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Finance : Examining the economic impact of agri-commodity trade under FTAs. Wheat trade case study highlights supply-demand equilibrium, inf...
Corporate Law : Explore the reality of women in leadership. Legal mandates like SEBI and Companies Act aim for diversity, but true inclusion deman...
Finance : The economic management of every country be it developed from the developing state, taxation is an important subject but in the de...
Corporate Law : A study on Bangalore’s auto component SMEs explores how innovation enhances competitiveness, impacts employment growth, and its ...
Goods and Services Tax : Women often pay more for personal care, clothing, and financial services due to the Pink Tax. Learn about gender-based pricing and...
Corporate Law : CBI dismantles a virtual asset-backed cybercrime network defrauding German nationals, arresting key accused and recovering digital...
Finance : Explore trends in India's household savings, liabilities as a percentage of GDP, and measures for the middle class in the Union Bu...
Corporate Law : जानें उत्तर प्रदेश बार काउंसिल की 2025 साक्षात्कार ...
Finance : India has extradition treaties with 48 countries. Details of loan and tax offenders and extradition arrangements were shared in th...
Excise Duty : Govt clarifies tax increase on tobacco products, citing changes in excise duty on cigarettes and GST rules. Revenue funds overall ...
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 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...
Corporate Law : Get clarity on GPF interest exceeding 5 lakhs. Learn about revised provisions & implications for government servants' GPF subscrip...
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 […]
Economic growth decelerates to 6.7 per cent in 2008-09 compared to 9 per cent in 2007-08 and 9.7 per cent in 2006-07. Per capita growth at 4.6 per cent. Deceleration in growth spread across all sectors except mining and quarrying; agriculture growth falls from 4.9 per cent in 2007-08 to 1.6 per cent 2008-09. Manufacturing […]
The government is likely to come up with export sops for the domestic textiles industry in the upcoming Budget, including a rise in duty drawback rates. The over $55-billion industry, one of the three largest foreign exchange earners along side IT and gems and jewellery, is not keeping pace with the government’s projections for the current […]
The UPA is back at a time faced with economic slowdown and hence, an immediate agenda of economic revival. The Small & Medium Enterprises (SME) is one of the high growth sector with over 40% contribution to the industrial production. Given the high potential of SMEs to develop entrepreneurial skills, generate employment as well as […]
The days of spot prices of gold differing from one city to another will soon be over. The launch of the Indian Bullion Market Association, which will represent the Indian bullion trade and industry, will ensure the country now has a uniform price of the yellow metal. The association, jointly promoted by National Spot Exchange […]
