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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...
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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...
Actor Emraan Hashmi, who was refused an NOC to buy a flat in Nibbana housing society at Pali Hill allegedly because he was a Muslim, has one more quarter to turn to for help. The model bye-laws framed by the state government under the Maharashtra Cooperative Societies Act hold that a person does not require a no objection certificate (NOC) from the society at the time of transfer of a flat.
Government does not propose to change the method of calculation of Inflation based on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), which is being published on weekly basis regularly since 1947. According to available information, 157 countries use the Consumer Price Index (CPI) to track inflation, while the WPI is used by 24 countries including India.
In a first, the government is considering a revamp of the legal system by giving more powers and responsibilities to the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT), a quasi-judicial body, which currently only settles disputes in capital market transactions. The thinking within the government is that SAT’s role needs to be widened and should deal with appeals against insurance […]
The government has withdrawn tax benefits enjoyed by consortia of foreign and Indian engineering firms undertaking infrastructure projects, in a move that may hit the sector plagued by severe capacity deficit. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has withdrawn a 20-year-old instruction that provided tax exemption and lower tax rates to foreign firms setting up […]
The Competition Act, 2002 inter-alia provides for regulation of combinations in accordance with the provisions contained therein. However, the provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 relating to regulation of combinations, including mergers and amalgamations have not yet come into force as the same have not been notified. This information was given today by Shri Salman Khurshid, […]
Even after three months of the Competition Commission of India (CCI) coming into force, its predecessor, the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission (MRTPC) is continuing to accept fresh cases on a daily basis. Complainants are continuing to show a preference for MRTPC to the CCI, which is a costlier option for the common man and follows […]
Circular No: 20/IRDA/Actl/ULIP/09-10 Sub: Unit linked products – Cap on charges The Insurance Industry has introduced ULIPs which have found favour with insurance customers in India. These products prescribe certain charges which are deducted either from contributions or from the fund. In 2005, the IRDA had in its Circular No.032/IRDA/Actuary/DEC-2005 dated 21/12/2005 defined various charges […]
`Happy to help you’ may remind you of the famous ad of a private telecom services company, but the Income Tax (I-T) department is also eager to tell large corporate taxpayers roughly the same thing.So, client executives and relationship managers — so far confined to the private sector and especially service providers — have now made an entry into the tax department, too.
Service tax levied on law firm Custom duty on gold re-imposed Customs duty to be reduced on drugs for heart treatment No new tax on edible oil imports 4 per cent excise duty on cotton products restored Customs duty on bio-diesel reduced Life saving devices on heart condition exempted from custom duty Small business exempt […]
Excise duty on fibre for cheaper cloth reduced service tax to be levied on law firms Excise duty on petrol-driven small trucks reduced to 10% Exemption of duty on goods made at construction sites restored Drugs for heart diseases to become cheaper Customs duty on gold and silver import increased Mobile phone accessories to become […]
