-The Telegraph New delhi: The goods and services tax (GST) regime has replaced a cascade of 11 central and state taxes with a concertina of eight tax rates, defeating the original idea of having a three-slab tax structure. The current GST structure on goods ranges from zero to around 40 per cent. If jute, silk and muri (puffed rice) fall in the exempted category, luxury cars and SUVs fall in the top...
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Study sounds summer ozone alert -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New delhi: A summer rise in ozone, an air pollutant, over the National Capital Region should stimulate health protection measures and serve as an alert to other Indian cities, the non-government Centre for Science and Environment said today. The CSE has, using Central Pollution Control Board data, identified spikes in ozone levels persisting longer with the advance of summer. The share of days violating the pollution board's standard of 100...
More »Amid protests, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu clarify on cattle law
-The Times of India NEW delhi/ ONGOLE: Two senior Union ministers on Thursday sought to allay apprehensions over the new government order on cattle trade, emphasising that the Centre will not interfere with the food habits of people in the different regions of the country. While finance minister Arun Jaitley emphasised in delhi that the Centre's order will not impact state laws on slaughter, information and broadcasting minister Venkaiah Naidu said in...
More »Arun Jaitley just tripped over his own feet by admitting economy wasn't healthy when govt launched note ban -Dinesh Unnikrishnan
-Firstpost.com “What you think is very clear, is not very clear,” told union finance minister Arun Jaitley to a reporter at a delhi presser on Thursday called to take stock of Modi government’s 3-year performance. The reporter was asking about the impact of demonetisation on the GDP citing the sharp decline (6.1 percent) in the Jan-Mar quarter. Jaitley played down the impact of demonetisation saying it wasn’t the primary reason for...
More »Moderation row: HRD, CBSE not on same page -Manash Pratim Gohain
-The Times of India NEW delhi: The divergence between the government and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) over the controversy over moderation of results has widened with the board's decision to do away with re-evaluation of answer sheets. The ministry of human resource development and the CBSE were not on the same page over the decision to do away with moderation — thereafter struck down by the delhi high court...
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