New Investment Pattern For Non-Government Provident Funds, Superannuation Funds And Gratuity Funds With Effect From 1st April, 2015 Government notifies the Investment Pattern for Non-Government Provident Funds, Superannuation Funds and Gratuity Funds. This is reviewed from time to time and revisions are effected based on the developments in the financial market and economy. The investment […]
Steps Being Taken for Increasing Financing to Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises (Msmes) Debt Financing: 1) Loans to Medium Enterprises are being brought under Priority Sector Lending. 2) A separate sub-limit of 7.5% in Priority Sector Lending is being created for the Micro Enterprises. 3) RBI has received 72 application for setting up Small Banks. […]
Performance of Public Sector Banks has remained sub-optimal so far. The Government is taking various steps to improve the situation both on governance side and otherwise. The focus of these reforms is to improve the quality of deliberations in bank boards, leading to better asset quality and further resulting in better market valuations.
Three Years Rigorous Imprisonment to Then Inspector of Income Tax for Possession of Disproportionate Assets The Special Judge for CBI Cases at Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) has convicted Shri Brijendra Nath Bala @ B.N. Bala, then Inspector, Income Tax, Ayakar Bhawan, Napier Town, Jabalpur and sentenced him to undergo three years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of […]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has Presented his First Full Union Budget for 2015-16 in Lok Sabha today. We have presented below the Finance Bill 2015 and Corrigenda to Finance Bill, 2015 Download Finance Bill, 2015 Download Corrigenda – Finance Bill, 2015
The Union Finance Minister Shri Arun Jaitley has said that a Bill to enact a new law to deal with black money is to be introduced in the current session of the Parliament. In his Budget Speech in the Lok Sabha here today, giving details of proposed key features of the law, the Finance Minister […]
Taxguru team brings out live updates on tax Proposals from Union Budget 2015-16 100% deduction for contribution to Swachch Bharat and Clean Ganga schemes Investment in Sukanya Samridhi Scheme will be fully exempted from tax No Change in Tax Slabs and 80C Limit Tax Benefits on Income upto Rs. 4.42 Lakh. Yoga included in the […]
Wiping Every Tear from Every Eye: The Jan Dhan Yojana, Aadhaar and Mobile Numbers Provide the Solution Both the Central and State Government subsidize the price of wide range of products with the expressed intention of making them affordable for the poor. Rice, wheat, pulses, sugar kerosene, LPG, naptha, water, electricity, diesel, fertilizer, iron ore, […]
In the short run, growth will receive a boost from the cumulative impact of reforms, lower oil prices, likely monetary policy easing facilitated by lower inflation and improved inflationary expectations, and forecasts of a normal monsoon in 2015-16. Using the new estimate for 2014-15 as the base, GDP growth at constant market prices is expected to accelerate to between 8.1 and 8.5 percent in 2015-16.
The Shome Committee/TARC has pitched for taxing large farmers with incomes above Rs. 50 lakh a year. The reason for this recommendation as given by TARC is that this will broaden the tax payer base and help mobilize additional revenue without affecting any but a miniscule proportion of the very large farmers whose annual income exceeds the threshold limit of Rs. 50 lakhs. Currently, the recommendations of the TARC are under examination of the Government.
