(PTI) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hinted that there is scope for lesser slabs under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) once there is revenue buoyancy. “We are in first 2-3 months (of GST implementation). We have almost by the day, space and scope for improvement. We have space for improvement and need for improvement to reduce compliance burden as far as small taxpayers are concerned,” he said. “We have space for improvement, eventually once we become revenue neutral, to think in terms of bigger reforms such as lesser slabs, but for that we have to become revenue neutral…,” he said at…
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(AU) रिजर्व बैंक ऑफ इंडिया के पूर्व गवर्नर सी रंगराजन ने आने वाले महीनों में अर्थव्यवस्था में मजबूती की उम्मीद जताते हुए कहा कि बेहतर वार्षिक वृद्धि बनाए रखने के लिए अर्थव्यवस्था को तेजी से पटरी पर लाने की जरूरत है। इसके लिए सरकार को त्वरित उपाय करने पर उन्होंने जोर दिया है। एक कार्यक्रम के दौरान रंगराजन ने कहा कि, कुछ मायनों में यह कहा जा सकता है कि अर्थव्यवस्था अब गिरावट से उबर रही है, क्योंकि दो तिमाही के लिए वृद्धि दर 5.7 फीसदी पर बनी हुई है। उन्होंने कहा कि जीएसटी को लेकर समस्याएं खत्म हो सकती है। साथ ही…
Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shastri on their birth anniversary. “गांधी जयंती पर बापू को शत्-शत् नमन! I bow to beloved Bapu on Gandhi Jayanti. His noble ideals motivate millions across the world. जवानों एवं किसानों के प्रणेता एवं देश को कुशल नेतृत्व प्रदान करने वाले शास्त्री जी को नमन! Remembering Lal Bahadur Shastri ji on his Jayanti”, the Prime Minister said.
(PTI) A fresh wave of flood has hit Assam, submerging five districts and affecting over 78,000 people, an official said on Sunday. The north-eastern state, which has been recuperating after several rounds of floods this year, saw 306 acres of land submerged in the fresh wave. Around 16,000 animals have also been affected, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority official said. Rains across the state and in neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya have caused flooding in Assam’s Lakhimpur, South Salmara, Goalpara, Hojai and Karbi Anglong. Some 86 villages in seven revenue circles have been affected by the fresh wave of…
(FE) Facing questions over the privacy and security of the Aadhaar systems in the Supreme Court, the government has decided to conduct an independent audit of all 50,000-odd Aadhaar enrolment centres and inspect them in person. Three independent auditors will assess if enrolment centres are adhering to UIDAI processes and guidelines, if the hardware and software deployed at the enrolment centres are as per UIDAI specifications and check if the enrolment centre is not involved in any involved in any corrupt practices and people are not being overcharged for Aadhaar services. Photographs of all staff at the enrolment centre and…
(FE) Today on the 148th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, India pays tribute to the Father of the Nation and organises cleanliness drives to promote ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’, a flagship mission of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), to make people aware about the advantages of cleanliness. The abhiyan completes its three years today. “Cleanliness is Godliness” had been the mantra of Mahatma Gandhi’s life. Mahatma Gandhi, in his lifetime, demonstrated, propagated and insisted for individual and community cleanliness. Following his footsteps, the Government of India, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, launched ‘Swachh Bharat Abhiyan’ on October 2, 2014 with…
The Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh is on a four-day visit to the state of Uttarakhand. On the third day of his visit today, Shri Rajnath Singh visited the Lapthal and Rimkhim Border out Posts (BOPs) of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP). The Union Home Minster interacted with the jawans and greeted them on the occasion of Dussehra festival. He inaugurated the Civic Action Programme and Blood Donation Camp at Joshimath and addressed at the free medical camp organized by ITBP. He had visited the BoP Mana of ITBP yesterday. He will conclude his visit to the state today.
(PTI) The proposed fare hike of the Delhi Metro is “unacceptable”, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has written to the Centre, demanding that the decision be withheld and reviewed. In a letter to Union minister for housing and urban affairs Hardeep Singh Puri, Kejriwal on Saturday said the proposed hike, to be effected from 10 October, would be in violation of the recommendations of the fare-fixation panel. “The fare-fixation committee had recommended a gap of one year between two fare hikes. This recommendation is being completely violated because the proposed second hike in October, 2017 will take place even before six…
(ET) Festivals like Dussehra should not be a mere source of entertainment but also inspire us and give us the resolve to do something for society and the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Saturday. He also urged the citizens to make a resolve on this day of Vijaydashmi to contribute in some constructive way towards nation building by 2022, when India would celebrate 75 years of its Independence. “Festivals like Dussehra should not be seen as mere source of entertainment but should also become an ambition and resolve to do something,” Modi said addressing the gathering at…
(NDTV) A 14-foot secret tunnel being dug from Pakistan to infiltrate terrorists has been discovered by Border Security Force, or BSF personnel in Arnia sector of Jammu and Kashmir where Pakistani forces had been carrying out cross-border shelling over the last fortnight. The discovery comes just a day after a meeting of local commanders of the Pakistan Rangers and BSF. This is the second tunnel detected by the border guards along the International Border in the last seven months. The last one was in Ramgarh sector of Sambha. The tunnel was right below the border fence put up to prevent infiltration…