Finance secretary: Present Government is fully committed to the principle of cooperative federalism both in the letter and spirit; More untied grants are now being given to the States; Allocation to States for local bodies increased from Rs. 87,519 crore under 13th Finance Commission to Rs.2.87 lakh crore under the 14th Finance Commission. The Finance… Read More »
Ministry of Civil Aviation Organizes Additional Flights In view of ongoing road blockades and disturbance in Haryana, the Ministry of Civil Aviation has organised additional flights, the details of which are as follows: (1) Air India- Date – 21.2.16 Delhi – Chandigarh- Amritsar-Delhi Departure timings : Delhi (1730) Chandigarh (1910) Amritsar (2035) Delhi SpiceJet– Date… Read More »
PM launches National Rurban Mission The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, today launched the National Rurban Mission from Kurubhat, in Rajnandgaon district of Chhattisgarh. Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister described the Rurban Mission as one which would enable cluster based development – with a “rural soul and urban amenities.” He said this scheme… Read More »
DELHI VALUE ADDED TAX (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2016 AMENDMENT IN RULE 28 NOTIFICATION NO.F.3(28)/FIN (REV-I)/2015-2016/DSVI/42, DATED 11-2-2016 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 102 of the Delhi Value Added Tax Act, 2004 (Delhi Act 3 of 2005), the Lt. Governor of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, hereby, makes the following rules further to… Read More »
Held As per Rule 1(2) of CCR the Cenvat Credit Rules do not apply to taking of Cenvat Credit of Service Tax. Therefore, Cenvat Credit taken with respect to services availed in the state of Jammu & Kashmir, has been correctly denied to the appellant. CESTAT, KOLKATA BENCH Vodafone Essar Spacetel Ltd. v. Commissioner of… Read More »
Issue Is endorsed bill of entry a valid document for claiming cenvat credit? Held In this case it is not disputed the receipt of the material and duty paid on that. The appellant is entitled for cenvat credit on the basis of endorsed bill of entry which, according to me, is a valid document for… Read More »
Special Purpose Vehicles formed for implementation of Smart City Plans ; MP, Rajasthan take lead 23 Losers of Smart City Competition to meet 20 winners for peer learning Shri Venkaiah Naidu to address the cities on challenges ahead Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have taken the lead in setting up Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV) for the… Read More »
Minister for Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan Dedicates Systems for Detection of Adulteration and Analysis of Milk He complimented the Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI), Pilani of CSIR for developing this platform technology to tackle a national level health hazard due to adulteration in milk. The Minister said that he… Read More »
Government proposes to strike down several “irrelevant” laws: Dr Jitendra Singh Aims to achieve the goal of ‘minimum government and maximum governance’ Addressing a meeting of Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to review the action plan for the year 2016, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS… Read More »
Technology Centre at Baddi a step towards realising PM’s vision of Skill India: Shri J P Nadda Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Sh. J P Nadda today congratulated the people of Himachal Pradesh for getting a technology Centre at Baddi in Solan district. Sh. Nadda said, “This is an important milestone for the people… Read More »