Govt notifies 63 provisions of Motor Vehicles Act; implementation from Sep 1
Posted Date : 29-Aug-2019 , 09:51:31 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Government has notified 63 provisions of the Motor Vehicles Amendment Act 2019 including the ones dealing with enhanced penalties for various traffic offences. The new clauses will come into effect from 1st of next month.
In a statement, Road Transport and Highways Ministry said, these are provis...
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CBIC compulsorily retired another 22 senior officers over corruption, other charges
Posted Date : 26-Aug-2019 , 04:31:30 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC) has compulsorily retired 22 senior officers of the rank of Superintendent/A.O. over corruption and other charges. Sources said, the decision is in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day speech recently.
Addressing ...
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Govt gives businesses four months to settle indirect tax disputes
Posted Date : 23-Aug-2019 , 09:12:48 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Businesses can now settle their pending disputes relating to central excise duty and service tax within four months starting 1 September under the terms notified by the government on Thursday.
The finance ministry notified a scheme to settle the indirect tax disputes in the pre-GST era, named Sab...
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Govt removes Debenture Redemption Reserve requirement for Listed Companies, NBFCs and HFCs
Posted Date : 20-Aug-2019 , 09:04:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has amended the Companies (Share Capital & Debentures) Rules by removing Debenture Redemption Reserve requirement for Listed Companies, NCFCs and HFCs.
The decision has been taken in pursuance of the Budget announcements for 2019-20 by Union Finance & C...
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President gives assent to Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act
Posted Date : 10-Aug-2019 , 08:34:49 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his assent to the Motor Vehicles(Amendment), Act 2019. A Gazette Notification to this effect was issued by Ministry of Law and Justice yesterday. The Parliament had passed the bill in the recently concluded session.
The bill amends the Motor Vehicles Act,...
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Ayushmann KHURANA, Vicky Kaushal bag National Film Award for best Actor
Posted Date : 09-Aug-2019 , 08:29:31 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Bollywood stars Ayushmann Khurrana and Vicky Kaushal have jointly bagged the National Film Award for best actor for their roles in Andhadhun and Uri. Gujarati movie Hellaro has been awarded the best feature film.
Aditya Dhar won the Best Director award for his debut Uri: The Surgical Strike while...
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Parliament passes Consumer Protection Bill
Posted Date : 06-Aug-2019 , 09:27:31 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Parliament has passed the Consumer Protection Bill, 2019, with the Rajya Sabah approving it today.
The Lok Sabha has already passed it. The bill aims at protecting the interests of consumers by establishing authorities for timely and effective administration and settlement of consumer...
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Parliament passes Jammu & Kashmir reorganisation Bill
Posted Date : 06-Aug-2019 , 09:26:08 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Parliament has adopted the resolution revoking the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, with Lok Sabha approving it today.
The Lower House adopted the resolution with 351 members supporting it while 72 voted against it. The Rajya Sabha had adopted...
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Parliament passes Wage Code Bill to ensure minimum wage for workers
Posted Date : 03-Aug-2019 , 07:10:55 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Rajya Sabha, on Friday, passed the Code on Wages Bill, 2019, which allows the Centre to set a minimum statutory wage, a move expected to benefit 500 million workers across the country. The bill has been passed in the Lok Sabha last week and will now go for President's assent following which ...
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President Kovind gives assent to Triple Talaq Bill
Posted Date : 01-Aug-2019 , 08:33:51 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
President Ram Nath Kovind has given his nod to the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2019 that abolishes the practice of instant Triple Talaq.
The law comes into force retrospectively from 19th September 2018. A Gazette Notification to this effect was issued yesterday. T...
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Rajya Sabha passes Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Bill to improve road safety
Posted Date : 01-Aug-2019 , 08:32:43 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Rajya Sabha passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment), Bill, 2019 with some amendments. The bill was passed yesterday with 108 members voting in favour of the bill and 13 against.
It will be again sent to the Lok Sabha for approval as it was passed with Amendments.
The bill seeks to amend the ...
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Parliament passes Companies (Amendment) Bill
Posted Date : 30-Jul-2019 , 09:57:43 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Parliament has passed the Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019, with the Rajya Sabha approving it today. The Lok Sabha has already passed the bill.
The Bill seeks to amend the Companies Act, 2013. It aims to tighten Corporate Social Responsibility-CSR compliance, transfer certain responsibiliti...
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Lok Sabha Passes the Code on Wages Bill, 2019
Posted Date : 30-Jul-2019 , 09:55:13 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Lok Sabha today passed The Code on Wages Bill, 2019. While opening the discussion for consideration and passing of the Bill, Minister of State (I/C) for Labour and Employment Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar said that it is a historic Bill which aims to transform the old and obsolete labour laws...
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Parliament passes RTI (Amendment) Bill, 2019
Posted Date : 25-Jul-2019 , 10:48:32 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Parliament has passed the Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 with the Rajya Sabha approving it today amid opposition walkout. The Lok Sabah has already passed the bill.
The Bill seeks to empower the Centre to make rules to decide the tenure, salary, allowances and other terms of se...
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Cabinet approves bill to scrap 58 redundant laws
Posted Date : 18-Jul-2019 , 09:18:28 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In its effort to weed out archaic and dead statutes, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill to scrap 58 laws which have lost their relevance.
The NDA government in its two terms has sent to the chopping block 1824 old laws which had become redundant.
