The Delhi high court has held that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which get government funds should come under the purview of RTI Act making it mandatory for them to disclose information pertaining to their functioning. The term public authority has been given a broad meaning not only to include bodies which are owned, controlled or substantially financed directly or indirectly by the government but even NGOs, which are financed directly or indirectly by the government, justice Sanjeev Khanna said while declaring the stock exchanges as public authorities in a recent order.
The Directorate of Income-tax (IT) has declared the result of ITO Examination 2009 for the old as well as new pattern. The certified copy shall be made available by the concerned CCIT/CIT(Incharge of Examination) only. As per the present grace policy, maximum 7 grace marks in aggregate are allowed in one or more subjects to fully pass the Examination.
With opposition parties training their guns on the Indian Premier League (IPL), the government today told Lok Sabha that the investigation into the sources and routes of funding for the Twenty20 tournament had already begun and “no guilty or wrong-doer” would be spared.
Dubai-based Sunanda Pushkar may have given up her stake in the IPL Kochi franchise, but the taxman may not let her be. Senior income-tax officials in Mumbai said that Sunanda may be asked to pay roughly Rs24 crore in tax for the 19% sweat equity she held in Rendezvous Sports World, a member of the consortium that won the Kochi IPL franchise.
Was there a secret meeting between officials of the income tax (I-T) and enforcement directorate (ED)? It is learnt that the tax sleuths met in Mumbai recently to discuss if certain deals of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are in accordance with the Reserve Bank of India guidelines.
Income tax authorities have asked the Board for Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) to respond by Friday, April 23, to 10 queries, including the one on income from controversy-hit IPL and its structure. The BCCI, sources said, was asked questions relating to owners of IPL teams, their balance sheets, income earned during the various tournaments and the money paid to players.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the CBI investigating the bribery case involving senior income tax officials on Sunday searched the office and residence of Commissioner Anirudh Rai. Meanwhile, the CBI on Monday arrested assistant commissioner Anjali Bambole thus taking the number of persons in its custody to three.
Home, auto and consumer loan rates are unlikely to move up in the near future despite a 0.25 percentage points hike in the key policy rates with bankers today assuring that they will not make loans dearer anytime soon as liquidity is sufficient in the system.
The Supreme Court on Monday declined to grant bail to Pricewaterhouse Coopers auditor Subramani Gopalkrishnan, who was arrested in Rs 7,136-crore (Rs 71.36-billion) Satyam fraud for allegedly conniving with its founder chairman B Ramalinga Raju and other aides.
The Reserve Bank today said it will come out with a discussion paper on new norms for granting banking licenses to private sector companies and Non-Banking Financial Companies by July end. The discussion on new banking licences will be posted on the website of the central bank for public comments, RBI governor D Subbarao said while unveiling the monetary policy for 2010-11.
