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Finance : The scheme provides financial incentives for new, expanded, and upgraded hospitality projects. Key takeaway: investors can reduce ...
Corporate Law : This explains how stringent organized crime laws can conflict with due process rights like fair trial and liberty. It highlights t...
Corporate Law : The issue highlights constitutional protections alongside broad detention powers. The takeaway is that procedural safeguards must ...
Income Tax : The issue is whether foreign businesses without offices in China must comply with tax laws. The key takeaway is that activities an...
Corporate Law : The law granting special powers to armed forces was upheld, but courts emphasized that such powers are not absolute. Safeguards li...
Corporate Law : The law removes criminal penalties for minor compliance breaches and replaces them with monetary fines. It holds that reducing cri...
Finance : The Government clarified that despite rupee depreciation, strong forex reserves and export competitiveness offset risks. The overa...
Finance : The Government is actively reviewing the economic impact of the West Asia conflict on oil prices and supply chains. Coordinated me...
Corporate Law : The document outlines essential lease terms like rent, tenure, and obligations. The key takeaway is that LOI sets the foundation f...
Corporate Law : The reform addresses fraudulent activities in cooperative societies by introducing stricter governance and audit mechanisms. It en...
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 : The issue concerns revision of Dearness Relief rates for pensioners. The government increased DR from 58% to 60% effective January...
Corporate Law : The Coastal Shipping Bill, 2024, introduced in Lok Sabha, aims to regulate coastal trade, boost domestic participation, and enhanc...
Corporate Law : The Ministry of Agriculture announces revised guidelines for the AMI Sub-scheme of ISAM, effective from November 10, 2024, for new...
Corporate Law : The Central Government increases minimum wage rates by revising the Variable Dearness Allowance, effective October 1, 2024, aiding...
Corporate Law : MHA issues guidelines to ensure nondiscriminatory prison visitation rights for LGBTQ+ community, emphasizing equal treatment in al...
Long before the UPA Government came to office in 2004, coal blocks were being allotted under the prevailing law that is the Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973. The allotment of coal blocks was only through a mechanism whereby applications were received and scrutinized by an inter-ministerial Screening Committee, which included representatives of the State Governments, where the coal block was situated. The same system was followed by the UPA Government since 2004. The process of inviting applications and their processing was done in a completely transparent manner involving the relevant stakeholders/ Governments. Most importantly, not a single coal block was allotted without the consent of the State Government concerned.
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to amend the title of the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979 to ‘Inter State Migrant Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979’ by introducing a Bill, namely the Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2011 (Appendix-III) (page 6 to 7) in the ensuing session of Parliament.
Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee will meet with the Chief Executive Officers of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) and Financial Institutions tomorrow in the national capital. During the meeting, the Finance Minister will do the annual review of Public Sector Banks’ performance in different sectors including flow of agriculture credit, Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) credit, disbursement of housing loans and education loans among others.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee said that during the global financial crisis of 2008, our GDP growth rate lowered to 6.8 per cent in 2008-09 but the economy rallied back with an 8 per cent growth in 2009-10. Shri Mukherjee said that the overall GDP growth in 2010-11 was estimated at 8.5 per cent and there is no reason why this momentum cannot be maintained in fiscal 2011-12 and improved further in the coming years.
In a major exercise to boost its profitability, the Department of Posts (DoP) plans to introduce core banking solution besides setting up India Post ATMs and debit cards for its customers. We have set target of bringing in core banking solution by 2012. It will ensure smooth online transactions. We are giving some e-payment services, but they are fragmented, a top offical from Department of Post said.
A Committee to Review Implementation of Informal Sector Pension was constituted under the Chairmanship of Shri G N Bajpai former Chairman, SEBI, LIC and also member of PFRDA NPS Trust. The Committee has submitted its report on 1st July, 2011. The report is accessible on http://pfrda.org.in/indexmain.asp?linkid=180. Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority( PFRDA) is inviting public comments and stakeholder’s views, before finalizing policy initiatives that require action as per recommendations of the Committee.
To strengthen the capacity of gram panchayats and municipalities in Kerala, an IDA credit of US$200 million was signed between the Government of India and the World Bank in Thiruvananthapuram yesterday. The Kerala Local Government and Service Delivery Project will fund improvements in local infrastructure to help Kerala usher in second-generation reforms towards greater decentralization at the local level.
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee has said that the direct transfer of subsidies on LPG, Fertiliser and Kerosene will help in curbing pilferage and leakages. He was speaking on the occasion of submission of the Interim Report of the Task Force on Direct Transfer of Subsidies by the Chairman of the Task Force and Chairman, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Shri Nandan Nilekani, here today. The interim report recommends an implementable solution, in a phased manner, for direct transfer of subsidies on LPG, Fertiliser and Kerosene.
The outstanding balances of 11.50 % Loan, 2011 is repayable at par on August 5, 2011 and no interest will accrue there on from the said date. In the event of a holiday being declared on August 5, 2011 by any State Government under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, the Loan will be repaid by the paying offices in that State on the previous working day.
The Committee appointed by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, to draft a New Legislation replacing the existing Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, presented the final draft of the new law, “The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2011”, to Shri Mukul Wasnik, Minister for Social Justice and Empowerment. The proposed law seeks to repeal the Persons with Disabilities Act of 1995 and to replace it with a comprehensive rights based law in accordance with the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
