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Proposed GST slab of 35 percent is a deterrent for growth

The Government brought in historic tax reforms with the introduction of the Goods and Services tax in 2017, promoting simplicity, while reducing the tax burden. As per media reports, the Group of Ministers on GST Rates Rationalisation has recently proposed a new slab of GST at 35% over and above the existing 4 slabs to products such as aerated drinks …

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Human Rights the Bedrock of Society, Imperative for Global Peace: CJI Khanna

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday termed human rights as the bedrock of human society, which is imperative for ensuring global peace. He also shed light on the "black coat syndrome" during the Human Rights Day 2024 celebrations organised by the National Legal Services Authority. Justice Surya Kant, who is also the Chairman of the Supreme …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

CREDAI, EY report calls for focus on brownfield integrated urbanisation

Hindustan Times

Focusing on brownfield integrated urbanisation to accelerate growth in the larger agglomerations rather than greenfield city development could be more efficient in realising the government’s vision of “Viksit Bharat ” by 2047, a Confederation of Real Estate Developers’ Associations of India and Ernst & Young report has said. It added the real estate sector significantly boosts India’s tax revenues and …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Can you expect major income tax changes in Budget 2025? Check details

India Today

The Union Budget 2025-26 is set to usher in a new era of tax simplification in India, with the Finance Ministry working on comprehensive reforms to streamline the income tax system. The proposed reforms focus on three key areas: simplifying tax structures, expanding the tax base, and balancing revenue generation with taxpayer relief. SIMPLER TAX FILING Building on the success …

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Major income tax reforms in pipeline, Budget 2025 to ease filing process: Sources

India Today

February 2025 is poised to usher in a new era of tax simplicity in India, as the upcoming Union Budget 2025-26 aims to reform the Income Tax Act, making tax filing easier for citizens, according to sources. Sources in the Finance Ministry told India Today TV that a series of major reforms to the income tax system are in the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka Social Science Teachers Forum demands simplification of SSLC question paper

The Hindu

The Karnataka Social Science Teachers Forum has demanded the Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board to simplify the SSLC exam question papers by reviewing it. Following the poor performance by students in the SSLC exams of 2024, the Forum said it had consulted child psychiatrists from the National Institute for Mental Health and Neurosciences for a comparative study of the …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Nirmala Sitharaman reviews Income Tax Act 1961

Live Mint

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday chaired a meeting on the comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act 1961. Sitharaman had announced a comprehensive review of the Income Tax Act 1961 in the Union Budget 2024-25 on July 23. He also told the finance minister that 6,500 valuable suggestions have been received through the portal since it was opened …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Indian American Voters' Diverse Priorities in the 2024 Presidential Election

The Hindu

The article explores the diverse perspectives of Indian Americans in Georgia on the 2024 presidential election. It highlights the importance of economic issues, reproductive rights, and climate change, as well as the need for unity and collaboration among different political factions. The interviews shed light on the challenges faced by Indian Americans, including economic insecurity, political polarization, and a lack …

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2 months ago

Martin Brundle calls for F1 rule change after Lando Norris and Max Verstappen clash

The Independent

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Centre launches process to revamp income-tax regime

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI: The Union government on Monday formally launched the process to revamp the existing income-tax regime with four key objectives in mind – simplification of language, reduction of litigations, ease of compliance, and scrapping of obsolete provisions. “The goal is to make the Act concise, clear, and easy to understand, which will reduce disputes, litigation, and provide greater tax …

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3 months ago

Nano businesses in India need special policy attention to flourish

Live Mint

Are we looking at the Indian micro, small and medium enterprise sector through the wrong lens? Many studies have examined MSMEs, but none that we could find has specifically analysed nano enterprises over a sustained period to track changes in their business performance over loan cycles. Estimates suggest that nano entrepreneur credit could add up to a sum as large …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

No friction between Centre-states on GST, federal structure should be respected: Nirmala Sitharaman

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday denied any "friction" in the ties between the Centre and States over Goods and Services Tax and emphasised that the federal structure in this economic reform should be respected. Addressing a meeting on "The Finance Minister's Insight: Path Forward" held under the aegis of the Revenue Bar Association here, she said the …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Traffic Violators To Get SMS Or WhatsApp Notifications For Challan Payments

News 18

Paying for traffic challan is soon to become as easy and convenient as making payments for online shopping. The Transport Department is working on implementing a system that will automatically send the traffic challan to rule violators’ phones via text message or WhatsApp. The simplification of the payment process by the Transport Department includes offering violators to make online payments. …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

India's FY25 Budget Simplifies Capital Gains Tax

Deccan Chronicle

New Delhi: Revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra on Friday said the rationalisation of the capital gains taxes on various asset classes in the FY25 Budget is a tax simplification measure as sought by the industry and not to augment revenue. “I wanted to know if the industry was in favour of having different tax rates for different asset classes,” Malhotra said …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Technology boosts traffic management