After the Repealing and Amendment Bill...
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Gadkari appeals to MSMEs to plant trees
Posted Date : 13-Jul-2019 , 08:56:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari has written to all industry associations and registered MSMEs, urging them to plant as many trees as they can before the end of the monsoon season.
In the letter, Gadkari suggested that each small enterprise can plant and maintain a minimum of 5 trees, each medi...
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Essar Steel CoC likely to appeal against NCLAT order in Supreme Court
Posted Date : 12-Jul-2019 , 09:24:38 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The State Bank of India-led committee of creditors (CoC) of debt-laden Essar Steel is likely to move the Supreme Court on Friday against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal’s (NCLAT) order that reduced their share of the sale proceeds and also put the financial creditors and operationa...
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Petrol price to rise by Rs 2.5, diesel by Rs 2.3 after FM raises tax
Posted Date : 06-Jul-2019 , 11:36:27 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Petrol price will be hiked by over Rs 2.5 per litre and diesel by more than Rs 2.3 after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Friday raised taxes on the fuels to part-fund her Budget for 2019-20.
Sitharaman raised excise duty and road and infrastructure cess on the auto fuels by Rs 2 per litre eac...
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Govt cuts interest rate on small savings schemes by 0.1 pc
Posted Date : 29-Jun-2019 , 09:13:00 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has reduced interest rate on small savings schemes, including the National Savings Certificate and Public Provident Fund, by 0.1 per cent for the July-September quarter.
Barring interest on savings deposits, which has been retained at 4 per cent annually, rate on all other schemes ...
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Govt reduces ESI contribution rate from 6.5 to 4 per cent
Posted Date : 14-Jun-2019 , 08:54:14 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
The government has reduced the rate of the contribution made by employees and employers under the Employees' State Insurance (ESI) Act from 6.5 per cent to 4 per cent. In a release, the Ministry of Labour and Employment said, the government has taken a historic decision to reduce the rate of con...
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Cabinet approves Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019
Posted Date : 13-Jun-2019 , 12:10:34 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Union Cabinet has approved the Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill 2019 to replace Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Ordinance 2019.
This will enable UIDAI to have a more robust mechanism to serve the public interest and restrain the misuse of Aadhar. After the amendment, no individual will ...
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Govt reconstitutes eight Cabinet Committees
Posted Date : 06-Jun-2019 , 09:17:53 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Under the Transaction of Business Rules, the Government has reconstituted Cabinet Committees. These include - Appointments Committee of the Cabinet, Cabinet Committee on Accommodation, Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, Cabinet Committee on Polit...
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Parliament Session to be held from June 17 to July 26
Posted Date : 01-Jun-2019 , 07:53:33 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
While the newly elected 17th Lok Sabha will meet on 17th June, the Rajya Sabha will have its sitting on 20th June onwards.
Briefing reporters after the cabinet meeting, Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javdekar said, the session will continue till 26th of July.
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Portfolios announced for new council of ministers
Posted Date : 31-May-2019 , 01:36:53 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
BJP President Amit Shah will be the new Home Minister while Rajnath Singh has been given the charge of Defence Ministry.
Nirmala Sitharaman will look after Finance and Corporate Affairs. S Jaishankar will be External Affairs Minister.
Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank is the new Human Resources Develop...
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CEC appeals voters to come out in large numbers to exercise their franchise
Posted Date : 11-Apr-2019 , 10:54:34 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has appealed to voters to come out in large numbers to cast their votes in today's polling so that the bedrock of democracy becomes even more strengthened and robust.
Talking to AIR News, Mr Arora said, the Commission's vision will take ...
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Former Vice-Chairman and MD of IL&FS held for fraud
Posted Date : 02-Apr-2019 , 09:33:04 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
In the first major action by the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) in the IL&FS case in Mumbai, Hari Sankaran, former vice-chairman and MD of the scandal-hit company was arrested on Monday for allegedly conspiring to commit fraud by funding defaulting borrowers, and indiscriminate lendin...
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Fill up vacancies in important tribunals in 14 days - SC
Posted Date : 28-Mar-2019 , 04:04:17 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
Taking note of tribunals being starved of manpower and infrastructure for years, the Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed concern over the large number of vacancies in important tribunals and asked the Centre to fill them up in two weeks.
A constitution bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Jus...
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Businesses need to pay up to Rs.20 for using Aadhaar services
Posted Date : 08-Mar-2019 , 02:25:50 am | Posted By CASANSAAR
Business organisations using Aadhaar services will now have to pay Rs.20 for each customer verification and 50 paise for authentication of each transaction carried out by the entities, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) said on Thursday.
“Aadhaar authentication services sh...
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PF deductions to include special allowances along with basic salary - SC
Posted Date : 01-Mar-2019 , 09:05:50 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The apex court has ruled that employers cannot segregate 'special allowance' from basic wages for purpose of PF deductions. The Supreme Court has passed an order on Provident Fund (PF) calculation that will have far-reaching impact on companies and the salaried class.
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EPFO Board recommends interest rate of 8.65% for FY19
Posted Date : 21-Feb-2019 , 10:16:27 pm | Posted By CASANSAAR
The Board of retirement fund body Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has recommended an interest rate of 8.65 percent for FY19, 10 basis points higher than FY18, to its six crore subscribers.
This is the first time since FY16 that the interest rate has been raised.
The EPFO Bo...
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