Waqf bill sent to joint parliamentary panel after heated debate

The Waqf (Amendment) Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on Thursday and referred to a joint parliamentary panel after a heated debate, with the government asserting the proposed law did not intend to......

Govt forced to defer key education reforms bill

The government faced embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha today as it was forced to defer a key education reforms bill, following strong opposition from members cutting across party lines. HRD Minister......

Cabinet nod for education reforms bills

Duping students by charging capitation fee or failing to keep promise of quality education could now attract a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for errant institutes or imprisonment up to three years for......

PM seeks names of BJP MPs absent during voting for statutory resolution in RS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked the parliamentary affairs minister to submit the details of members who were not present in Rajya Sabha on Monday when voting for a statutory resolution moved......

GST: Success And The Way Forward

No longer a discretion of the tax administrator, the audit of returns filed by taxpayers is now based on a selection by algorithms, notes Tarun Bajaj, former Union revenue and economic affairs......

Govt brings bill to drop retro tax with eye on Cairn, Voda awards

In a bid to bury the ghost of retrospective taxation, the government on Thursday brought a bill in the Lok Sabha to withdraw all back tax demands on companies such as Cairn Energy and Vodafone and......

How the Bankruptcy Bill will ease insolvency cases in India

The Bankruptcy Bill seeks to ensure predictability of outcome for creditors, it also proposes to reduce possible delays in several ways, notes Aparna Ravi. Last week, the Bankruptcy Law Reform......

9 commandments to boost private funding in India's infra sector

Whilst substantive public allocations have been made in the infrastructure sector, this strategy is plateauing due to the fiscal deficit constraint, capacity limitation of statal implementing......