-Scroll.in JNU professor Himanshu says the economic slowdown is not the result of a one-off event like demonetisation, the slump began almost two years ago. The economy is in a trough. The first quarter of 2017-2018 saw the growth of gross domestic product (the total value of all goods and services produced in a country in a year) drop to 5.7% from 7.9% in the corresponding period last year – the...
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Monthly household costs up after GST? You are not alone, 54 per cent have the same complaint -Prabhash K Dutta
-India Today After demonetisation, GST could be another headache for the government. According to a survey conducted on completion of two months of GST, 54 per cent people complained about rising monthly household costs. In a series of online surveys, conducted by a citizen grievances portal having a tie-up with the consumer affairs department of the central government, one in every two persons has reported a rise in household costs after the...
More »Ascetic's worldly worth: Yogi Adityanath owns firearms, SUV, Rs 95.98 lakh in movable assets -Rajesh Kumar Singh
-Hindustan Times In his election nomination papers for the state legislative council, chief minister Yogi Adityanath reveals he owns a 2014 model Toyota Fortuner and a Toyota Innova. Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh’s saffron-clad ascetic chief minister Yogi Adityanath owns a licensed revolver and rifle, a sport utility vehicle, wears a gold earring and a chain with rudraksha beads around his neck, and has movable assets worth Rs 95.98 lakh. Also, the 45-year-old priest-politician is...
More »As netas get mega rich in 5 years, SC seeks report -Amit Anand Choudhary
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The exponential rise in the assets of MPs and MLAs during their tenure as lawmakers has come under judicial scanner with the Supreme Court on Wednesday directing the Centre to file a comprehensive report on what action or probe it has conducted against 289 legislators, including some senior leaders. The MPs and leaders who figure on the list are from all parties and in some cases...
More »Supreme Court to govt: What action against MPs over assets?
-The Asian Age The Central Board of Direct Taxes had been taking action whenever it found there were unexplained known sources of income. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to furnish details of the action taken against MLAs and members of Parliament whose assets had grown manifold during the intervening period between one election to another. A bench of Justices J. Chelameswar and S.A. Abdul Nazeer passed this order...
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