New Delhi to push for services trade facilitation & food stockpiling.
Under the scheme coming into effect from April 1, 2018, a donor could purchase bonds from authorised banks against cheques or digital payments. These would be redeemed only in the designated account of a registered political party.
The Association for Democratic Reforms slams the Budget proposals on political funding, says they lack teeth and show the "lack of political will" in proposing real reforms.
A united Opposition is expected to move amendments to the motion of thanks for the President's address on how note ban was a mess.
Earners in between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore will have to pay 10% surcharge
Earners in between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore will have to pay 10% surcharge
The Indian Staffing Federation says their demand assumes significance as the formal sector will grow after demonetisation and the segment will play a crucial role in that.
Treats gains on sale of as capital gains, not business income, spares him from huge tax liability.
Major focus will be on adequately funding existing schemes to ensure their timely completion before the next General Elections.
GAAR will not override the recently revised double taxation avoidance agreements with Mauritius and Singapore.
Its officers would wear black bands on Monday, which is also Martyrs day, the IRS Association (Customs and Central Excise) has said.
It was better to first build a single-rate GST with a low rate, achieve full mastery of this, and then consider more complex possibilities such as high rates and multiple rates.
A committee on digitalisation headed by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had in an interim report recommended taxing cash transactions of at least Rs 50,000 to promote digital payments.
"There has been one meeting (on this). It is a matter of setting up the governance structures. Now ball is in the court of the Indian side to finalise the governance of the setting up of the fund. We are ready for it," the UAE ambassador Dr Ahmed Al Banna said.
India has a huge trade surplus with US - over $20 billion a year in the past five years.
NITI Aayog wants the prime minister's flagship initiative should focus on labour-intensive sectors and policies that impede their growth to get special attention.
CBDT circular issued last month had raised multiple taxation concerns.
Dynasts and turncoats in Uttarakhand and Hindutva champions in Uttar Pradesh - BJP names 64 candidates for Uttarakhand and 149 for UP.
Government planning to slash the number of days required to start a business in Mumbai, Delhi from the current 26.
The sharp rise was also due to a statistical illusion -- low industrial numbers in November 2015, and sharp reversal of a 12-month declining trend in capital goods.
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