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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...
Recommendations of Technology advisory Group for Unique Projects (TAGUP) Accepted in Principle -New Series of Coins with the Rupee Symbol to be issued
This budget meets all the challenges that our economy and our polity faces in the next fiscal year. We need to sustain a high rate of growth and therefore this budget builds upon the good performance of the current fiscal year’s 8.6 % growth rate to a projected 9% growth rate for which adequate provisions have been made particularly in the area of infrastructure and in social sector plus agricultural development.
Exemption limit for the general category of individual taxpayers enhanced from 1,60,000 to and 1, 80,000 giving uniform tax relief of 2,060. Exemption limit enhanced and qualifying age reduced for senior citizens from 65 years to 60 years. From Rs. 2,40,000 to Rs. 2,50,000/-
Section 282 in respect of Document Identification number has been omitted. Section 194LA had been introduced which deals with TDS of FIIs investment in Infrastructure debt fund @ 5%. In section 115-0, the benefit of DDT exemption to SEZ developer & SEZ units has been omitted. Now they have to pay DDT on their declared dividends.
(i) Proposals aimed at moving towards Goods and Service Tax. (a) The Point of Taxation Rules, 2011 have been made effective from 01.04.2011 whereby the point of taxation for service tax has been shifted from receipt basis to accrual basis. Though the move is a precursor to the proposed GST, it requires to be revisited in view of the fact that many assessees maintain books on cash basis as income tax also recognizes cash basis of accounting. Further, when goods can be reclaimed service cannot be taken back.
OPPORTUNITIES Swift and broad based growth in 2010-11 has put the economy back to its pre-crisis growth trajectory. Fiscal consolidation has been impressive. Significant progress in critical institutional reforms that would set the pace for double-digit growth in the near future. Dynamism in the rural economy due to scaled up flow of resources to the […]
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee presented the Union Budget 2011-12 in Parliament on Monday. While the finance minister made the tax payers slightly happy by raising the exemption limit to Rs 180,000, he made many others unhappy. So what has been the impact of this Budget on your daily life? Find out how what’s cheaper and what’s costlier after the Budget.
Direct Taxes – Exemption limit for the general category of individual taxpayers enhanced from 1,60,000 to Rs. 1,80,000 giving uniform tax relief of Rs. 2,000. Exemption limit enhanced for Senior Citizen to Rs 250000 and qualifying age reduced for senior citizens from 65 to 60 Years.
Direct tax sops to result in Rs 11,500 cr net revenue loss Investment-linked deductions for fertilisers and developers of affordable housing Low withholding tax of 5% for notified infra funds Foreign dividend tax rate cut to 15% for Indian companies Total plan expenditure will go up 100% in nominal terms in the next year
Madam Speaker, I rise to present the Union Budget for 2011-12. We are reaching the end of a remarkable fiscal year. In a globalised world with its share of uncertainties and rapid changes, this year brought us some opportunities and many challenges as we moved ahead with steady steps on the chosen path of fiscal […]
