(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…
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(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…
(Tribune) Himachal is all set to emerge as the first state in the country to implement Emergency Response Support System (ERSS). All the necessary preparations have been made, the system has been established and inauguration for it to be operationalised is awaited.Under this system, all emergency numbers, including 100 for police, 101 (fire), 102 ambulance and disaster response have been integrated into one number (112). The helpline would be monitored 24X7, said DGP S R Mardi.The project was approved in March 2017 and a sum of Rs 5 crore was given to all the states to create infrastructure.Anybody in distress,…
(ET) The Centre is likely to divest 5% to 10% of Coal India’s equity through an offer for sale in an effort to comply with the norm requiring listed companies to have at least 25% public shareholding. The company management has started conducting road shows for large institutional investors in the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong for the stake sale. A sale of 10% of CIL shares would fetch the Centre over Rs 16,000 crore at current prices. The share closed at Rs 261.50 on BSE on on Thursday. The Centre held 78.32% in CIL at end of June, while…
(Tribune) Israel and Uttarakhand will be exploring to work together in the sphere of agriculture, water conservation and higher education.Israel’s Ambassador to India Daniel Carmon met Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat at the latter’s residence here on Thursday and held detailed discussions on mutual cooperation between Uttarakhand and Israel in the field of agriculture, water conservation and higher education.Daniel Carmon said that relations between India and Israel had become stronger in the past four years.“Both the countries have signed important agreements in defence, agriculture and water conservation fields. Israel is also exploring the possibilities of working in cooperation with…
(LiveMint) Paying tribute to India’s rich cultural heritage, ₹100 currency notes will soon come in a new design and a fresh lavender colour. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) today announced that the new ₹100 denomination currency note will soon be made available at banks. Part of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) Series of banknotes, the new denomination prominently carries the motif of ‘Rani-Ki-Vav’ (The Queen’s Stepwell), a UNESCO World Heritage site in Gujarat. Located in Gujarat’s Patan, the 900-year-old architectural wonder highlights the sanctity of water as it is designed as an inverted temple under the earth’s surface. All banknotes in the…
(PTI) Countering perception that the population of Hindus in Bangladesh was declining, the government today quoted official records of that country to state that it has instead risen by two per cent in 2017. Responding to questions in the Rajya Sabha, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also said the government has from time to time raised the issue of the plight of minorities in Pakistan, Bangladesh and other countries at the bilateral level and made efforts to take them to a logical conclusion. She urged members to pass the Citizenship Act amendment bill, pending in the Upper House, to help resolve…
Among the top 100 companies there are just 23 public sector undertakings but they spent Rs. 2,284 crore during FY17, which is more than 33% of the total CSR spent (Rs. 6,882.74 crore) by the top 100 companies in FY17, while during FY16 these PSUs spent Rs. 3,312 crore on CSR, cornering 46% share in the total money spent under this head. Needless to say, the performance of PSUs has clearly declined in terms of CSR spending in the third year since CSR spending was made compulsory in FY15 but despite this decline, they still remained the cornerstone of India’s…