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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 : The article explains CDSCO compliance requirements, applicable laws, approvals, and post-approval obligations for regulated health...
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...
The Government has assigned duties to senior officers presently working in Delhi in various Ministries/Departments in relation to the Commonwealth Games. These Officers would be deputed on part-time basis to oversee the preparations at the major Commonwealth Games venues, to solve coordination problems and bring to the notice of Secretary, Department of Sports and Cabinet Secretary for any intervention that may be required.
Regulation of Tariff has been mandated to Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) vide the TRAI Act of 1997. As per the extant TRAI guidelines, there is no bar on offering tariff plans such as Zero Rental Plans provided that there are no fixed monthly charges applicable in such plans.
Under attack for rising prices, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Sunday said the government was making every possible effort to control “high inflation” and insulate poor from its adverse impact.
The Government has been taking active measures to make Hindi one of the official languages of the United Nations. A high level Committee under the Chairmanship of the External Affairs Minister was constituted on 26 February 2003. This was followed by a sub-Committee set up under the Chairmanship of the Minister of State for External Affairs in August 2003 to examine this matter and take necessary measures.
A proposed legislation to protect whistleblowers and provide for severe punishment to those exposing the identity of people disclosing information was approved by the Government today. The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill, 2010 provides the Central Vigilance Commission powers of a civil court to hand down harsh penalty to people revealing the identity of whistleblowers, official sources said.
Private sector banks could be allowed to handle provident fund and pension payments of government employees, giving them access to large amount of low-cost funds. The proposal is in response to a demand by the public sector banks for an increase in the commission fee for handling such accounts, which the official documents say could receive nearly `43,000 crore from the government on account of pension payments only.
The purpose of these rules is to introduce clarity and certainty in the matter of levy and collection of Service Tax particularly in situations of change of rate of service tax or imposition of service tax on new services. At present there is lack of clarity as to the date from which the changed rate or a new levy of service tax become payable and tax payers as well as tax officials face uncertainty in this regard as the provisions are not explicit.
Noting that public disclosure of names of bank loan defaulters could harm investors’ interests, Government today ruled out a legislation to recover non-performing assets. “Government’s interest is to reduce NPAs and recover outstanding loans from big, medium and small defaulters,” Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said in the Lok Sabha.
The Maharashtra Government has decided to impose an environment tax on 15 lakh private vehicles registered in the State which are more that 15 years old and six lakh goods and transport vehicles that are more than eight years old.
The Minister of Corporate Affairs has informed the Lok Sabha that during the period from 01/04/2007 to 31/7/2010, investigations into the affairs of 44 companies have been referred by the Ministry to Serious Fraud Investigation Office. Giving this information in written reply to a question Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of Corporate Affairs,
