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Cabinet nod to Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill, 2015

The Union Cabinet approved the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Bill 2015, as reported by the Select Committee of Rajya Sabha. The

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Delhi Assembly passed three bills affecting School Education

The Delhi Assembly on 1stDecember 2015 passed three major bills bringing in overall reform in education sector, namely the Delhi School Education

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Cabinet nod to the Regional Centre for Biotechnology Bill, 2015

The Union Cabinet gave its approval for introduction of a bill for establishment of a Regional Centre for Biotechnology in Faridabad. The

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Government announces incentives for Domestic Shipbuilding Industry

The Central Government on 24-11-2015 issued Notification Nos. 44/2015-Central Excise, 45/2015-Central Excise, 54/2015-Customs and 55/2015-Customs to provide the following indirect tax incentives

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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