-TheWire.in Much was expected from the Union Budget 2022 which has come at a time when the Indian economy is facing an economic turmoil due to the coronavirus pandemic and battling widespread unemployment and inflation. High hopes were pinned on this year’s budget as the country saw young people protesting for Railway jobs, farmers protesting for the government to address their loss of incomes, micro-sector producers as they faced closures and PSU...
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Waterlogging: 4,000 farmers demand crop loss relief -Ravinder Saini
-The Tribune 1,800 complaints received in Rohtak I 1,150 in Jhajjar I 1,050 in Rewari district Rohtak: Around 4,000 farmers in Rohtak, Jhajjar and Rewari districts have sought compensation under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Beema Yojana (PMFBY) for the loss to their wheat and mustard crop due to waterlogging caused by rain this month. They have filed applications with the local offices of the Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department in this respect. As per...
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-The Telegraph There is no escaping climate crisis, but concerted efforts may ensure loss of life is minimum The Sunderbans in West Bengal, along with several districts in Odisha and Tamil Nadu, are the most vulnerable to high storm surges induced by cyclones, according to the Climate Hazards and Vulnerability Atlas of India released by the ministry of earth sciences recently. The atlas aims to help mitigate the effects of the 13...
More »Maharashtra Cooperative Sugar industry hails Centre’s decision to waive income tax demands since 1985 -Sanjay Jog
-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...
More »Corporate tax assessment: CAG spots major errors in over 350 cases
-The Hindu Business Line Suggests CBDT to create a foolproof IT system, internal control mechanism The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has pointed out significant errors in the assessment of over 350 cases related to corporate tax. It also advised the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) to put in place a foolproof IT system and internal control mechanism to avoid such recurrences. In a report tabled in Parliament, the apex...
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