(LiveMint) Federal indirect tax body Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is set to revamp the return filing process and further liberalize rules to make compliance easier for taxpayers and boost government revenues. A meeting of central and state government officials in the capital on 27 February will give final shape to the proposal before the council takes it up on 1 March for approval, a person familiar with the development said on condition of anonymity. The 26th meeting of the council will be held through a video conference. The council is expected to take measures that will make compliance…
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(FE) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today reviewed the preparations for the two-day Investors’ Summit beginning here on February 21. “The government is organising this for the betterment of the public. Through this event, UP will get an opportunity to change its image. Hence, it is the responsibility of every department that it should strive for its success,” Adityanath, who reviewed the preparations at Indira Gandhi Pratisthaan here, said. He instructed officials that reports of all the sessions be presented. “The state government has implemented policies for various sectors.The respective ministers, principal secretaries and their subordinate staff must go through the…
(DJ) गढ़वाल एवं कुमाऊं मंडलों के लिए अब सीधी सड़क का रास्ता साफ हो गया है। दोनों मंडलों को जोडऩे वाले वन मार्ग कंडी रोड के कार्बेट नेशनल पार्क में पड़ने वाले कोटद्वार-रामनगर हिस्से के निर्माण को विधि विभाग ने हरी झंडी दे दी है। इस सड़क के एलायनमेंट का डिजाइन भारतीय वन्यजीव संस्थान (डब्ल्यूआइआइ) तैयार करेगा, जबकि निर्माण का जिम्मा नेशनल बिल्डिंग कंस्ट्रक्शन कारपोरेशन (एनबीसीसी) को सौंपा गया है। अगले वर्ष से सड़क का निर्माण कार्य प्रारंभ हो जाएगा। इसके बनने पर उत्तर प्रदेश से होकर गुजरने के झंझट से निजात मिलने के साथ ही यात्रियों के समय और…
(FE) While the Centre reported a slippage from its fiscal deficit target in FY18, there are early indications that the state governments’ combined fiscal deficit in FY18 could be more than the estimated (BE) 2.69% of the GDP; it might even cross the 3% threshold, prescribed under their Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Acts and mandated by the 14th Finance Commission. The potential slippage is despite the burden — and the extra fiscal flexibility allowed — under the UDAY scheme for the power sector having petered out. The prospect for FY19 is not bright either as at least six…
(Tribune) Union Drinking Water and Sanitation Minister Uma Bharti will launch national drinking water programme “Swajal” from Uttarakashi district in Uttarakhand on February 20.Introducing the programme, she said it would be implemented in six states, including Uttarakhand, as a pilot project. Swajal is a community-owned programme for sustained potable water supply. She spoke about employment generation expected from the implementation of ‘Swajal’ and the next level of activities under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin), i.e. solid and liquid waste management, under which a convergence-based programme is being launched next week.
(PTI) Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha today said four places in the state would get airports as part of the UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. “Work on airports (airstrips) in Ambikapur, Bilaspur, Jagdalpur and Raigarh is currently on under the UDAN scheme and is expected to get completed in the next 6-8 months possibly,” Sinha said while speaking at an function here. He informed that, as soon as the work was completed, Air Deccan and Air Odisha had consented to deploy 19-seater aircrafts on these routes. “These cities will be connected to Raipur, Ranchi…
(AU) यूपी पर वर्षों से लगा अभिशाप समाप्त हो गया है। सरकार के बीते 10 माह के प्रयासों से यूपी बीमारू राज्य की श्रेणी से बाहर आ गया है। निवेश फ्रेंडली वातावरण बना है, उद्यमियों में विश्वास का माहौल है।’ यह कहना है मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ का। लखनऊ में 21-22 फरवरी को होने वाली इन्वेस्टर्स समिट को लेकर खासे उत्साहित सीएम योगी का कहना है कि इस समिट के बाद देश-विदेश के बड़े औद्योगिक समूह प्रदेश में निवेश के लिए आगे आएंगे। जो भी एमओयू होंगे, उनका लगातार फॉलोअप किया जाएगा। निवेशकर्ताओं के साथ राज्य सरकार के वरिष्ठ अफसरों को…
(FE) The BJP-led government’s budget reforms have created a new work culture and they are transforming the socio-economic landscape of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. After inaugurating the ‘Magnetic Maharashtra’ Investors Summit in suburban Bandra, he said the budget was not limited to outlay, its focus was on the outcome. Days after the presentation of the last full budget by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Modi said all the four budgets of his government focused on the upliftment of the needy. He pointed to schemes with definitive targets like clean fuel for all and healthcare for all.…
(AU) सीबीआई पीएनबी घोटाले में प्रमुख आरोपी मेहुल चोकसी के गीतांजलि समूह की देश स्थित 18 सहायक कंपनियों की बैलेंस शीट खंगाल रही है। इसका मकसद घोटाले की 11400 करोड़ रुपये की गारंटी के आधार पर बैंकों से ली गई रकम के लेनदेन का पता लगाया जा सके। बैंकों से ली गई रकम के लेनदेन का पता लगाना मकसद सीबीआई अधिकारियों ने रविवार को बताया कि अन्य बैंक अधिकारियों के अलावा गिरफ्तार किए गए तीन आरोपियों गोकुलनाथ शेट्टी, मनोज खराट और हेमंत भट्ट से पूछताछ की जा रही है ताकि पूरे घोटाले और इसकी व्यापकता का पता लगाया जा सके।…
(FE) The Supreme Court will on Monday continue hearing three pleas seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the death of special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) judge B.H. Loya. The petitions will be heard by a bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra. The apex court had earlier asked the Maharashtra Government to submit the postmortem report of the CBI judge, who had died in alleged suspicious circumstances in 2014, citing that the “matter was very serious.” As per reports, Maharashtra-based journalist B.S. Lone and activist Tehseen Poonavala had filed independent pleas seeking a fair…