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Prior to its last meeting, the GST Council (a legislative body) had sent the draft GST laws to a legal committee to ensure that the fundamentals agreed upon by the Council were appropriately reflected in the language of the draft laws. During the meeting on February 18, 2017, the GST Council discussed various issues in the legally vetted draft GST laws, finalised some issues, and discussed others without finality. The draft laws are expected to be approved by the Council during its next meeting on March 4 and 5, 2017.

The 12th GST Council meeting on March 16, 2017, proved to be monumental with the Council approving the State GST and Union

The newly-constituted National Advisory Council (NAC) Thursday held its maiden meeting in New Delhi and decided to focus on pushing pro-poor initiatives including food security bill and a social security net for the marginalised sections of society.

The Prime Minister's Council on Climate Change Friday gave in principle approval to the National Water Mission and suggested that its basic approach should be to make water conservation a peoples' movement in the country.

The World Gold Council (WGC) expects that demand for gold will be strong during 2010, driven by growing demand for jewellery in China and India as well as an increase in European and US investment in the context of continued economic instability, sovereign risk and the threat of a 'double dip' recession.

After three months of the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), the GST Council, in its 22nd meeting on Friday has

With an aim to drive awareness around Diwali on the availability of Indian Gold Coin, MMTC along with World Gold Council has launched a multimedia advertising campaign starting this week that includes newspapers, radio, digital and select cinema halls.

Killeen Council is in the process of reducing their expenses and they might just adopt outsourcing as their answer for cost cutting

The Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council (TEXPROCIL) urged the Government should consider giving additional benefits to the downstream Garment & Home Textile sectors so that they can tide over the temporary crisis rather than seek imposition of a tax on exports of Cotton Yarn.

by Joe Curtis| 02 September 2014 Could councils get a helping hand going digital? A proposed local Government Digital Service (GDS) would help councils digitally transform, according to a public sector IT body.

International day for persons with disabilities on 3rd December - Note on schemes for the welfare of persons with disabilities and concessions available to them. The Government of India is committed for the realization of full participation, protection of rights, and equal opportunities to all including persons with disabilities. India is a country where most of the population lives in the rural areas and accessing the health and rehabilitation services has always been a challenge. In a Backgrounder issued yesterday, a brief summary of the major steps initiated by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment in this direction were given. Following is the Background Note on the legislative and Institutional framework along with the major schemes of the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for the welfare of the People with Disabilities (PwDs). The Note also contains information on facilities and concessions available to PwDs under other central schemes which are being run by other Union Ministries. OFFER ON INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY DAY Wheelchair @ 4499 INR Tricycle @ 6500 INR Legislative Framework: There are four important legislations dealing on disabilities issues- The Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights and Full Participation) Act, 1995, has laid the foundation of recognition of rights for Persons with Disabilities and has facilitated development of specific programmes for their education, rehabilitation, employment, non-discrimination and social security. The Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992 regulates and monitors training of rehabilitation professionals and personnel. The National Trust for the welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999, aims at enabling and empowering persons with disabilities to live independently as fully as possible in their community. Mental Health A

At its 31st meeting in New Delhi, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, the GST council decided to move 33 items from 18% GST slab to 12% and 5%. It was decided only 34 luxury items will be taxed at 18% or more. Jaitley said the decision on GST of real estate will be taken in next meeting.

Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts (EPCH) held a meeting with representatives of industry associations and exporters to discuss implications of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the sector. EPCH has prepared a petition on behalf of handicrafts exporters to be submitted to the GST Council, it said in a statement.

In the last GST council meeting held on 14th March, 2020, the GST rate on mobile phones was increased to correct the inverted duty structure on recommendations of Fitment Committee. GST rate was raised from 12% to 18% on mobile phones.

After reaching a significant milestone by clearing C-GST, S-GST, I-GST and UT-GST laws, the GST Council has now touched upon e-commerce, a sector

The GST council has approved a ceiling for cess that can be charged on demerit goods and other luxury items to compensate states for any loss in tax revenue in the first five years.

Deepak Vasant Kesarkar, Minister in the Maharashtra state government, informed the Legislative Council on Sunday that continuation

Digital Economy Bill will see its second reading today in the House of Commons. An association of local councils has supported plans for Ofcom to be able to require broadband providers to share data so that people can more easily see the speeds they will get in their actual home, rather than just in the local area.