(AT) जम्मू कश्मीर की राजधानी श्रीनगर में वस्तु एवं सेवा कर परिषद (जीएसटी काउंसिल) की बेहद अहम और आखिरी बैठक चल रही है. देश के इतिहास का सबसे टैक्स सुधार करार दिए जाने वाले जीएसटी पर इस बैठक में काउंसिल वस्तुओं और सेवाओं पर टैक्स रेट तय करेगी. इस अंतिम बैठक को श्रीनगर में रखे जाने के लिए पीछे कई अहम राजनीति मायने भी देखें जा रहे हैं. दरअसल पिछले कुछ महीनों से पत्थरबाजी और विरोध प्रदर्शनों की आग से झुलस रहे कश्मीर में जीएसटी पर इस अहम बैठक से सरकार की कोशिश धरती के इस स्वर्ग से देश और…
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(PTI) Consumers would soon be able to buy energy efficient LED bulbs, tubelights and ceiling fans at petrol pumps at much lower retail rates. The consumer would get the LED bulb for Rs 65, tubelight for Rs 230 and ceiling fan at Rs 1,150.These appliances would be sourced by the three state-run oil marketing companies (OMCs) — Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum — from the state-run Energy Efficiency Services Ltd (EESL). The OMCs and EESL was to ink Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EESL today for selling these appliances but it was postponed due to the demise of…
The Central Information Commission (CIC) is organising a Seminar on implementation of the Right to Information here tomorrow. The Chief Information Commissioner Shri Radha Krishna Mathur will deliver the Inaugural Address and Information Commissioner, CIC, Prof. M. Sridhar Acharyulu, will give a talk on “Scope of Privacy of Public Servant”. Information Commissioner, CIC, Shri Yashovardhan Azad will deliver the address at the Valedictory Session. Academicians, practitioners, researchers, NGOs/civil society groups and other stakeholders will be giving well researched original presentations, including case studies during the Seminar. Speakers of eminence will include Ms. Anjali Bhardwaj, co-Convenor, National Campaign for People’s Right…
(NDTV) Environment Minister Anil Dave has died at 60. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he was “absolutely shocked” and described Mr Dave’s death as a “personal loss”. He wrote, “I was with Anil Madhav Dave ji till late last evening, discussing key policy issues.” The prime minister also said Mr Dave would be remembered as a devoted public servant and was tremendously passionate towards conserving the environment.Mr Dave, who had a longtime association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), was appointed Environment Minister last year. He was a Rajya Sabha member from Madhya Pradesh.He was a member of various committees…
(Tribune) A 2 per cent cess will be levied on the sale of liquor by the state government as part of the new excise policy effective from June 1, which was approved today by the Cabinet.Rather than announcing major changes in the excise policy, the new BJP government has only fiddled with the old policy and announced a few changes here and there.The new 2 per cent cess will be levied on liquor (MRP) out of which 1 per cent cess so charged would be spent on road safety measures and 1 per cent on social safety measures.The revenue target…
(TNIE) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be visiting Gujarat for two days early next week, during which he will attend the annual general meeting of African Development Bank to be held in Gandhinagar on May 23. The state unit of BJP said today during his May 22 and 23 visit, Modi will also go to Kutch district in the state to inaugurate development works at Kandla and dedicate to the nation Narmada Water pumping station at Bhachau in the same district. “The prime minister will arrive at Bhachau in Kutch district on May 22. After attending a programme there, he will…
(FE) The ministry of civil aviation is trying to make certain changes in the regional connectivity scheme — before the second round of bidding — to make it more investor- and business-friendly. Sources said the proposed changes deal with exclusive rights to fly on the commercially lucrative routes, added benefits for airlines operating on the routes in smaller towns and backward regions, and acquisition of aircraft by the regional airlines. The ministry is satisfied with the response to the first round of bidding, but it still wants to change certain things to make the scheme more robust, investor-friendly and beneficial…
(Hindustan) सातवें वेतन और किसानों की कर्ज माफी से राज्य सरकार पर आने वाले अतिरिक्त आर्थिक बोझ से विकास कार्यों पर असर न पड़े, इसके लिए यूपी सरकार को अतिरिक्त संसाधन जुटाने होंगे। अतिरिक्त संसाधन जुटाने के लिए सरकार को कुछ नए टैक्स लगाने पड़ेंगे। इसके लिए सरकार ने वित्त मंत्री की अध्यक्षता में 14 सदस्यीय कमेटी का गठन किया है। कमेटी टैक्स के नए स्त्रोत खोजेगी। मुख्य कर और करेत्तर राजस्व के स्त्रोतों में वृद्धि करेगी। नए उपाय तलाश करेगी। टैक्स की दरों में बदलाव करेगी। कर प्रशासन को सुदृढ़ करेगी। कर चोरी रोकने पर नियंत्रण कैसे हो, इसका…
(PTI) In less than two weeks, security forces today conducted the second major cordon-and-search operation in Kashmir’s Shopian district but called it off after hours as no militant could be found but not before stone-pelting mobs hampered it. The search operation, in which a large number of security forces were involved, was launched in Heff village in the Zainapora area following information about presence of militants there, an Army official said. The operation, which started in the early hours, was hampered by local residents who pelted the forces with stones, a police official said. The official said additional security force personnel were…
(Bureaucracy Today) The ONGC has dedicated a Rs 313-crore multi-specialty hospital to the people of Assam. Sarbananda Sonowal, Chief Minister of Assam, Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, accompanied by Dinesh K Sarraf CMD, ONGC dedicated the ONGC multi-specialty hospital ‘Chaolung Sukaphaa’ to the people of Assam recently during the its Bhoomi Pujan ceremony Rajabari in Sibsagar district, Bureaucracy Today has learnt. Endorsing the vision of Hon’ble Prime Minister of ‘building modern infrastructure in Northeast’ and to unlock its potential ONGC under its CSR initiative is spearheading the multi-specialty hospital in the region. Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal…