Eight States have passed the State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Act in their respective State Assembly in less than a month’s time. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana State passed the State GST Act on 9th April, 2017, that of Bihar State passed it on 24th April, 2017, Rajasthan Assembly on 26th April, 2017, that of Jharkhand on 27th April, 2017, Chhattisgarh Assembly on 28th April, 2017, that of Uttarakhand on 2nd May, 2017, Madhya Pradesh Assembly on 3rd May, 2017 while the Assembly of State of Haryana passed the State GST Bill today i.e. 4th May, 2017. Earlier the…
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(HT) The government is set to promulgate an Ordinance to help banks tackle the menace of mounting bad loans, which is denting profits of lenders, slowing credit flow to industry and hurting the economy. The cabinet on Wednesday approved promulgation of an ordinance to amend the Banking Regulation Act to speed up recovery of bad loans. The move comes after clarion calls from lenders who have been jostling with stressed assets mounting to about Rs 10 lakh crore, or close to 7% of India’s GDP, as of December-end.Here are five ways the government and Reserve Bank of India can speed up…
(PTI) Indian troops on Wednesday opened “speculative fire” along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch district. Earlier, an Army officer had said that there was a ceasefire violation in the area and that details are being sought. “There was no ceasefire violation along the LoC in Poonch. It was speculative fire”, an army officer of northern command said. Speculative fire is normally used to check movement of suspicious persons along the border.
(Hindustan) शिवपाल ने बुधवार को ऐलान किया कि वह तीन माह में अपना अलग सेक्युलर मोर्चा बनाएंगे और यही मोर्चा भाजपा सरकार के उत्पीड़न से परेशान लोगों की आवाज उठाएगा। शिवपाल ने बिना नाम लिए प्रो. रामगोपाल पर हमला किया, उन्होंने कहा कि पार्टी का संविधान बनाने वाले गीता पढ़ें। शिवपाल ने सीएम आदित्यनाथ योगी की तारीफ करते हुए कहा कि वे दृढ़ इच्छाशक्ति वाले हैं व्यक्ति हैं लेकिन अधिकारी और कुछ सफेदपोश गुंडे मिलकर सरकार के खिलाफ काम कर रहे हैं। उन्होंने कहा कि वह खुद जल्द मुख्यमंत्री से मिलकर ऐसे लोगों पर कार्यवाई कराएंगे। पिछले दिनों रामगोपाल ने…
(Hindustan) आम आदमी पार्टी में पिछले कुछ दिनों से चल रहा घमासान बुधवार को समाप्त हो गया। सुबह 11 बजे सीएम केजरीवाल के आवास पर हुई पीएसी की बैठक में ओखला से विधायक अमानतुल्ला खान को पार्टी से निलंबित करने का फैसला लिया गया। इसके अलावा कुमार विश्वास की पार्टी में सक्रियता बढ़ाने के लिए राजस्थान का प्रभारी नियुक्त किया गया है। कुमार विश्वास ने हिन्दुस्तान से बातचीत में बताया कि अमानतुल्ला को अपनी बात साबित करने का समय दिया जाएगा। अगर साबित कर पाए तो ठीक, वरना पार्टी से निकाल दिया जाएगा। विश्वास ने कहा कि यह न्याय का…
(LiveMint) The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is working on creating a common agricultural market that will improve the lot of farmers and the efficiencies of India’s notoriously inefficient farm-produce markets. The government put out a model law proposing a fundamental reset in the way agricultural markets operate on 24 April. It proposes to replace existing fragmented and over-regulated markets for agricultural produce and allow farmers a wider choice of markets beyond the local mandi or wholesale markets. “Our goal is to create a one-nation, one-market model for farmers, similar to what GST (the goods and services tax) is to…
(ET) The railways will explore the possibility of acquiring an advanced technology system for rail fracture detection and track monitoring to enhance safety in the wake of frequent derailments. Aiming at augmenting the pace of latest technological adaptations, the Research and Development Standards Organisation (RDSO), the research wing of the railways, will hold a two-day global technology conference from May 3 here. The conference will have the four major thrusts areas — enhanced safety, capacity enhancement and congestion reduction and better customer service, said the Director General of the RDSO, R K Kulshrestha. Experts from 17 countries, including the US,…
(Tribune) Uttarakhand Congress workers, led by former Chief Minister Harish Rawat, staged a two-hour dharna in protest against the hike in the prices of wheat and rice for the Above Poverty Line (APL) beneficiaries by the state government at Gandhi Park here today.Hundreds of Congress party workers who participated in the dharna raised slogans against the state and Central governments. Addressing party workers, Harish Rawat said workers should be ready for struggle for the next five years. He claimed that his government had ensured cheap ration — Rs 7 per kg each for wheat and rice — to the APL…
(DJ) बंदे मातरम के गायन के साथ उत्तराखंड विधानसभा का विशेष सत्र शुरू हो गया है। सत्र शुरू होते ही खाद्यान्य की बढ़ी कीमतों पर विपक्ष ने जमकर हंगामा किया। प्रश्नकाल से पहले ही नेता प्रतिपक्ष इंदिरा हृदयेश ने एपीएल के लिए खाद्यान्न की कीमत में वृद्धि का मामला उठाया। यह मुद्दा नियम 58 में सुना जाएगा। वहीं कांग्रेस विधायक प्रीतम पंवार ने पर्वतीय क्षेत्र में स्वास्थ्य सेवा बेहतर करने के लिए क्या कार्ययोजना है। संसदीय कार्य मंत्री प्रकाश पंत ने इस मामले में जवाब दिया। उन्होंने बताया कि सरकार पर्वतीय क्षेत्र में आईपीडी ओर ओपीडी के लिए सुविधा दे…
(ET) The petrol pump chip scam could extend beyond Lucknow, with the Uttar Pradesh police suspecting that the mastermind of the racket is a New Delhi-based gang that’s been around for over five years. The roles of the UP Weights & Measures Department and state-owned oil companies are also in the spotlight. All states have been advised to conduct surprise inspections at petrol pumps and check for the chips, which cut the outflow of fuel by as much as 10%, petroleum ministerDharmendra Pradhan said in New Delhi on Monday. Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal too ordered surprise inspections at petrol…