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Corporate Law : The article argues that proposed constitutional amendments would allow Parliament to determine the applicable census for delimitat...
Corporate Law : The U.S. DOJ told a federal court that the criminal case was filed without a realistic prospect of trial. It sought dismissal citi...
Finance : The article explains how AI is reshaping India's IT services industry by automating routine work, forcing companies to transform t...
Corporate Law : Maharashtra Overhauls Co-operative Housing Society Rules: New Norms for Membership, Nomination, Charges, Funds, AGM, Redevelopment...
Finance : Based on the latest CPI-IW data released by the Labour Bureau, the Dearness Allowance for PSU employees has been computed at 55.70...
Corporate Law : NSO has launched the Annual Survey of Incorporated Services Sector Enterprises (ASISSE) to collect comprehensive economic and oper...
Corporate Law : The government has exempted smaller edible oil packs and minor edible oils from standardisation requirements. The exemption is aim...
Finance : The Ministry of Finance has introduced a unified portal to help individuals search for unclaimed bank deposits, insurance claims, ...
Corporate Law : The Sales Tax Bar Association has urged the Bar Council of India and the Law Ministry to permit Advocates to collaborate with non-...
Corporate Law : The Union Cabinet approved ECLGS 5.0 to provide guaranteed emergency credit support to MSMEs, non-MSMEs, and airlines facing liqui...
Corporate Law : The Court held that maintenance charges for common amenities, facilities, and services cannot be based on apartment size when all ...
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 : Standard pack sizes have been recommended for commonly used edible oils to reduce market inconsistencies and assist consumers in c...
Corporate Law : The Office Memorandum increases Dearness Relief rates for CPF beneficiaries and eligible family members under the 5th Central Pay ...
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...
Karnataka Government would soon file an appeal in the Supreme Court challenging its order revoking the ban on export of iron ore, chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa said today. The state would file the appeal outlining the reasons that prompted the BJP Government to impose the ban to check illegal mining and illegal export of iron ore.
A government body has recommended that state-run BSNL should merge its counterpart MTNL and telecom equipment manufacturer ITI with itself, a move that will help turn around the loss-making telecom giant. The board strongly recommends the merger of ITI Ltd with BSNL, or its takeover by BSNL as a separate subsidiary, thereby ensuring strategic vertical integration.
The Government of India has issued a Notification constituting a Joint Drafting Committee to prepare a draft of the Lok Pal Bill. The Joint Drafting Committee shall consist of Five nominee Ministers of the Government of India and Five nominees of Shri Anna Hazare (including himself). The five nominee Ministers of the Government of India are as under:-
Government will introduce the Lokpal Bill during the monsoon session of Parliament, and once passed, corruption cases will be handled by fast track courts for speedy disposal, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Ashwini Kumar today said. Describing corruption as a “national issue” and not the concern of just an individual or any political party, Kumar told reporters here that the government”s accountability and responsibility would increase with the passage of the legislation.
The government auditor CAG on Friday said it will soon finalise its report on the conduct of Commonwealth Games which will be tabled in the next session of Parliament. “Yes…certainly,” the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) said when asked if the CWG report would be tabled in the Monsoon Session of Parliament. Rai said his office is in the final stages of drafting the CWG report. “It is being finalised. We could not table it in the Budget session as it was truncated,” he added.
EFTA Negotiations likely to be Concluded by Year End. Bilateral Trade Touches 20 Billion US $ . hri Anand Sharma, Union Minister for Commerce & Industry, in a business meeting with Mr. Johann Schneider-Ammann, Federal Councilor Minister for Economic Affairs of Switzerland, here today stated that, “India has always stood for an open, equitable, predictable, non-discriminatory and rule-based multilateral trading regime. India gives primacy to engagements in multi-lateral negotiations at the World Trade Organization. India is committed to successful conclusion of Doha Round and support multi-lateral and bilateral engagement with rest of the world”. He stressed that developed world is resorting to protectionist tendencies which hurt both developed and developing economies. The Minister informed, “In our lifetimes, we have seen a tectonic shift in global growth and investment patterns and while Europe and Americas dominated the economic discourse in the centuries we left behind, the 21st century is decidedly a different one in which emerging economies of Asia, Africa and Latin America are playing a much larger role. India which is home to a sixth of world’s population is finally beginning to realize its true potential on the global stage’.
MSME Minister Virbhadra Singh today said his ministry is in consultation with the Prime Minister office and other departments to make specific schemes for medium enterprises. The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Minister said enough schemes are there for micro and small industries, but there is no particular scheme for medium ones.
Sports Ministry has constituted a Committee under the chairmanship of Justice Mukul Mudgal, retired Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, to examine, in details, the comments and suggestions received from various quarters and make appropriate recommendations to fine-tune the draft National Sports Development Bill.
The government today said the total tax collections-both direct and indirect-for 2010-11 have exceeded even the revised estimate on the back of strong economic activities. “I am reasonably sure that we will cross Rs 4.50 lakh crore in direct taxes…I am reasonably confident that it (indirect tax) will be around Rs 3.43 lakh crore-Rs 3.44 lakh crore,” Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra told reporters on the sidelines of an IPPAI conference.
Reliance ADAG Chairman Anil Ambani today faced a Parliamentary committee which quizzed him on his company’s stakes in Swan Telecom and other aspects related to the 2G spectrum allocation to which he responded ‘freely’ but evaded replies on some contending the matter was sub-judice.
