(FE) The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Friday assured the biodiesel industry that the government is keen to promote green energy and it will intervene with the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council to ensure that the rates on biodiesel and other green energy products are reduced. The assurance from the government came here at Bioenergy Urja Utsava by oil minister Dharmendra Pradhan. He assured the industry that the government would make all efforts to ensure reduction of high GST rates on green fuels. Under the GST rates announced recently, biodiesel, ethanol and other mixing products would be…
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(AU) केंद्र सरकार ने सातवें वेतन आयोग को पूरी तरह से मंजूरी दे दी है। सरकार ने सातवें वेतन आयोग के तहत आई सिफारिशों को भी लागू कर दिया है, जिसमें सबसे खास बिंदु सैनिकों से जुड़ा है। सियाचिन जैसी जगह पर रहकर देश की रक्षा कर रहे सैनिकों के लिए सातवें वेतन आयोग में दोगुने भत्ते की सिफारिश की गई है, जिसे सरकार ने मान लिया है। इसके अलावा नक्सल प्रभावित इलाकों में तैनात जवानों को भी दोगुने भत्ते का लाभ मिलेगा। केंद्र सरकार ने सातवें सेंट्रल पे कमीशन(सीपीसी) की सिफारिश पर ये बदलाव किए हैं, जिन्हें सरकार ने गजट में…
(AU) जम्मू-कश्मीर भी अन्य राज्यों की तरह एक देश, एक टैक्स का हिस्सा बन गया है। रियासत में शुक्रवार की आधी रात से जीएसटी लागू करने की तैयारी पूरी हो गई है। विपक्ष के भारी विरोध के बावजूद पहले विधानसभा और विधान परिषद ने इस बाबत प्रस्ताव पारित किया और बाद में राष्ट्रपति के आदेश से संबंधित नए विधेयक को भी मंजूरी दे दी। गवर्नर के हस्ताक्षर के साथ ही नया कानून तैयार हो गया है। राष्ट्रपति के आदेश में अनुच्छेद 370 के तहत रियासत के विशेष दर्जे और जम्मू कश्मीर के संविधान के तहत टैक्स लगाने के अधिकार को…
(FE) Petrol pump strike: With their demands not being met, the All India Petroleum Dealers Association (AIPDA) has moved ahead to ramp up its protest today and gave a call of ‘No Purchase-No Sale’ on July 12 – it would be applicable nationwide. The association says traders are incurring losses after the rollout of dynamic pricing system under which rates of both petrol and diesel change on a daily basis from the earlier scrapped system when they were changed every fortnight by oil marketing companies (OMCs). This follows AIPDA’s call for a nationwide ‘no-purchase’ agitation on July 5. The association…
(News On Air) Union Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas Dharmendra Pradhan has said that India needs clean and cheap energy for creating employment through Industrial development. He was speaking at the inaugural function of two days Bio energy Urja Utsav organised by Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas in Pune today. Mr Pradhan said that we have achieved remarkable success in non-conventional energy sector. He expressed confidence that a day will come soon when India will lead the World in this sector. While speaking on this occasion, Power Minister Piyush Goyal said that government’s aim is to…
(PTI) Describing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as a “game-changer tax reform”, Union Minister of State for Power Piyush Goyal today sought cooperation of the business community for its effective implementation. “This is an opportunity for all of us, so forget the past things and get associated with this new game-changer tax reform which is an honest system,” said Goyal, who was here to interact with the business community on GST. The new tax regime is system-driven so those who are doing business in fair and honest way won’t be harassed by officials, but those who try to evade…
(PTI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today that it was “mandatory” to implement the consensus of the Paris agreement on climate change, weeks after the US decided to pull out of the landmark deal. He also asserted that India will implement the accord in “letter and spirit”. Modi, while speaking at the meeting of BRICS leaders here on the sidelines of the G20 Summit, said that on issues of climate change and terror, the role of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is “important”. “It is mandatory to implement the consensus reached at the Paris agreement. India will implement the…
(NDTV) As the two-day G20 Summit kicks off today in Hamburg, Germany, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who came straight from Israel after wrapping up his historic three-day visit, will raise some key issues affecting India. Discussions on free and open trade, migration, sustainable development and global stability are also expected to come up. A meeting with leaders of Canada, Japan, and the UK, has already been confirmed. However, an official bilateral meeting has been ruled out between Chinese President Xi Jinping and PM Modi in the wake of a standoff at the border near Sikkim, but the two leaders will…
(FE) The Supreme Court on Friday is likely to pass an order whether or not Aadhaar Card is mandatory for availing government social benefit schemes. On June 10, the Supreme Court had ruled that from July 1 onward, every person eligible to obtain Aadhaar must quote their Aadhaar number or their Aadhaar Enrolment ID number for the filing of Income Tax Returns as well as for applications for Permanent Account Number (PAN). Earlier in the month, the Apex Court pronounced its order on mandatory requirements of Aadhar card for Income Tax Return (ITR). The Income Tax Department has stepped up…
(Tribune) Former Chief Minister Harish Rawat today admitted that the BJP had an upper hand vis-a-vis the Congress in the Facebook and Twitter battle and called upon Congress workers to become more active in social media. Addressing a dharna organised at Gandhi Park, Dehradun, in support of farmers, former Chief Minister Harish Rawat said it was his personal experience that the BJP was far ahead of the Congress in social media. “When I post something of our achievements in social media, there are hundreds of BJP men trying to belittle these through their false statements, but on the contrary there…