-The Indian Express Vasundhara Raje government will present The Code of Criminal Procedure (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill to replace the ordinance during this Assembly session. The Editors Guild of India has expressed “deep concern” about the Rajasthan Government’s decision to make the Criminal Laws (Rajasthan Amendment) Ordinance 2017 into an Act in the current legislative session. “(It) was ostensibly done to protect the judiciary and the bureaucracy against false FIRs. But in reality it...
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Govt planning steps to ease GST compliance burden on SMEs: Hasmukh Adhia -Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com The simplification process may result in some readjustment of GST rates, including a possible reduction in tax of some items that are in the highest tax slab of 28% New Delhi: Policymakers are considering steps to ease the compliance burden related to the goods and services tax (GST) on small businesses and to make product classification for taxation less complicated, said revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia. The simplification process may result in some...
More »One Month Later, Misgivings Abound About How New India's Updated Mineral Policy Will Be -Anuj Srivas
-TheWire.in The K.R. Rao committee has only recently taken on board the views of civil society stakeholders, raising questions as to whether illegal mining and environmental issues will be properly addressed. New Delhi: A government committee in charge of revamping India’s 2008 mineral policy has belatedly agreed to rectify its industry-skewed composition by roping in several civil society stakeholders as ad-hoc members. However, according to multiple industry and environmental experts, it is unclear...
More »The Ghost of Demonetisation Still Haunts Marathwada's Farmers -Parth MN
-TheWire.in The cashless future that demonetisation promised never came, and many in rural Marathwada scoff at the idea. Aurangabad: Ten months after currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 were scrapped on November 8 last year, the ghost of demonetisation continues to haunt Deepak Badavne. In early November, Badavne had harvested 31 quintals of cotton from his 2.5 acre farm. He expected good returns on it. “The trader arranged for the truck...
More »Why Arun Jaitley is unable to cut petrol, diesel prices -Abhik Deb
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In the last one week or so, the government has actively turned its focus towards reviving the country's economy. On Thursday, news agency Reuters quoted government officials to report that the Centre is planning to spend up to Rs 50,000 crore to arrest the 'economic slowdown'. This report came a day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government is considering additional measures to...
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