(FE) The Narendra Modi government, which is seeking to roll out GST on July 1, will table supplementary goods and services tax legislations in Parliament on Monday. Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will table the bills.The pan-India tax regime will subsume excise, service tax, VAT and and other local levies. Notably, the second leg of budget session will ends on April 12. It has been learned that the legislations will be introduced as Money Bills even as the government wants discussion in both the Houses. FM Jaitley had discussed issues related to GST with Maharashtra finance minister Sudhir Mungantiwar, representatives…
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(ET) A three-member arbitration panel has started hearing validity of the government’s demand of USD 1.55 billion as compensation from Reliance Industries for “unfairly” producing ONGC’s gas. The panel, headed by Singapore-based arbitrator Prof Lawrence Boo, had its first hearing on March 3 where the timetable was drawn, sources privy to the development said. RIL will first file its statement of claim, followed by a statement of followed by a statement of defence by the government. This will be followed by rejoinders, counter-rejoinders and oral hearing, sources said, adding that the panel plans to wind up the hearing in a…
(TOI) Globally, oil companies are known to prefer baking the earth for profit. But in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Swachh Bharat (Clean India) campaign is driving them to the Himalayas — sometimes even outside the country’s boundaries — in search of corporate social salvation. From launching expeditions to clean up major sources of water, creating public conveniences and specialised medical facilities for tourists and innovative underground cellars for vegetables, public sector oil companies are spending part of their profit to help preserve the pristine Himalayan nature and improve people’s lives. And just as in mountaineering, there appears to be…
(TOI) कांग्रेस उपाध्यक्ष राहुल गांधी ने कहा है कि निगम चुनाव में नेताओं की पत्नियों को टिकट नहीं मिलेगा। उन्होंने निगम चुनाव में सही प्रत्याशियों को टिकट दिए जाने का आश्वासन दिया। दिन में कांग्रेस की कई महिला नेत्रियों ने राहुल गांधी से मुलाकात की। उन्होंने राहुल गांधी को बताया कि वे कई वर्षों से कांग्रेस की कार्यकर्ता हैं। लेकिन, जब टिकट देने की बारी आती है तो नेताओं की पत्नियों को टिकट दे दिया जाता है। इस पर राहुल गांधी ने उन्हें आश्वासन दिया कि वे खुद इस तरह के मामलों को देंखेंगे और नेताओं की पत्नियों को टिकट…
(HT) आरजेडी अध्यक्ष लालू प्रसाद यादव ने बीजेपी को पराजित करने के लिए मायावती और मुलायम सिंह यादव समेत सभी धर्मनिरपेक्ष ताकतों से एकसाथ आने का आग्रह किया। लालू ने कहा, बीजेपी को हराने के लिए मायावती और मुलायम सिंह यादव समेत सभी धर्मनिरपेक्ष पार्टियों को एकसाथ आना चाहिए। अगर ऐसा होता है तो भाजपा की रणनीति धाराशाई हो जाएगी। उन्होंने दावा किया केंद्र सरकार आरक्षण के फायदों को खत्म करना चाहती है। साथ ही कहा कि जातियों की जनसंख्या के अनुरूप बजट निधार्रण के अलावा जातिगत जनगणना को सार्वजनिक करने की मांग को लेकर सरकार पर दबाव डालने के…
(FE) State-run Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) will sanction Rs 13,000 crore for clean energy projects next fiscal in the country, vying for around 20 per cent of the loan market share. With the government aiming at adding around 15 to 16 GW of clean energy projects, including solar and wind, there would be total credit market size of around Rs 65,000 crore. “We have planned to sanction around Rs 13,000 crore credit to clean energy project developers in the country in next financial year, which would be around 20 per cent of the market share,” IREDA Chairman K…
(FE) Digitisation of payment system would go a long way in checking corruption and exploitation of the poor by moneylenders, Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said today. With digitisation, the poor people would be able to get loan easily instead of approaching money-lenders, who often exploit them, Pradhan said while inaugurating the 2nd Digi-Dhan Mela of Odisha. The government was also promoting Aadhaar Enabled Payment System in the country to promote digitisation of financial services among the general public, he said.
(PTI) Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today said a new roadmap is afoot to strengthen the border security and seal firmly the International Border with Bangladesh and Pakistan.”The Centre has chalked out a new roadmap to strengthen the border security and plans to seal the International Borders with Bangladesh and Pakistan,” Singh said, addressing the Passing Out Parade of the BSF assistant commandants at the BSF Academy at Tekanpur near here. The parade also saw the first woman assistant commandant of India’s border guarding force, Tanushree Pareek, passing out with Home Minister Singh registering his praise for the BSF’s first…
(FE) There is some good news for the rural citizen of the country as Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is expecting to fulfil its promise of bringing electricity to all the villages of the country by the end of 2019 well before the deadline. Lauding Central government’s efforts to enable electricity in various villages of the country, Union Minister Piyush Goyal took to micro-blogging site Twitter and said, “With 12,708 villages electrified since ’15, Govt’s mission to provide ‘Power for All’, set to complete before 2019.” Goyal, in the past, had said that PM Modi’s pledge in 2015 to electrify…
(AU) गुजरात के पाटन जिले के वडवाली गांव में दो पक्षों के बीच हुई सांप्रदायिक झड़प में एक युवक की मौत हो गई। वहीं, तकरीबन 12 लोग घायल हैं। सूचना मिलने पर मौके पर पहुंची पुलिस ने स्थिति को नियंत्रित करने के लिए कई राउंड हवाई फायरिंग की।मीडिया रिपोर्ट्स के मुताबिक 10वीं में पढ़ने वाले दो छात्र पेपर देकर लौट रहे थे। इसी दौरान दोनों के बीच हल्की बहस ने लड़ाई का रूप ले लिया। धीरे-धीरे दोनों पक्षों के लोगों की संख्या बढ़ गई। इसके बाद एक पक्ष के गांव से आए तकरीबन 5000 हजार लोगों ने एक वर्ग विशेष…