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SK Mohanty appointed as whole-time member of market regulator SEBI

Santosh Kumar Mohanty has been appointed a whole-time member of market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for a period of three years. At present Executive...

April 7, 2018

PFMS portal processes record transactions on single day

The Public Financial Management System (PFMS) portal has processed record Rs 71,633 crore transactions on a single day. This was a historical record breaking volume of digital transactions...

March 31, 2018

Cabinet approves re-structuring of NSDF and NSDC

The Union Cabinet has approved proposal for restructuring of National Skill Development Fund (NSDF) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) to strengthen their governance, implementation and monitoring framework....

March 29, 2018

The Union Government constitutes task force to draft new Direct Tax Law

The Government of India (GoI) had constituted an 8-member task force under CBDT member Arvind Modi in November 2017 to review the Income-tax Act of 1961 and to...

March 22, 2018

Government scraps export duty on sugar

The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) under Ministry of Finance has scrapped export duty of 20% on raw and refined sugar to boost shipments. The removal...

March 21, 2018

42nd Civil Accounts Day (CAD-2018) celebrated on 1 March

The 42nd Civil Accounts Day (CAD-2018) was celebrated by Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS) on March 1 in New Delhi to mark the 42nd anniversary of the beginning...

March 1, 2018

Arbind Modi to be convener of task force to review Income Tax Act 1961

The Union Government has recently constituted a task force to review the Income Tax Act 1961 and draft a new direct tax law in consonance with current economic...

November 23, 2017

PV Reddi to head 2nd National Judicial Pay Commission (NJPC) to look into pay hike issue of lower court judges

The Union Law Ministry has finalized the appointment of a Second National Judicial Pay Commission to recommend salary hikes for the 21,000 lower court judges in India. The...

October 12, 2017

New Delhi is hosting annual conference Rajaswa Gyan Sangam (RGS – 2017)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has inaugurated the annual conference – Rajaswa Gyan Sangam (RGS-2017) in New Delhi on September 1, 2017. The conference is jointly organised by Central...

September 1, 2017

Arun Jaitley to chair 17th meeting of Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) was held

Arun Jaitley, the Union Finance Minister, has chaired the 17th meeting of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) in New Delhi on August 22, 2017. The Council...

August 23, 2017

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