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Key points in proposed Judicial Appointment Commission Bill

July 30, 2014

The controversy over the efficacy of the collegium system for appointing Supreme Court judges has gained momentum with many leaders and even eminent jurists including well-known names such as Markandey Katju have been candid on the failure of the current collegium ..

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Government sets up Suresh Prabhu Panel to review Gas Pricing Formula

July 25, 2014

Union government will appoint Suresh Prabhu Committee to review the gas pricing formula. Suresh Prabhu is a former Union Power Minister under National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. The other members on the panel will be Pratap ..

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Wages under MNREGA shouldn't be less than minimum wage in states: Mahendra Dev Committee

July 21, 2014

As per the recommendations of a high-level committee set up by the Centre, wages under MNREGA should be equal to or higher than the minimum wage in the state. According to the report submitted by the seven-member panel, headed by ..

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Rangarajan panel suggests new Poverty Line: Rs.47 per day in urban, Rs. 32 in rural areas

July 7, 2014

Brushing aside the Tendulkar Committee report on poverty estimation, a Committee headed by former RBI governor C Rangarajan has said that the number of poor in India was much higher in 2011-12 at 29.5% of the population, which means that ..

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Provide information to SIT on black money: RBI directs banks and FIs

June 23, 2014

The RBI has asked all Banks and Financial Institutions (FIs) to provide information and documents sought by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) set up to uncover black money. The new Government at Centre recently constituted an SIT under the chairmanship of ..

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Mayaram Committee’s definitions of FDI, FII accepted by the Government of India

June 21, 2014

The Government of India has accepted the report of Mayaram Committee thereby accepting the definitions of FII and FDI. The panel headed by Finance Secretary was set up to rationalize the definitions of FII and FDI. Some key points from ..

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Government sets up Panel to design National Rubber Policy

June 20, 2014

An expert panel has been set up by the Union Government to formulate National Rubber Policy. The committee will be headed by the Additional Secretary (Plantations) Department of Commerce. Other members of the committee will be from relevant ministries, Rubber ..

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BCIC recommendations on tax reforms accepted by Shome Committee

June 19, 2014

The Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC) headed by Parthasarathy Shome has accepted the suggestions of the Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce (BCIC) pertaining to realignment of the administration of CBDT and CBEC which will help move towards a more ..

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Government sets up Panel to look into the cause of gas leakage in Bhilai Steel Plant

June 19, 2014

An independent High Level Committee under the chairmanship of Shri K.K. Mehrotra, former CMD, MECON has been constituted by the Government to inquire about the cause of gas leakage from blast furnace-GCP in Bhilai Steel Plant on June12, 2014. The panel ..

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Do away with the post of Revenue Secretary, merge CBDT, CBEC: Shome Panel on TARC

June 18, 2014

The government appointed Tax Administration Reform Commission (TARC), headed by Parthasarathi Shome, has recommended some radical reforms in tax administration which include: Abolition of the post of Revenue Secretary Amalgamation of CBDT and CBEC Broaden the use of Permanent Account Number ..

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