China Daily

DENG YUNKAI/FOR CHINA DAILY China has continued to enhance the digitalization of government services in the field of traffic management and is actively promoting the use of electronic vehicle licenses. The issuance of e-vehicle licenses is one of the eight new measures recently introduced by the Ministry of Public Security to provide better traffic management services to the public. Wang …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Budget 2024: The government’s focus is on ease of paying taxes

The Hindu

While providing primacy to growth with inclusion, the Budget attempts to infuse a new momentum to the economy and strengthen India’s resilient ecosystem so that the country emerges as a growth engine of the world. The proposals to expand the scope of safe harbour rules, streamline transfer pricing assessment procedure, and reduce the corporate tax rate on foreign companies from …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

Government Set to Raise GST on Gold and Silver to 5%

Deccan Chronicle

Chennai: The government is likely to increase the GST rate on gold and silver to 5 per cent from the current 3 per cent. The government has brought down the basic customs duty on gold bars from 15 per cent to 6 per cent and the Agriculture Infrastructure & Development Cess on duty has come down from 5 per cent …

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5 months ago

Budget 2024: Stocks wobble on capital gain tax plan

The Hindu

The stock markets reacted negatively to the Budgetary provisions concerning additional tax burden on investors and closed in the negative territory led by losses in banking stocks after undergoing high volatility. The market reacted because the increase in capital gain tax has been viewed as a negative for the investors and the 5% increase in Short Term Capital Gain tax …

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5 months ago

Budget 2024 Capital Gains taxation: Corporate tax for foreign companies slashed to 35%, charities, cruise operations taxation revised

The Hindu

Simplifying the tax regime for corporate industries, Union Finance Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday, proposed new tax structures for charities, foreign shipping companies, rationalisation of capital gains in her 2024 Budget speech. Ms. Sitharaman’s speech lasted just shy of ninety minutes “58% of corporate tax came from the simplified tax regime in 2022-23 and more than 2/3rd of taxpayers have used …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Budget 2024: Karnataka home buyers' wishlist for FM - focus on rental housing, take measures to strengthen RERA

Hindustan Times

With record launches and transactions, the Indian real estate sector is keenly eyeing Budget 2024-25 which is slated to be tabled in the Parliament a few weeks from now. Focus on affordable rental housing and measures to strengthen RERA 2016 are among some items on Karnataka home buyers' wish list for the FM According to a Knight Frank India report, …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

The transformative power of technology

The Independent

In today’s rapidly evolving financial landscape, cross-border payment companies like ours play a critical role in facilitating international transactions for businesses. Whilst our business is built on the human-to-human interaction that sets us apart, by enhancing our technological infrastructure, we can not only simplify processes for our customers but also improve our employees’ efficiency and inform our strategic decision-making. By …

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6 months ago

Sainsbury’s offloads most of its banking arm to NatWest

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Tories vow to scrap national insurance for the self-employed ‘risk-takers’

The Independent

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6 months, 1 week ago

Deep dive into Apple Intelligence models, optional ChatGPT and privacy approach

Hindustan Times

Cupertino, California: Summarise a lengthy document or long emails in seconds, priority notifications and reduced interruptions to prevent notification clutter, smart replies for emails that come in the form of choice based questions and AI writes the replies for you, or even rewrite complete emails, improve handwriting in notes or detailed searches within Photos – just some of the new …

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Proposed GST slab of 35 percent is a deterrent for growth

Human Rights the Bedrock of Society, Imperative for Global Peace: CJI Khanna

CREDAI, EY report calls for focus on brownfield integrated urbanisation

Can you expect major income tax changes in Budget 2025? Check details

Major income tax reforms in pipeline, Budget 2025 to ease filing process: Sources

Karnataka Social Science Teachers Forum demands simplification of SSLC question paper

Nirmala Sitharaman reviews Income Tax Act 1961

Indian American Voters' Diverse Priorities in the 2024 Presidential Election

Martin Brundle calls for F1 rule change after Lando Norris and Max Verstappen clash

Centre launches process to revamp income-tax regime

Nano businesses in India need special policy attention to flourish

No friction between Centre-states on GST, federal structure should be respected: Nirmala Sitharaman

Traffic Violators To Get SMS Or WhatsApp Notifications For Challan Payments

India's FY25 Budget Simplifies Capital Gains Tax

Technology boosts traffic management

Budget 2024: The government’s focus is on ease of paying taxes

Government Set to Raise GST on Gold and Silver to 5%

Budget 2024: Stocks wobble on capital gain tax plan

Budget 2024 Capital Gains taxation: Corporate tax for foreign companies slashed to 35%, charities, cruise operations taxation revised

Budget 2024: Karnataka home buyers' wishlist for FM - focus on rental housing, take measures to strengthen RERA

The transformative power of technology

Sainsbury’s offloads most of its banking arm to NatWest

Tories vow to scrap national insurance for the self-employed ‘risk-takers’

Deep dive into Apple Intelligence models, optional ChatGPT and privacy approach