Farmers from Tamil Nadu, who have been protesting in Delhi, took off their clothes and rolled through the roads near Prime Minister’s Office in Delhi on Monday. Police later arrested them. Farmers resorted to this mode of protest after they were denied appointment to meet Prime Minister. On Monday morning,[Read More…]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladeshi counterpart Sheikh Hasina held bilateral talks at Hyderabad House in Delhi on Saturday and inked 22 pacts in various key sectors, including a civil nuclear cooperation agreement. India has announced a credit line of $4.5 billion for investment in Bangladesh. “We are happy[Read More…]
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up the four bills related to the GST. Opposition questioned the government’s preparedness to implement the indirect tax regime and urged for a mechanism to insulate taxpayers from harassment by tax authorities. Deputy Leader of Congress Anand Sharma said, “It is important that as[Read More…]
Agriculture is the backbone of Indian economy. Farmers contribute about 16% of the total GDP. Farmers, who work day and night to feed the nation, are the real warriors. Unfortunately, their trials and tribulations remain largely unattended. According to a report by National Crime Reports Bureau, farmers suicide account for[Read More…]
The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said that computer programmers will not be eligible for H-1B visas by default. The (USCIS) on March 31, released a policy memorandum titled “Rescission of the December 22, 2000 ‘Guidance memo on H-1B computer related positions’”. The move could directly affect thousands of Indians applying[Read More…]
While the crackdown on illegal slaughter houses and the burning of slaughter houses are putting lives of hundreds of meat traders at risk, online meat trading companies are reportedly getting fresh investments. Latest in the array is Bengaluru-based online meat startup Licious, which secured $ 10 million from investors including[Read More…]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday introduced in Lok Sabha four bills on Goods and Services Tax, providing for a maximum GST rate of 40 per cent, an anti- profiteering authority and arrests for evading taxes. With this, rollout of GST – the biggest tax reform since independence – has[Read More…]
The government is likely to table supplementary goods and services tax legislations in Parliament on Monday. “C-GST, I-GST, UT-GST and the compensation law are likely to be introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday and could be taken up for discussion as early as March 28,” PTI reported, quoting sources.[Read More…]
The government on Tuesday moved a fresh proposal to cap cash transactions at Rs 2 lakh instead of Rs 3 lakh as provided in the Budget, as it introduced an amendment to this effect in the Finance Bill cleared by the Lok Sabha on Tuesday. The tightening of the cap[Read More…]
Vodafone India and the Kumar Mangalam Birla-owned Idea Cellular would merge to create the country’s biggest phone company by subscribers, giving a tough fight to Bharti Airtel. The fresh Rs 1.55 lakh crore entity will also be the world No. 2 after China Mobile. Under the merger, both the company[Read More…]
Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram who was recently in Kolkata, just before the launch of his book ‘Fearless in Opposition: Power and Accountability,’ said that the government should not rush GST through. “According to me there are things that have to be done,” Chidambaram told the Telegraph. When asked[Read More…]
Central government on Friday said that there is no “direct link” between demonetisation and the prices of agricultural commodities. “There is no direct link between demonetisation and the prices of agricultural commodities,” Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said in Rajya Sabha. He added that the government had taken enough steps[Read More…]