-Livemint.com GST is one of the most complex with the second highest tax rate in the world among a sample of 115 countries which have a similar indirect tax system, says the World Bank The goods and services tax (GST) implemented by the Narendra Modi government from 1 July last year is one of the most complex with the second highest tax rate in the world among a sample of 115 countries...
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Another chink? Operator saves 921 e-copies of Aadhaar in his laptop -Rachna Khaira
-The Tribune Jalandhar: Exposing yet another chink in the UIDAI’s national identity card system, a private operator working at an Aadhaar counter at the District Administration Complex here is found to have saved over 921 e-copies of Aadhaar cards in his personal laptop. Since e-Aadhaar is a valid document, it can be used for various purposes, including opening of bank accounts in Aadhaar holder’s name that can used for illegal transactions. During a...
More »Vijoo Krishnan, Joint Secretary of All-India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), interviewed by Chandrakanth Viswanath (News18.com)
-News18.com When over 50,000 farmers in Maharashtra marched towards Mumbai with similar demands on Sunday, they followed Vijoo Krishnan, a man hailing from a small hamlet in Kerala's Kannur, which has turned out to be a great source of inspiration to the millions of Communists in the state. On December 20, 1946, in Karivelloor, a small village in the northern part of Kerala — then called Malabar, which was a part of...
More »Diu becomes first UT to run 100% on solar power -Melvyn Thomas
-The Times of India SURAT: The harnessing of solar energy has made Diu the country’s first energy surplus Union territory and a model for an effective way for people to harness this renewable energy source. In just three years, Diu has made rapid progress in solar power generation. The Union territory has an area of just 42 square kilometres. Despite scarcity of land, solar power plants have been installed over more than...
More »Farm woes and the upcoming polls -Tushar Arora & Abheek Barua
-The Hindu Business Line An analysis of how agri concerns will play out in four poll-bound States this year has some key takeaways for politicians ‘Rural distress’ became the major economic narrative to interpret the recent Assembly elections results for Gujarat, specifically the fact that rural support for the incumbent government was considerably less than the support from cities. The woes of the rural sector could be a bigger issue this year. Of...
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