-The Free Press Journal Recently, former union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar and former chief minister Devendra Fadnavis had separately met the union cooperation minister Amit Shah demanding a relief in income tax demands worth Rs 9,500 crore at the all India level of which Rs 8,000 crore were alone from Maharashtra cooperative Sugar industry. Sugar Cooperative Factories in Maharashtra have received a major relief after the Centre has waived income tax demands...
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Clear dues of Sugarcane farmers, Allahabad HC directs Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Ltd
-PTI/ The Hindu Business Line Says if not cleared by March 31 next year, Sugarcane commissioner will proceed with recovery Lucknow: The Allahabad High Court has directed Bajaj Hindusthan Sugar Limited to clear dues of Sugarcane farmers of its five mill areas at Gola Gokaran Nath, Khambhar Khera, Palia Kalan, Barkhera and Maqsoodapur by March 31, 2022, along with a 15 per cent interest. The Lucknow bench of the court cautioned the company...
More »Ten Sugar mills in UP to pay 12% simple interest on delayed payment to farmers -Deepa Jainani
-Financial Express Under the Act, Sugar mill owners are bound to pay interest if they fail to make the payment to farmers within 14 days of purchase. Complying with an Allahabad High Court order, the Yogi Adityanath government has asked 10 Sugar mills in the state to pay 12% simple interest to the farmers for the late payment of their Sugarcane dues for three financial years: 2012-13, 2013-14, and 2014-15. These 10 mills...
More »Needed, a public health data architecture for India -Anand Krishnan
-The Hindu It would be better off with few comprehensive national surveys than being over-dependent on the omnibus NFHS In a country perennially thirsty for reliable health data, the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) is like an oasis. It has a large volume of data that is openly accessible. The report of the fifth round of the NFHS was recently released (covering phase 2 States where data collection was delayed due to...
More »You cannot stop people from eating non-vegetarian food, Gujarat HC tells Ahmedabad civic body
-Scroll.in The court was hearing a petition against the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, which had seized several vendors’ carts selling meat and egg dishes last month. The Gujarat High Court on Thursday told the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation that it could not stop the residents of the state from eating non-vegetarian food, Bar and Bench reported. Justice Biren Vaishnav made the statement while hearing a plea by vendors whose carts were seized from the main...
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