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State Policy for Transgender in Kerala, 2015(Draft)

After the direction given by Supreme Court in Ram Singh v. Union of India (2015) 4 SCC 697, to the Centre and

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Comments sought on the draft ‘Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2015’

The Ministry of Mines prepared the draft ‘Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2015’ for the provisions

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Published on November 10, 2015November 23, 2015By Sucheta
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Swachh Bharat Cess @ 0.5% to be levied on all taxable services from November 11, 2015

The Government of India on 06-11-2015, decided to impose a Swachh Bharat Cess at the rate of 0.5% on all services, which

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Published on November 10, 2015November 27, 2015By Sucheta
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Ministry of Railways amends Refund Rules

The Ministry of Railways in order to help the genuine passengers and to plug the scope of misuse of ticketing activity by

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Published on November 9, 2015April 27, 2018By Sucheta
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Bankruptcy Law Reforms Committee submitted its recommendations: Stakeholders can submit their comments on the report by 19th November

The Government constituted a Bankruptcy Law Reform Committee identifying Bankruptcy Law Reform as a key priority for improving the ease of doing

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Published on November 5, 2015November 27, 2015By Sucheta
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Service tax cannot be levied on mere transfer of title in immovable property

In order to resolve a long standing issue relating to levy of Service Tax on sale of flats/dwellings etc. after issue of

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Published on October 29, 2015By Sucheta
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Services in the ‘Manufacturing of Alumina and Aluminium’ and ‘Mining of Bauxite’ declared as ‘Public Utility Service’

On 26-10-2015, the Central Government on the satisfaction that the public interest so requires declared the services in the ‘Manufacturing of Alumina

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Existing and continuing NET and Non-NET fellowships to be looked into by the Review Committee

In order to bring about change in the higher education sector, the Government of India has decided to establish a Review Committee

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Published on October 28, 2015By Sucheta
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The Arbitration and Conciliation (Amendment) Ordinance, 2015

The President on 23rd October 2015 promulgated an ordinance to amend the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996. The Ordinance is majorly aimed

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Published on October 27, 2015February 18, 2016By Sucheta
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Comments invited on the draft business processes on GST registration, GST refunds and GST payments

On 11-10-2015, the Ministry of Finance put-up the draft business processes on GST registration, GST refunds and GST payments on https://mygov.in/group/department-revenue/ for

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Published on October 15, 2015October 21, 2015By Sucheta
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Amendment approved by the Cabinet to ease exchange of information between India and Israel on tax matters

On 7-10-2015, the Union Cabinet approved the protocol amending the Convention and the Protocol between India and Israel for avoidance of double

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Published on October 8, 2015February 29, 2016By Sucheta
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Complete ban on physical printing and sale of hard copies of Gazettes from October 1, 2015

The Government of India have decided to completely cease the physical printing and sale of hard copies of Gazettes of India and

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Published on October 8, 2015October 20, 2015By Sucheta
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CBDT issued the simplified procedure for self declaration for non-deduction of tax from certain incomes

In order to reduce the cost of compliance and ease the compliance burden for both, the tax payer and the tax deductor,

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Published on October 7, 2015October 20, 2015By Sucheta
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Persons holding undisclosed Foreign Assets advised to file their declarations well within time limit under One-Time Compliance Opportunity which will end on 30th September, 2015

The Finance Ministry on 21st September 2015 issued a press release advising the persons holding undisclosed foreign assets to file their declarations

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Published on September 22, 2015November 3, 2015By Sucheta
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Union Government released Rs. 2000 crore to Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995

The Union Government has released a sum of rupees 2,000 crore to the Employees Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 as its contribution for

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Published on September 2, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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Urban Development Ministry comes out with Smart National Common Mobility Card model

On 1.09.2015, the Ministry of Urban Development has issued a notification that it has come out with a Smart National Common Mobility

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Published on September 1, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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2nd and 4th Saturday of every month declared as public holiday for banks

On 20.08.2015, the Central Government in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 declared the

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Published on August 27, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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21 districts of Bihar notified as ‘backward areas’ to provide them additional tax benefits for faster growth

The Finance Act, 2015 amended the provisions of the Income-Tax Act, 1961 to provide certain tax benefits to notified backward areas in

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Published on August 21, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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Licence to be suspended for at least 3 months in case of violation of road safety laws

On 18.08.2015, the Committee constituted by the Supreme Court of India to monitor and measure implementation of road safety laws in the

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Published on August 20, 2015October 14, 2015By Sucheta
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Lok Sabha passed the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2014

The Lok Sabha on August 5, 2015 passed the Delhi High Court (Amendment) Bill, 2014 which was passed by the Rajya Sabha

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Published on August 11, 2015November 5, 2015By Sucheta
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