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Govt to reply on pleas challenging law on places of worship till Oct 31

The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted time till October 31 to the Centre to file its response to a batch of pleas challenging certain provisions of a 1991 law that prohibits filing of a lawsuit to reclaim a place of worship or seek a change in its character from what prevailed on August 15, 1947. A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and justices P S Narasimha and Manoj Misra took note of the submissions of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the Centre, that the government is seized of it and a comprehensive reply will be filed. Taking note of the submissions of the top law officer, the bench granted time till October 31 to the Centre to file its reply to the petitions. The Centre is taking adjournment after adjournment. Please list it (the plea) for final hearing, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said. The Union of India is asking for an adjournment. Let them file a counter affidavit. Let us see the affidavit of the Centre, the bench said. The top court also mad

Govt allows ED to share data with GSTN, move to help recovery of GST

The government has amended provisions of the money laundering Act to allow enforcement directorate (ED) to share information with GST Network. The move would help recovery of Goods and Services Tax (GST) evaded through money laundering. GSTN handles the technology backbone of the indirect tax regime and is the repository of all GST-related information, including return, tax filing and other compliances. As per the amendment to the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, GSTN has been included in the list of entities with which ED will share information. AMRG & Associates Senior Partner Rajat Mohan said notifying GSTN under PMLA would enable a legal framework under which high-value tax offenders can be traced, apprehended made liable to pay due taxes. GSTN can pass on relevant information on probable tax offenders to jurisdictional officers so as to initiate proceeding under GST law for scrutiny, adjudication and recovery of taxes, Mohan added. Nangia ...

The PLI scheme is beginning to make India a manufacturing powerhouse

However, the industry must remember that the PLI scheme is for five years only, and it must use these five years to make Indian manufacturing globally competitive

Govt employing influencers: Death knell for professional news media?

The development will likely hasten the decline of the legacy media while providing a viable revenue model to hitherto economically unstable social media news and entertainment purveyors

Govt authorises sale of 27th tranche of electoral bonds from Monday

The decision comes ahead of assembly elections of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram

Govt prepares new multibillion-dollar battery subsidy scheme: Report

The draft proposal for a production-linked incentive subsidy scheme would offer Rs 21,600 crore ($2.63 billion) from this year through to 2030 for companies

3 Reasons Why Your PAN-Aadhaar Linking Might Fail, Check Details Here

By paying a fine of 1,000 rupees, you can do PAN-Aadhaar linking by June 30, 2023. The income tax department alerts of demographic mismatch while linking

Govt starts process to fund state refiners' green goals via equity: Reports

The Oil Ministry on Wednesday asked state-controlled Indian Oil Corp and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) to launch rights issues

Top headlines: Govt to get Rs 63K cr dividend, Go First may resume ops

Business Standard brings you the top headlines at this hour

Media asked to take precautions while deploying personnel to cover cyclone

The information and broadcasting ministry asked media organisations, including television channels, on Thursday to take "abundant precaution" while deploying their personnel to cover Cyclone Biparjoy to ensure their safety. As on Thursday morning, Cyclone Biparjoy was less than 200 kilometres from the Gujarat coast and its impending landfall in the evening, along with the anticipated heavy rain and storm surge, has led to the evacuation of 74,000 people living in vulnerable areas. In an advisory, the ministry said media personnel, especially of satellite television channels, will be engaged in the ground reporting of the cyclone and other related incidents. "Given the possible impact of the cyclone, reporting from the ground level may pose serious risks of safety and security of the reporters and the cameramen and other personnel deployed by the private satellite TV channels for reporting this incident," it said. The government, the advisory said, is "deeply concerned" that such ..

Responsibility of govt servants to increase people's faith in system: PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that it is the responsibility of all government servants to increase faith of people in the system

270 mn loans to women under MUDRA; here's all you need to know about scheme

The MUDRA loans are given by commercial banks, regional rural banks, small finance banks, microfinance institutions, and non-banking financial institutions

Govt receives Rs 20,97,368 crore tax revenue in FY23, reveals data

Out of the total revenue, Rs 2,097,368 crore is tax revenue (net to Centre), Rs 286,151 crore is non-tax revenue, and Rs 72,187 crore is Non-Debt Capital Receipt

DCW summons cop after identity of survivor revealed, WFI chief under probe

The women wrestlers had approached the Supreme Court and two FIRs were registered on April 28, one under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act

India gets its new Parliament building, amid prayers, grand celebrations

The foundation stone of the new building was laid by PM Modi on December 10, 2020, and is a part of the Central Vista Project

ADB, India signs $141.12 mn loan for industrial corridor development in AP

The load Is part of a larger $500 million multi-tranche financing facility approved by the Asian Development Bank in 2016

'Govt to issue notices to debar more cos found violating FAME-II norms'

The government will issue notices to more companies that have been found violating localisation norms under the Rs 10,000-crore FAME-II scheme seeking to debar them and recover incentives claimed by them since FY 2019-20, an official said on Wednesday. Also, the Heavy Industries Ministry will resume disbursal of subsidies under the scheme shortly as reports of most of the firms under the ambit of the audits being conducted by India's premier vehicle testing and validation agencies ICAT and ARAI have been received, the official said. "We have received reports that some other companies have also violated the FAME-II guidelines. We will be issuing them notices similar to the notices issued to two firms found to be violating the localisation norms earlier," said the official, requesting anonymity. He shared that the subsidies have not gone out but reports of most of the companies have come. "IFCI is processing the subsidy claims and shortly may be in a couple of days we will be resum

Centre plans to tone up communication ahead of 2024 Lok Sabha polls

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the government on Wednesday held a day-long brainstorming session on improving its public outreach, particularly to those who do not have access to television and newspapers. Information and Broadcasting Minister Anurag Thakur, addressing over 100 communication officers of the government, stressed on the importance of reaching out to all sections of the society, particularly the underprivileged. He said a large part of India lives in a media shadow, bereft of facilities of television and newspapers, and it was the responsibility of the Indian Information Service (IIS) officers to reach out to that section of society. He said the IIS is a vital part of the government and the Chintan Shivir provided the officials a unique opportunity to collaborate, self-introspect and timely course correct the work in the ministry. Thakur also noted that the media landscape and the way people consume information was changing fast, and there was a need to adapt

Govt launches Sanchar Saathi, AI-based portal to detect telecom frauds

Astr is the third reform, which uses AI to find out the total number of connections each person has taken

India cuts windfall tax on petroleum crude from Rs 4,100 per tonne to zero

Prior to this, the government announced the reimposition of the windfall profit tax on domestically produced oil from zero to Rs 6,400 per tonne. The government also scrapped the export duty on diesel