Pune, Sep 4 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Rajya Sabha MP Medha Kulkarni has lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for streamlining the Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure.
Mumbai, Sep 4 (IANS) Maharashtra Revenue Minister and chairman of cabinet sub committee on OBC quota Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday said that due to government resolution on the implementation of Hyderabad Gazette there will be no injustice to OBC.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday addressed the National Awardee Teachers here during which he lauded the natural respect the Indian society holds for teachers while calling them a powerful force in nation-building.
Amritsar, Sep 4 (IANS) Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Shivraj Chouhan on Thursday visited Punjab’s flood-affected villages in Amritsar, Kapurthala and Gurdaspur districts and interacted with farmers and even went into knee-deep flooded fields to assess the damage to the crops, assuring them that “the BJP-led Central government is with them in this hour of crisis”.
New Delhi, Sep 4 (IANS) The new GST 2.0 regime is all set to not only simplify processes to ease the burden on businesses but also empower the middle class and the poor in terms of the cost of everyday essentials, Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Economic Advisory Council (EAC), said on Thursday.
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The GST Council on Wednesday approved historical changes to India's indirect tax structure — adopting a 5 per cent and 18 per cent tax structure — and several daily-use goods will become cheaper from September 22.
Srinagar, Sep 3 (IANS) Even as the administration announced a preventive evacuation programme of people living in the flood-prone villages of Anantnag, Kulgam, Pulwama and Srinagar districts, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah tried to curb rumours by assuring that the flood situation is bad, but not worse as rumour mongers are trying to spread.
Dhamtari (Chhattisgarh), Sep 3 (IANS) For decades, thousands of tribal families in the forested Nagri block of Dhamtari district have been forced to drink contaminated “red water” from handpumps and makeshift wells dug near streams. But now, thanks to the Central Government’s Jal Jeevan Mission under the Multi Village Scheme (MVS), clean and safe drinking water is finally reaching their homes. This is also keeping villagers happy and healthy.
Guwahati, Sep 3 (IANS) In a significant move towards women’s empowerment, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the ambitious ‘Lakhpati Didi’ initiative on Wednesday. The programme, part of a nationwide push by the Ministry of Rural Development, aims to help women from Self-Help Groups (SHGs) achieve a sustainable annual household income of Rs 1,00,000 or more.
Chennai, Sep 3 (IANS) Questioning the logic of demanding documents to establish personal friendship, the Madras High Court has set aside an order of the Authorisation Committee that had refused permission for a kidney transplant between two men who described themselves as family friends.
