The Home Ministry has a proposal to issue every adult resident in the country an identity card. The Government has decided to create a National Population Register (NPR) by collecting information on specific characteristics of all usual residents in the country.
THANE: Information comes at a price, but Thane resident Omprakash Sharma learnt that the cost could be prohibitive when the information concerns public issues and is to be given by a public body like the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The state-run agency has told Sharma to pay Rs 50,000 for copies of a study report on transportation strategies in Thane and Raigad districts.
State-owned Indian Oil Corp (IOC) has sought a two-year extension of tax breaks available for refineries so that its delayed Rs 29,777 crore Paradip refinery can avail of the benefit. Exemption or holiday, under section 80IB(9) of Income Tax Act, from payment of income tax on revenues earned from refining of crude oil is available to units that are commissioned by March 2012.
NEW DELHI: The high-level Finance Ministry committee on curbing the menace of blackmoney has received more than 3,000 comments from general public suggesting ways to curb the generation of illicit funds. The committee, headed by Chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), has received close to 3,300 suggestions through e-mail and the panel […]
Accounting regulator ICAI has barred two Lovelock & Lewes auditors from practice for life and slapped a penalty of Rs 5 lakh each on them for their role in the Rs 14,000-crore Satyam accounting scam. A probe by an ICAI disciplinary committee has found Chartered Accountants Pulavarthi Siva Prasad and Chintapatla Ravindernath from Lovelock & Lewes guilty of professional misconduct, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) said in a statement.
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal on Tuesday vowed to stop offensive and defamatory content on internet sites as a controversy raged over government’s move to monitor content in cyber space. Mr Sibbal Further tool the media that ‘ the government ‘does not want to interfere with the freedom of the press, he said if the social networking sites are not willing to cooperate with the government on stopping incendiary material “then it is the duty of the government to think of steps that we need. This government does not believe in censorship and does not believe either directly or indirectly interefering in the freedom of the press. We have demonstrated that time and again.
The Supreme Court today ruled that banks, hospitals and other commercial activities cannot be carried out from plots in Noida developed for residential purpose and ordered 21 banks and nursing homes in Sector 19 to immediately close their operations.
The government on Monday said it is confident of achieving indirect tax collection target of over 4 lakh crore for the current fiscal despite the slowdown in industrial activities. Chairman Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) S K Goel told reporters on the sidelines of a meet in New Delhi that 7.5 per cent GDP growth should take care of the target.
A Delhi court has decided to put an IRS officer on trial along with his chartered accountant wife for allegedly owning assets exceeding his legal income, rejecting the woman’s plea that the CBI has clubbed her income with that of her husband to arrive at the ‘disproportionate assets’ figure.
India is hosting the 4th International Tax Dialogue Conference (ITD) Global Conference on Tax and Inequality. More than 250 foreign delegates are expected to take part in this three day conference being held at Vigyan Bhawan from 7th to 9th December. The conference would be inaugurated by the Union Finance Minister, Shri Pranab Mukherjee. A number of prominent academics and representatives of regional and international organizations will also be present at this high level conference which will have senior level representation from over 100 countries.
