-The Indian Express In Odisha, procurement of paddy during the ongoing 2019-20 Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) is, for the first time, being done from registered farmers only after Aadhaar-based biometric authentication. FIRST IT was fertilisers, where the NDA Government made disbursal of subsidy conditional upon actual sales to farmers getting registered on PoS (Point of Sale) machines in retail outlets. That reform measure — to ensure that the benefit of minimum support...
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Bid to extend 15% tax relief duration -R. Suryamurthy
-The Telegraph Lower corporate tax of 15% valid till March 2023 The Government is exploring the possibility of extending the duration of the corporate tax relief to new units beyond March 2023. Sources said the commerce ministry had taken up the issue to extend the benefits to seven years with the finance ministry. The ministry has argued the duration should be higher as the time taken from conceptualising a project to actual production could...
More »NRC, NPR wasteful exercises: 106 retd bureaucrats in open letter
-The Indian Express “At a time when the economic situation in the country warrants the closest attention of the Government, India can ill afford a situation where the citizenry and the Government enter into confrontation on the roads,” said the letter. New Delhi: As many as 106 retired bureaucrats on Thursday issued an open letter, saying both NPR and NRC were “unnecessary and wasteful exercises” that will cause hardships to public. The...
More »Law Ministry did not consult any Ministry, Department on Triple Talaq Bill -Dheeraj Mishra
-TheWire.in This falls foul of the earlier legislative consultation policy issued by the same ministry, which states that any bill should first be sent to the concerned ministry or department and their comments should be included in the cabinet note. New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Law and Justice gave its approval to the Triple Talaq Bill last year without consulting concerned ministries, departments or any state Government on it, documents obtained...
More »Govt set for 20% cut in wasteful expenses -Harikishan Sharma
-The Indian Express “All ministries have been directed to reduce wasteful expenditure on travel, food and conferences by 20 percent. The CCIG has asked the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance, to take necessary action in this regard,” a source told The Sunday Express. In an austerity move, the Union Government has decided to reduce wasteful expenditure on items such as travel and food by 20 percent, it is learnt. A decision of...
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