(LiveMint) The Goods and Services Tax (GST)) Council on Friday slashed rates across the board, including for a range of daily items of consumption, relaxed penalties and tweaked rules to make it easier for businesses, especially small and medium enterprises, to comply. The feel-good package from the council, which comes into effect from 15 November, is likely to boost consumer demand, reduce disquiet over compliance costs and also lend fresh momentum to the tax reform initiative. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter and said, “All our decisions are people-inspired, people-friendly and people-centric. We are working tirelessly for India’s economic…
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(TOI) After a year of hostility, capped by China’s decision to block a UN ban on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) Masood Azhar, the two countries may yet have a chance to end 2017 on a positive note in the form of a Russia-India-China (RIC) trilateral dialogue next month. The 3 countries have finally zeroed in on – after 8 months of negotiations – December 11 as the likely date for the next round of RIC talks or what would be the 15th joint meeting of the foreign ministers of Russia, India and China. The trilateral was supposed to be held in March-April this…
(liveMint) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump are likely to have a bilateral meeting on Monday on the sidelines of the Asean summit in Manila. Modi will arrive in Manila on Sunday to attend the 15th Asean-India summit and 12th East Asia summit on 14 November. Trump is also scheduled to arrive in Manila on Sunday as part of his five-nation Asia tour of Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam, and the Philippines. Official sources said the meeting between Modi and Trump is likely to take place on Monday. It will be the first meeting between the two leaders…
(PTI) The Delhi government today called off the odd-even scheme, which was to be implemented from Monday, after the National Green Tribunal ordered the withdrawal of exemptions under it, Transport Minister Kailash Gahlot said. Gahlot said the government’s decision came in view of the directive by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), which ordered the withdrawal of all exemptions, including to two-wheeler riders and woman-only vehicles, under the odd-even scheme. The government is not ready “to compromise with the safety of women” after the NGT ordered that there should be no exemption to anyone expect emergency vehicles such as ambulances and…
(AU) कॉरपोरेट गवर्नेस के उच्च मानकों से ही देश वैश्विक स्तर पर मजबूत स्थिति में पहुंच सकता है। इसलिए सरकार सेबी के साथ मिलकर यह तय करने में लगी है कि कंपनियों के अनैतिक व्यवहार और आदेश के अनुसार न काम करने को शून्य सहनशीलता की नीति अपनाई जाए। सीआईआई समिति में शुक्रवार को कॉरपोरेट मामलों के सचिव इंजेती श्रीनिवास ने यह बात कही। उन्होंने कहा कि यह जरूरी है कि कंपनियां यह निश्चित करें कि वे सामाजिक दायित्व और सर्वश्रेष्ठ शासन मानकों का पालन कर रही हैं। अगर कंपनियां इनका पालन नहीं करेंगी तो उन्हीं गंभीर परिणाम भुगतने होंगे। कॉरपोरेट गवर्नेंस…
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(PTI) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath today said his government was working on the principle of “sabka saath sabka vikas” to help make the country free of all social evils by 2022. “The state government is working on the principle of sabka saath sabka vikas on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to free the country of all problems by 2022,” Adityanath said at an event in Lucknow. “The New India will be free of poverty, corruption, communalism and casteism… It will be Ram Rajya,” the CM said. Asked if he would realize the dream of his mentor and guru Mahant…
(PTI) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) today said it would examine at 2 PM today the Delhi government’s decision to roll out odd-even car rationing scheme for five days starting from November 13. The AAP government had yesterday announced introduction of the odd-even scheme as part of a Graded Response Plan to tackle the alarming pollution situation in the national capital. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the Delhi government to submit before it the details of the ambient air quality during the earlier implementation of the odd-even scheme. The Green panel directed the counsel appearing for the…
(ET) Provident fund subscribers are likely to get a lower rate of interest on their retirement corpus this fiscal year, but a senior official said the total returns would be on a par with or more than last time as they stand to gain from the fund’s move to unitise its equity investment. The central board of trustees of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation will meet on November 23 to consider an 8.5 per cent interest rate for fiscal 2017-18, the official saidLast year, the fund had paid 8.65 per cent . At the meeting, the board will also give its…
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