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Key points in proposed Judicial Appointment Commission Bill

The controversy over the efficacy of the collegium system for appointing Supreme Court judges has gained momentum with many leaders and even eminent jurists including well-known names such...

July 30, 2014

Government sets up Suresh Prabhu Panel to review Gas Pricing Formula

Union government will appoint Suresh Prabhu Committee to review the gas pricing formula. Suresh Prabhu is a former Union Power Minister under National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by...

July 25, 2014

Wages under MNREGA shouldn't be less than minimum wage in states: Mahendra Dev Committee

As per the recommendations of a high-level committee set up by the Centre, wages under MNREGA should be equal to or higher than the minimum wage in the...

July 21, 2014

Rangarajan panel suggests new Poverty Line: Rs.47 per day in urban, Rs. 32 in rural areas

Brushing aside the Tendulkar Committee report on poverty estimation, a Committee headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan has said that the number of poor in India was...

July 7, 2014

Provide information to SIT on black money: RBI directs banks and FIs

The RBI has asked all Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) to provide information and documents sought by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to uncover black money. The...

June 23, 2014

Mayaram Committee’s definitions of FDI, FII accepted by the Government of India

The Government of India has accepted the report of Mayaram Committee thereby accepting the definitions of FII and FDI. The panel headed by Finance Secretary was set up...

June 21, 2014

Government sets up Panel to design National Rubber Policy

An expert panel has been set up by the Union Government to formulate National Rubber Policy. The committee will be headed by the Additional Secretary (Plantations) Department of...

June 20, 2014

BCIC recommendations on tax reforms accepted by Shome Committee

The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) headed by Parthasarathy Shome has accepted the suggestions of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) pertaining to realignment of the...

June 19, 2014

Government sets up Panel to look into the cause of gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant

An independent High Level Committee under the chairmanship of Shri K.K. Mehrotra, former CMD, MECON has been constituted by the Government to inquire about the cause of gas...

June 19, 2014

Do away with the post of Revenue Secretary, merge CBDT, CBEC: Shome Panel on TARC

The government appointed Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), headed by Parthasarathi Shome, has recommended some radical reforms in tax administration which include: Abolition of the post of Revenue Secretary...

June 18, 2014

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