GST Council Meet: GST of Mobile Phones increased from 12% to 18%

On March 14, 2020, the GST Council met for the 39th time in New Delhi. The Council was headed by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman. Highlights The Council has increased the GST of mobile phones from 12% to 18%. It reduced the tax on handmade and machine made match sticks to 12%. Also, the GST ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2020

Category: India Nation & States Current Affairs

Topics: GST • GST Council • GSTN • Infosys • Nandan Nilekani • Smart Phone

First Waste To Energy Plant of Indian Railways inaugurated 

The East Coast Railway Zone on Thursday, 23rd January 2020 has commissioned the first waste-to-energy plant of the Indian Railway’s at Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The facility was inaugurated by Rajesh Agarwal (Railway Board Member). This was the fourth such plant to be commissioned in the country, but also the first in the government sector of India. ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Bengaluru • Bhubaneswar • East Coast Railway zone • Infosys • Odisha • Railway Board Member • waste-to-energy plant

GOI partners with Infosys to improve GST Filling Portal

To improve the performance of the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTIN) filling portal, The Government of India has entered into a partnership with Infosys, which has been managing the Goods and Service Tax regime as the service provider in the country. The technological measures adopted under the partnership will be announced in April 2020. ..

Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020

Topics: Goods and services tax • Government of India • Infosys • States and union territories of India

Infosys launches three block-chain powered distributed applications

Infosys announced the launch of three blockchain-powered distributed applications for government services, supply chain management and insurance domains. These applications are equipped with predictive return on investment (ROI) analytics for business investments that can be tailored to meet numerous industry-specific needs. Key Highlights These comprehensive applications are designed as ready-to-subscribe business networks, thus, they would ..

Month: Current Affairs - December, 2019

Category: Economy & Banking Current Affairs

Topics: blockchain technology • Business Application • cryptocurrencies • Infosys • Internet of things • IoT • Return on Investment

Infosys Prizes 2019

The winners of the Infosys Prize 2019 in six categories were announced by Infosys Science Foundation (ISF). The awardees were selected from 196 nominations by a panel of 6 jurors. The awards to winning professors will be conferred by Nobel laureate Amartya Sen on 7 January 2020. Infosys Prize 2019 for science and research awardees ..

Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News

Topics: Infosys • Infosys Prize • Infosys Science Foundation • NR Narayana Murthy • Sunita Sarawagi