development of micro finance institutions as extended arms of the banks and financial institutions and for the regulation of micro finance institutions and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
With the losses of oil firms mounting with each passing day, Oil Minister S Jaipal Reddy today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to push for an early decision on raising diesel and domestic LPG prices. An Empowered Group of Ministers (EGoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, which decides on revising rates of the sensitive products, has not met since June last year even though crude oil prices have spiralled upward by about 50 per cent.
Trade Notice No. 10 – Reference is invited to Trade No.9 dated 13.5.2011 on the above subject. The Second Meeting of the ‘Committee to review the Scheme of the deemed export’ was held on 3rd June, 2011. The Committee in this meeting has decided to seek the views of all stakeholders by giving them another opportunity of submitting suggestions in 15 days. Thus, those interested in sending their suggestions may do so by sending an e-mail to [email protected] with a copy to [email protected] within 15 days from the date of this Trade Notice. It would be appreciated if contact details are also mentioned in the e-mail.
Ministry of Railways have decided that the Income Certificate issued by Members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) of various States and Union Territories will also be accepted for issue of “Izzat’ monthly Season Tickets (MSTs) for the benefit of persons working in unorganized sectors. This provision will be effective from 1st July, 2011. This facility will be in addition to the five kinds of certificates already permitted under the ‘Izzat’ Scheme.
Millions of people suffer from discrimination in the world of work which not only violates a basic human right but has wider social and economic consequences. Discrimination stifles opportunities wasting the human talent needed for economic progress and accentuates social tensions and inequalities. Combating discrimination is an essential part of promoting Decent Work, and success on this front is felt well beyond the workplace.” Shri Prabhat C. Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment said this while speaking at the 100th session of the International Labour Conference on Friday 10th June, 2011at Geneva.
