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Kerala becomes first Indian state to provide maternity benefits in private educational sector

In a path-breaking development, the Central Government has recently approved the Kerala Government’s decision to bring teachers and other staff of private educational institutions under the Maternity Benefit...

October 18, 2019

Injeti Srinivas Committee to look into offences under the Companies Act

The government has constituted a committee under Injeti Srinivas, secretary of the Corporate Affairs Ministry to look at recategorization of certain offences under the Companies Act as civil...

September 19, 2019

RBI Surplus Transfer to Government

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to transfer Rs 1.76 lakh crore to the Central government from its own reserves. RBI Reserves The following three funds of...

August 28, 2019

Government of India notifies Sabka Vishwas – Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme 2019

The Government of India (GoI) has recently notified the Sabka Vishwas – Legacy Dispute Resolution Scheme 2019 to reduce legacy service tax and central excise cases in the...

August 24, 2019

GST Council to reduce GST Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12% to 5%

In a bid to promote electric mobility, the GST Council has decided to reduce GST Rate on Electrical Vehicles from 12% to 5% and on charger or charging...

July 27, 2019

Rajiv Kumar appointed as vice chairman of NITI Aayog

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently reconstituted the federal policy think-tank National Institution of Transforming India (NITI) Aayog by introducing key Cabinet ministers as members as ex-officio members....

June 7, 2019

Rajnath Singh to chair Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh will chair the Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs and be part of the all-important panel on political affairs headed by Prime Minister Narendra...

June 7, 2019

IGNOU launches an awareness programme on GST in collaboration with BSE

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched an awareness programme on Goods and Services Tax (GST) in collaboration with Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) Institute Limited to...

April 30, 2019

8.80 Million turns out to be ‘stop filers’ in Demonetisation year

Income Tax Returns have seen a upward surge in tax compliance aftermath of demonetisation and GST introduction. However according to a report, around 8.80 million taxpayers turned out...

April 5, 2019

New Delhi hosted 34th GST Council meet on GST rate

The 34th GST council meet was held on 19th March, 2019 at New Delhi. The meeting was held to decide on modalities for GST applicability on Real Estate Sector. The meeting...

March 21, 2019

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