(FE) Gujarat recorded an average 68.7% turnout in the second phase of voting for 93 seats in the state’s central and northern parts on Thursday. With this, the overall polling in the two-phase election – expected to set the tone for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls – is around 68 per cent, the Election Commission announced. In 2012, the voter turnout in the second and last phase of polling for 95 seats was 71.85 per cent and 70.75% overall for all the 182 seats. While the average phase II voter turnout was less than the last assembly election, it was still…
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(HT) Around 4 lakh people contribute 95% of GST collections, while 35% of those who have filed returns mostly paid no tax, finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday. He provided these figures emerging from studies in response to a query at industry chamber Ficci’s 90th AGM here on whether the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is proving a burden for small businesses. “According to studies done on GST collections, of all those who have registered in the new regime, 95% of the taxes comes from 400,000 people, who are paying irrespective of the procedure involved,” he said.“For 35% of the…
(FE) With Gujarat Assembly Elections last phase ending on Thursday the Union Cabinet will take up for approval on Friday a slew of bills including the Muslim Women bill which will make instant triple talaq a penal offense. The offense will account for three years of imprisonment. It is also reported that the change in the Negotiable Instruments Act is also listed for the Cabinet approval. The act will tighten its regulations on bouncing of cheques and other promissory notes. It is planning to ban an offender from appealing a trial court’s order until the offender has deposited some amount…
(AU) पाकिस्तान इस साल 15 लाख टन चीनी का निर्यात करने वाला है। स्वाभाविक है कि भारत उसके लिए सबसे मुनासिब बाजार है। ऐसे में स्वदेशी चीनी मिल मालिकों की परेशानी बढ़ गई है। वहीं, किसानों के भी अच्छे दिन नहीं आएंगे। बीते 20 दिनों में चीनी के थोक भाव गिरे हैं, जबकि इसका ग्राहकों को कोई फायदा नहीं मिल रहा है। अब महाराष्ट्र के चीनी मिल मालिकों ने इसकी जांच की मांग की है। कांग्रेस के वरिष्ठ नेता व पूर्व सहकारिता मंत्री हर्षवर्धन पाटिल की पश्चिम महाराष्ट्र में तीन चीनी मिले हैं। उन्होंने अमर उजाला से विशेष बातचीत में कहा कि पाकिस्तान…
(BS) With the Centre’s flagship energy schemes Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) and Saubhagya set to achieve their targets in the next two years, the subsidy on kerosene is likely to be phased out by 2020. “We expect at least 95 per cent penetration (into households) of liquefied petroleum gas through the PMUY and also 100 per cent electrification (pushed by the Saubhagya scheme) to be a reality by 2020. With the consumption of kerosene declining on a daily basis, the aim is to do away with the subsidy by then,” said an official. While there could be an increase in the subsidy…
(AU) संसद का शीतकालीन सत्र शुक्रवार से शुरू हो रहा है। संसद के सुचारु संचालन के लिए सरकार ने बृहस्पतिवार शाम सर्वदलीय बैठक बुलाई थी। बैठक के बाद संसदीय कार्य मंत्री अनंत कुमारने कहा कि सरकार विपक्ष के हर सवाल का जवाब देने को तैयार है। उन्होंने उम्मीद जताई कि सत्र भले ही छोटा हो लेकिन कामकाज अच्छी तरह चलेगा। उधर, सर्वदलीय बैठक से पहले कांग्रेस की अगुवाई में विपक्षी दलों ने बैठक कर सरकार को घेरने की रणनीति तैयार की। कांग्रेस महासचिव और राज्यसभा में विपक्ष के नेता गुलाम नबी आजाद ने कहा कि विपक्ष दोनों सदनों में पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री मनमोहन सिंह और पाक राजनयिक के मुलाकात…
(FE) The Supreme Court will pronounce on today its interim order on mandatory linking of Aadhaar with various schemes and services, including bank accounts, even as the Centre extended the deadline up to March 31 next year. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said the final hearing on the petitions challenging Aadhaar itself would commence from January 17. Attorney general KK Venugopal informed the SC that the government was willing to postpone the stipulated date for mandatory linking Aadhaar to avail the benefit of various services and welfare measures. However, the Centre said Aadhaar or application…
(Tribune) The Uttarakhand government is carefully monitoring the situation arising due to landslide occurrence near the snout of Gomukh glacier, though a team (technical task force) that was dispatched yesterday had to return midway due to snowfall.The 12-member team comprising experienced men from the SDRF (State disaster relief force) in Uttarkashi and scientists from the Wadia Instititue of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) was sent to assess the situation on the ground after the satellite imagery pictures had shown landslide occurrence at the snout of Gomukh glacier. The Uttarakhand government was tipped about the landslides images by the Central government agencies and…
(AU) सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने नेशनल कंपनी लॉ ट्रिब्यूनल (एनसीएलटी) के उस आदेश को रद्द कर दिया है जिसमें यूनिटेक का प्रबंधन कंपनी के डायरेक्टर्स की जगह केंद्र सरकार को देने का आदेश दिया गया था। इससे पहले की सुनवाई में सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने एनसीएलटी के इस फैसले पर हैरानी भी जताई थी। चीफ जस्टिस दीपक मिश्रा की अध्यक्षता वाली तीन सदस्यीय पीठ ने तब कहा था कि ट्रिब्यूनल को पहले हमसे इजाजत लेनी चाहिए थी।ता दें कि एनसीएलटी ने आदेश दिया था कि कंपनी का प्रबंधन कॉरपोरेट मामले के मंत्रालय को सौंपा जाए, इसके लिए दस निदेशकों को नियुक्त करने का आदेश…
(NDTV) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will fly in from Mumbai this morning to vote in Ahmedabad in the second and last phase of the crucial Gujarat assembly elections today. North and central Gujarat are voting in 93 of the state’s 182 constituencies in what is seen as a contest between PM Modi and the Congress’ Rahul Gandhi, both of who have asked the state to vote in record numbers today. Hours before polling began, a political row erupted over Rahul Gandhi’s interview to a local television channel in Gujarat that aired on Wednesday. The BJP alleged that Mr Gandhi violated…