Month: December 2018

Indian techie returns after 6 yrs in Pakistan jail

Attari (Amritsar) :  A software engineer from Mumbai, who had spent around six years in a Pakistan jail, was reunited with his family after he returned to India through the Attari-Wagah border on Tuesday evening. Hamid Ansari, 33, was earlier released from a jail in Peshawar on Tuesday for […]

Task Force to Review Direct Tax Legislation

open view web desk The Government had constituted a Task Force to draft a New Direct Tax Law vide Officer Order in F.No. 370149/230/2017 dated 22.11.2017 under the Convenorship of Shri Arbind Modi, the then Member (Legislation), CBDT with original term of six months for submission of report […]

India Becoming World’s Fastest Growing Economy

open view web desk The share of Indian economy inworld(measured as a ratio of India’s GDP to world’s GDP at current US$) increased from 2.6 percent in 2014 to 3.2 percent in 2017 (as per World Development Indicators database). The average share of Indian economy in world during […]

Capital Infusion of PSBsby Government

open view web desk Government of India (GoI) announced recapitalisation of Public Sector Banks (PSBs) to the tune of Rs. 2.11 lakh crore in October 2017, through infusion of capital by the Government and raising of capital by banks from the markets. Rs. 88,139 crore was infused by […]

Third Roadshow On Competition Law organized by Competition Commission of India on 18TH December in Ahmedabad

open view web desk The Third Roadshow on Competition Law was organised in Ahmedabad on 18th December, 2018 by the Competition Commission of India with a thematic focus on Public Procurement, Trade Associations, Cartels and Leniency. The Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA), a think tank under the aegis of Ministry […]

Sri Lanka lawmakers defect from president to prime minister after dispute

COLOMBO – Three lawmakers from Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s party defected to the government of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday after a dispute between the two leaders. The island nation was plunged into crisis in October after Sirisena replaced Wickremesinghe with ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa, without the […]

The changing face of Indian state assemblies

The last series of state elections before India goes to polls to elect the central government concluded this month. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost power to Congress in three key states — one of the biggest losses for the party in local elections since […]

Leaving of Headquarters by Officers: Govt issues fresh instructions

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 18: The Government on Tuesday issued a set of fresh instructions for officers regarding leaving of headquarters. According to an order issued by General Administration Department, the Administrative Secretaries, Divisional Commissioners/ Deputy Commissioners shall continue to seek prior permission and shall submit […]

State Tax Deptt initiates action against M/S Dogra Medical Hall for suppressing sales

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 18: State Tax Department today initiated action against M/S Dogra Medical Hall here for suppressing the sales to evade GST. According to a spokesman of the Tax Department, during inspection and verification of sale documents of M/s Dogra Medical Hall, a team […]

For effective regulation, Transport deptt to establish full-fledged traffic planning wing: Samoon

open view web desk JAMMU, DECEMBER 18: For effective regulation of traffic in the state, Transport Department has decided to establish full-fledged traffic planning wing in the Transport Commissioners office. This was decided at a meeting chaired by Principal Secretary Animal, Sheep and Transport Department Dr. Asghar Hasan […]

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