Centre exempts E22, E25, E27 and E30 petrol blends from excise duty in biofuel push
The Finance Ministry notification covers E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuel variants, provided they follow BIS specifications and composition rules.
The Finance Ministry notification covers E22, E25, E27 and E30 fuel variants, provided they follow BIS specifications and composition rules.
The Centre has dismissed viral claims linking temple gold reserves to a proposed monetisation scheme, saying no such policy has been approved.
The Centre has revised customs duty rates for jewellery findings and tightened import compliance norms for precious metal recovery and recycling materials from May 13.
The Budget comes at a time when India remains one of the fastest-growing major economies, even as global growth moderates due to geopolitical uncertainties, tight financial conditions and slowing demand in key markets.
In response to rising reports of fake summons being circulated in the name of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for cheating and extortion, the ED has implemented new measures to help citizens verify the authenticity of summons notices, the Finance Ministry’s official account announced today.
The filing of forms GSTR-3B and GSTR-1/IFF by companies using electronic verification code, instead of the digital signature certificate has already been enabled for the period from April 27 to August 31. This has been further extended to October 31.
The Monthly Economic Review for July, released by the Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), noted that the robust recovery in tax collections cushions the fiscal towards meeting the budgeted support to the economy.
The company is targeting assets abroad of more state-run companies in a bid to recover dues from the government.
The shift of DPE to the Finance Ministry will help in efficient monitoring of the capital expenditure, asset monetisation and financial health of the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs).
The ministry also pointed out that India and Switzerland are signatories to the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (MAAC) and both countries have also signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement (MCAA), and in view of the existing legal arrangement there doesn't seem to be a significant possibility of the increase of deposits in the Swiss banks.
