Lifting the ban on the yatra, a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice R S Chauhan and Justice Alok Kumar Verma said the pilgrimage will start with restrictions like a daily limit on the number of devotees visiting the temples.
The revenue foregone due to tax incentives in 2009-10 is estimated at Rs 5,40,269 crore.
Batting for the Reserve Bank of India and the finance ministry, the Planning Commission on Friday said concessions to special economic zones should be at par with those provided to infrastructure projects.\n\n
The government must create a National Technology Acquisition Fund to increase technology infusion in micro, small and medium enterprises.
They want FSI to be in line with export benefits for the sale of residential properties to NRIs and foreigners.
The government announced several incentives in the five-year Foreign Trade Policy.
'People of my constituency told me they will continue loving me, but will not vote for me if I am with the BJP.'
The study suggested tax rebates for high-end technology companies that set up research and development centres in India.
BCCI is planning aggressively to have an IPL in the United Arab Emirates provided the central government green-lights their request for a shift due to the rising cases of COVID-19.
Petroleum Minister Murli Deora is seeking to give a big push to domestic oil and gas hunt through a slew of fiscal incentives including infrastructure status to exploration and production business and exemption from service tax.
Universities and schools across the country have been closed since March 16 when the Centre announced a countrywide classroom shutdown as part of measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Retailers are also demanding that home delivery across all forms of retail should be allowed to ensure a level playing field.
The Individual tax payer exemption limit to be raised to Rs 200,000 from Rs 180,000.
The state also said that the police had recorded the statements of 400 witnesses so far and the investigators were in the process of finding the whereabouts of a doctor, who was an accused in the incident that took place at a housing society in suburban Kandivali, where one such camp was held.
No physical offerings such as 'prasad' distribution or sprinkling of holy water will be allowed inside the religious place.
The first phase of the programme will kick off with vaccinations in Hyderabad on Monday and in Visakhapatnam on Tuesday (May 18) at Apollo facilities.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday hinted at not raising tax rates and providing incentives for manufacturing.
'A well made masala film will never go out of fashion. Pushpa proved it yet again.'
Union Budget 2009-10 has been mildly positive for the power sector.
Extension of 2% interest subvention for textile sector will reduce the interest burden on the P&L of textile companies this fiscal.
Hike import duty on finished products; Rationalize excise Duty on Molasses to 8% ad valorem or Rs. 375/PMT and on Naphtha to 8%, cut corporate tax to 25%, service tax to 5%.
Only Cement is assessed to retail selling price based excise duty but denied abatement; also seeks imposition of import duty due to emerging surplus supply situation in India
Seeks removal of commodity transaction tax, which was never notified amidst strong protests, reduction in securities transaction tax to cut transaction cost and boost volumes.
There was no relief for existing home buyers who are stuck in stalled projects and are paying both rent and EMI on their home loans.
Banks have sought relaxation in norms for classifying loans to delayed infrastructure projects as sub-standard assets even as the Reserve Bank of India has indicated its unwillingness to ease the group exposure ceiling.
The interim Budget in May this year had extended the depreciation benefit on purchase of new commercial vehicles to September from March 2009. Industry executives said this should be extended as sales of large vehicles slumped 40 per cent in April and May this year. Sales of medium and heavy commercial vehicles had dipped 33 per cent in 2008-2009.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance released its manifesto for the February 20 Punjab polls on Saturday, promising a slew of sops for various sections, including 75 per cent reservation in all government jobs for youngsters from the state, an unemployment allowance, 35 per cent reservation for women in government jobs and massive infrastructure development.
'It is quite natural for our farmers to go for rice and cane when both power and water are almost free.'
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests and as many T20Is in a bio-secure environment in England amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Issues such as the economy's health and the government's ability to produce an environment where jobs are available are not of particular concern to us as voters, asserts Aakar Patel.
The Resistance Front (TRF), which is believed to be a shadow group of LeT, claimed responsibility for the killings. IGP (Kashmir) Kumar said police have seized a vehicle used in the attack and that such killings were being executed at the behest of Pakistan.
Pakistan's popular hill station Murree was declared a calamity-hit area on Saturday after at least 21 people, including nine children, froze to death in their vehicles due to unprecedented snowfall and rush of tourists to the picturesque town in Punjab province.
The government has broadened the ambit of services exempted from service tax for Special Economic Zones as services provided to these zones even from outside would not be taxable.
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