Importantly, FY17 was the third year since CSR spending was made compulsory and the government also seemed to be a little lenient towards implementation of the prescribed limit of spending during the first two years but now things seem to be moving towards a more disciplined regime. First and foremost, huge efforts have made to compile a comprehensive CSR database of all companies registered in India so that companies which are defaulting in terms of CSR spending come under the government radar. There is no denying the fact that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is doing commendable work in…
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(ET) BJP president Amit Shah is said to have told party’s Maharashtra functionaries that they should be prepared for the possibility of contesting the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections without any alliance. Shah was speaking to BJP leaders at a closed-door meeting in Mumbai . Shah told state’s BJP leaders that the party should begin work on all 48 Lok Sabha seats and 288 legislative Assembly seats in Maharashtra, said sources in the BJP. They said Shah told the leaders that party workers should work hard to build networks in all constituencies in such a manner that even if the Shiv Sena (BJP’s current…
(Tribune) Heavy rain threw normal life out of gear in several parts of the state, triggering landslides, uprooting trees and disrupting power supply.About six roads in the interior areas of Sirmaur were blocked due to landslides and a car was washed away on the Dadahu-Koti-Deman road. Hundreds of vehicles and HRTC buses remained stuck.Heavy downpour in Renuka, which recorded 132-mm rain, caused landslides.Himachal Road Transport Corporation officials said over 12 roads were blocked, but some had been opened.Power supply was disrupted in the Sarahan area and could not be restored till evening. Tikker, Dharyar and Panva also witnessed power shutdown.A…
(LiveMint) With Assam scheduled to issue the second draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC), on 30 July, Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Sunday set out to assuage the panic that had begun to grip the state. In January, Assam released the first draft of the NRC containing 19 million names out of the state’s 32.9 million population, with panic and anxiety gripping those whose names were not part of the list. “NRC is being updated in Assam in accordance with the Assam Accord signed on 15 August, 1985. The entire process is being carried out as per directions…
(DJ) लोकसभा में शुक्रवार को नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार के अविश्वास प्रस्ताव जीतने के बाद उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने विपक्ष पर जोरदार हमला बोला है। भाजपा अध्यक्ष अमित शाह के बाद अब सीएम योगी आदित्यनाथ को भी भरोसा है कि मिशन 2019 में भाजपा को बड़ी सफलता मिलेगी। भाजपा उत्तर प्रदेश में 80 में से 73 से अधिक सीट पर जीत दर्ज करेगी। मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ ने एक टीवी चैनल से कहा कि 2019 में सपा व बसपा के साथ ही कांग्रेस की भी चाल नहीं चलेगी। इस बार भी जनता जुगलबंदी नहीं, काम देखेगी। केंद्र में नरेंद्र…
(ET) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will undertake a state visit to three African countries, namely Rwanda, Uganda and South Africa, over five days, starting today. The Prime Minister will first arrive at Rwanda, marking the first ever visit by an Indian Prime Minister, a statement from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said. Thereafter, Prime Minister Modi will proceed to Uganda, where he will undertake engagements from July 24 to 25.The visit will mark the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to the country in over 20 years. Finally, Prime Minister Modi will pay a visit to South Africa from July…
(Tribune) Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur has hailed the decision of the Centre to increase the threshold limit for GST registration of dealers from Rs 10 lakh to Rs 20 lakh per annum as it will provide much-needed relief to businessmen in the state.Thakur said the state government had urged the Union Government to enhance the limit for the businessmen keeping in view its difficult topographical conditions along with some other hilly states like Assam and Uttarakhand. Most of the special-category states would come under the Rs 20 lakh threshold limit for registration of dealers, benefiting businessmen.He said about 75…
(AU) कांग्रेस ने गठबंधन की राजनीतिक के तहत कुछ राज्यों में अकेले दम और कुछ राज्यों में क्षेत्रीय दलों से गठबंधन कर 2019 के चुनाव में उतरने का फैसला किया है। पार्टी ने कुछ दलों के साथ चुनाव के पहले और कुछ से चुनाव के बाद गठबंधन का संकेत दिया है। कांग्रेस कार्यसमिति (सीडब्ल्यूसी) की बैठक में कांग्रेस अध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने कहा कि पार्टी अपने हितों और विचारों की अनदेखी नहीं होने देगी, लेकिन राष्ट्रहित में वैचारिक मूल्यों का संरक्षण करने के लिए गठबंधन करेगी। साथ ही खुले मन से अलग-अलग राज्यों में प्रजातंत्र को बचाने के लिए पुराने और…
(TOI) Around noon Indian Navy helicopter was deployed to fly with ONGC technician to fix the gas leakage on an unmanned ONGC platform at Bombay High on Sunday. The operation lasted almost 4-5 hours and the leakage was fixed and averted a major disaster. The Indian Navy received an alert from the ONGC about a gas leak was reported onboard the offshore ONGC platform S1-6. “Since the ONGC field helicopters could not undertake the mission due to adverse weather conditions they asked for as assistance,” said a spokesperson of the Indian Navy.
(LiveMint) The GST Council cut tax rates on 88 items, including footwear, refrigerator, washing machine and small screen TV, while the widely demanded sanitary napkins have been exempted from the levy. The highest tax bracket of 28% has been rationalised further with rates on daily-use items like perfumes, cosmetics, toiletries, hair dryers, shavers, mixer grinder, vacuum cleaners, lithium ion batteries, being lowered to 18%. The revised tax rates will come into effect from 27 July. “Every state wanted that the rates on these items be lowered so that the middle income households are benefitted … It has also been decided that the GST…