The government has detected fake GST refunds of Rs 1,926 cr since the new system was introduced in 2017, ministry of finance said on Monday. GST refunds are issued by the government when an entity, such as a business, has paid more tax than it was required to under the Goods and Services Tax regime. […]
The first exit poll on the Delhi Assembly elections has called it a win for the Aam Aadmi Party with 44 out of 70 seats. The BJP will win all the remaining 26 seats, the poll said. AAP BJP CONG TIMES NOW 44 26 0 REPUBLIC 55 15 0 INDIA NEWS NATION 55 14 1 […]
Government of India today said that its list of public sector companies scheduled to be sold to private entities did not include Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. The company, abbreviated BHEL, has with operations in multiple locations such as Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh and Trichy in Tamil Nadu and is India’s largest suppliers of heavy electrical […]
Government of India today announced that it has removed about 70 out of the 100 deductions and exemptions that tax-payers could avail of to reduce their tax liability, and will deal with the remaining 30 in the coming year. The exact details of the exemptions and deductions that are being removed will be published soon. […]
Turkish durables player Arçelik and Tata Group’s Voltas have started operations at their first production facility in India at Sanand in Gujarat. The facility will be operated by Voltbek Home Appliances Pvt Ltd, the 50:50 joint venture between the two groups, and will gradually be scaled up to 2.5 million units of annual production by […]
India Ratings, a unit of Fitch Group, has predicted that India’s GDP growth will not return to the 6% or 7% rate in the next financial year due to structural problems, but will show a slight improvement over the current year. The current year, which will end on March 31, is likely to see a […]
Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party is all set to sweep the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections, said the first opinion poll to be conducted ahead of the next month’s elections. The poll was commissioned by ABP News and conducted by Centre for Voting Opinion & Trends in Election Research (C-Voter), and indicated hardly any loss of […]
PM Kisan, one of the world’s largest welfare schemes with a targeted beneficiary strength of 140 million, seems to be running well behind schedule, going by data on the disbursement of funds. The scheme was started on Dec 1 2018, and has so far enrolled only around 7 cr (70 million) farmers against the target […]
eNAM, the electronic National Agricultural Market that was unveiled three-and-a-half years ago, has seen the total cumulative turnover on its platform hit Rs 84,842, Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said. He said a total of 1.65 cr farmers in 18 states and union territories have been brought onto to the electronic agricultural commodity trading platform. […]
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has sent a directive to all private news channels urging them to be cautious about the coverage of events that may lead to violence or promote ‘anti-national attitudes’. The missive came in the background of massive protests in North Eastern states, particularly Assam, against a decision by the central government […]
The government of India may soon bring amend the law to deny the possibility of a presidential pardon to those sentenced to death under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences or POCSO Act. Speaking at an event organized by the spiritual outfit Brahma Kumaris in Hyderabad, Indian President Ram Nath Kovind said that opinion […]
The internal disciplinary committee of the Nationalist Congress Party has recommended the expulsion of Ajit Pawar from the primary membership of the party. With the recommendation, the responsibility to remove Ajit Pawar from the primary membership of the party has now moved to party president and uncle Sharad Pawar. Any expulsion of Ajit Pawar will […]
The Supreme Court of India is hearing the petition filed by political parties Shiv Sena, Nationalist Congress Party and Indian National Congress, accusing the governor of violating constitutional norms in inviting the BJP to form the government in the state. The judgment has been reserved for 10:30 AM tomorrow, giving much-needed respite for the BJP […]
Family members of Nitin Pawar, the NCP MLA from Nashik, have lodged a police complaint alleging that the MLA has gone missing. Pawar is one of the three MLAs who failed to turn up for the party meeting called by NCP President Sharad Pawar yesterday. It is believed that Nitin Pawar may be under the […]
Congress general secretary Ahmed Patel today denied charges that his party dragged its heels in the formation of a new government in Maharasthra, giving rival BJP enough time to break Congress’ ally Nationalist Congress Party and come back to power. “We haven’t caused even a second’s delay,” Patel said, addressing media today. “But it’s true […]
Union minister and Republican Party of India leader Ramdas Athavale said he was aware of moves to woo Sharad Pawar Nationalist Congress Party to join with the BJP, but the patriarch had refused the invitation. His comments came in the wake of Pawar’s nephew and NCP leader Ajit Pawar breaking away from the NCP and […]
India’s junior minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, Dr Jitendra Singh, today said the government was still hopeful of signing a deal to set up a massive, 7.2 GW nuclear power plant in partnership with US-based Westinghouse Electric. Singh, who was responding to a question in the parliament today, said Westinghouse’s bankruptcy delayed proceedings, but […]
Almost 1 cr city-dwellers in India have been sanctioned around Rs 1.5 lakh each under the flagship PM Housing Scheme or PMAY for urban dwellers, with Andhra Pradesh emerging the clear winner in the implementation of the scheme. On average, the single beneficiary was allocated Rs 1.57 lakh. PMAY or PM Awaz Yojana (Housing Scheme) […]
Uddhav Thackeray, the head of political party Shiv Sena, confirmed today that his party has begun official talks with the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party on forming a government in Maharashtra. The statement indicates that the Congress Party and the NCP have reached some kind of consensus on what to expect and demand from […]
The Supreme Court has handed over the possession of the dispute piece of land in Ayodhya to a trust for the construction of a Hindu temple, while allocating a separate, 5-acre plot for the construction of a mosque. The following is the full judgement of the Supreme five-judge bench in Ayodhya Ram Temple Babri Masjid […]
