Mandatory for Hospitals to issue detailed bills to patients, separately disclosing cost of Coronary Stents State Governments and State Drug Controllers advised to exercise Powers under Para 30 of DPCO, 2013 to check artificial shortage of Stents Minister of State for Chemicals & Fertilizers, Road Transport & Highways and Shipping, Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya, while… Read More »
Lok Sabha Passes the Admiralty Bill 2016 The Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Bill, 2016 was passed by the Lok Sabha yesterday. The Bill aims to establish a legal framework to consolidate the existing laws relating to admiralty jurisdiction of courts, admiralty proceedings on maritime claims, arrest of vessels and related issues. It… Read More »
Department of Consumer Affairs issues an advisory to the State Governments on Levy of Service Charge by Hotels It has come to the notice of this Ministry through a number of complaints from consumers received in the National Consumer Helpline that hotels and restaurants are following the practice of charging ‘service charge’ in the range… Read More »
Taxes on Petrol/Diesel and CNG The present Customs and Central Excise duties on petrol and diesel are as under: Petroleum product Customs Duty Central Excise Duty BCD ACD Petrol(unbranded) 2.5% Rs.6 per litre Rs.21.48 per litre [Rs.9.48 BED + Rs.6 SAED + Rs.6AED] Petrol(branded) 2.5% Rs.6 per litre Rs.22.66 per litre [Rs.10.66 BED… Read More »
Submission of old currency notes of Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000; The grace period for Indian citizen residing in India is March 31, 2017 and for Indian citizen resident outside is June 30, 2017 The Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Ordinance 2016 was promulgated by the President of India (GoI Ordinance No. 10 of… Read More »
Steps taken by Government to curb the generation of black money Action against black money is an on-going process. Such actions include policy-level initiatives, effective enforcement action on the ground, putting in place robust legislative and administrative frameworks, systems and processes with due focus on capacity building and integration and mining of information through increasing… Read More »
Lodging of complaints with CBI in cases of fraud /embezzlement by commercial banks and select Financial Institutions Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Master Directions dated 01.07.2016 on Frauds-Classification and Reporting by commercial banks and select Financial Institutions, inter alia, provide as follows, in regard to lodging of complaints with CBI in cases of fraud /embezzlement:-… Read More »
Dissemination of Trends and Results of General Elections of 5 Assemblies to start at 8 am tomorrow through ECI website A Novel Initiative: ECI website to provide Comparative Analysis on Results of 5 Assembly Elections, 2017 with the 2012 polls Election Commission has set up robust, fool proof and secured infrastructure facility for disseminating Trends… Read More »
Lok Sabha Passes Maternity Benefits (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Lok Sabha passed today on 9th March, 2017 the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 which inter-alia includes increasing maternity benefit to woman covered under the Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 from 12 weeks to 26 weeks up to two surviving children in order to allow the mother to… Read More »
CBI ARRESTS A SUPERINTENDENT OF CENTRAL EXCISE AND A PRIVATE PERSON IN AN ALLEGED BRIBERY OF RS. FOUR LAKH CBI Press Release New Delhi, 08.03.2017 The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Superintendent of Central Excise, Anti-Evasion, Hyderabad-II Commissionerate, Kendriya Shulk Bhavan, Basheerbagh, Hyderabad and a private person (representative of a private firm) in… Read More »