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Link BPO promotion scheme with direct tax benefit: ASSOCHAM plea to Govt.
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 24 (ANI): Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested the Union Government to link the India business process outsourcing promotion scheme (IBPS) with direct tax benefit.
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Govt. to merge Jan Dhan, Aadhar and smart phones for boosting economy: Jit
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan.18 (ANI): Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office Jitendra Singh has said the Union Government is contemplating to merge Jan Dhan, Aadhar and Smart Phones for boosting the country's economy and for easy transfer of money.
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With improved bank coverage, Tripura to do better in DBT
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Dec. 27 (ANI): The Union Government's Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) Mission under the Cabinet Secretariat in collaboration with Tripura's Finance Department of organised a workshop to aware head of various departments and DDOs (Drawing Disbursing Officer
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75 pct fall in animal hide supply threatens closure of tanneries: ASSOCHAM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec.19 (ANI): Trade in major clusters of leather and leather products in India has been hit hard by the union government's move of demonetisation, observed a quick survey-cum-analysis by apex industry body ASSOCHAM.
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Free-of-cost gas stoves to BPL families in Punjab
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh [India], Dec.13 (ANI-Newsvoir): Taking one step further, the central government's Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), Punjab government is providing free gas stoves along with a connection to all the beneficiaries in the state. Under the PMUY scheme, while the Union Governm
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Hyderabad: PIL filed against Centre's decision to scrap Rs. 500, 1000
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad [India], Nov. 10 (ANI): A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was on Thursday filed in High Court of Judicature at Hyderabad challenging union government's decision of scrapping Rs.500 and Rs.1000 currency notes.
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ASSOCHAM proposes for setting up road transport regulatory authority
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 3 (ANI): Apex industry body ASSOCHAM has mooted a proposal to the Union Government to constitute an appropriate authority either at the Central or state level to fix the ceiling on road freight rates and breaking local monopolies.
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Assure that GST will be applicable from April 1 across India, says Arjun R
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 22 (ANI): The union government is abiding by the target date for implementing the goods and services tax (GST) to ensure that it is applicable from April 1, 2017 across India, Minister of State for Finance, Arjun Ram Meghwal said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi
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Merge various govt. policies to address housing shortage issue: ASSOCHAM-J
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 27 (ANI): The union government should try to merge various policies at a point to address housing shortage issue in India, an ASSOCHAM-JLL joint study has said.
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Conduct re-survey of manual scavengers: Centre asks states
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): The Union Government has asked all the states to conduct a re-survey sample of manual scavengers.
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Online platform for SEZs to raise issues, concerns, says Commerce Ministry
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 4 (ANI): The union government will soon roll out a web-based platform for special economic zones (SEZs) to raise their concerns and action taken may be provided by the concerned authority, a top Union Commerce Ministry official said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today
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Concern raised over inclusion of stents in NLEM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, Jul 23 (ANI): The Union government recently added coronary stents to the national list of essential medicines (NLEM) 2015, effectively bringing them under price control.
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