Kalaignar TV moves Madras High Court against income tax proceedings related to 2G spectrum case

Kalaignar TV moves Madras High Court against income tax proceedings related to 2G spectrum case

Kalaignar TV office. File | Photo Credit: R. Ragu The 18-year-old alleged 2G spectrum scam has come back to haunt Kalaignar TV Private Limited, with the Income Tax (I-T) department reviving its inquiry into the receipt of ₹200 crore by the television channel during the assessment years 2009-10 and 2010-11. The Madras High Court has, … Read more

JJP criticises Haryana govt. for income limit in new scheme for women

JJP criticises Haryana govt. for income limit in new scheme for women

Jananayak Janata Party (JJP) leader Digvijay Chautala. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Jannayak Janta Party (JJP) has questioned the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government’s Deen Dayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana, calling it a “breach of promise” as the latter had promised during the election to provide the ₹2,100 monthly financial assistance to all women. As per the notification for the scheme, women above 23 years of … Read more

Parliamentary panel retains Income Tax Bill provisions allowing tax officials to forcibly access social media, private email

Parliamentary panel retains Income Tax Bill provisions allowing tax officials to forcibly access social media, private email

The Parliamentary Select Committee appointed to review the new Income Tax Bill 2025 proposed by the government has retained the provisions in the new Bill empowering tax officials to access, forcibly if necessary, the social media and private emails of people they are conducting search and seizure operations on.  The Income Tax Bill 2025 was … Read more

New insemination technology to help boost income of dairy farmers in Andhra Pradesh

New insemination technology to help boost income of dairy farmers in Andhra Pradesh

The female calves produced by using the sex-sorted semen technology under the Accelerated Breed Improvement Programme in Andhra Pradesh. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Andhra Pradesh Livestock Development Agency (APLDA) has planned to promote artificial insemination of cattle using sex-sorted semen technology extensively to ensure more female calves, thereby increasing milk production and income … Read more

No tax on up to ₹12 lakh income but why slabs?

No tax on up to ₹12 lakh income but why slabs?

On February 1, 2025, in her 74-minute Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there will be no tax on income up to ₹12,00,000 per annum, under the New Tax Regime (NTR). Factoring in Standard Deduction of ₹75,000, this limit would be extended to ₹12,75,000 per annum for salaried taxpayers. On top of it, … Read more

Claims of development and high per capita income contradict high BPL population: Supreme Court

Claims of development and high per capita income contradict high BPL population: Supreme Court

A view of the Supreme Court of India, in New Delhi. | Photo Credit: Shiv Kumar Pushpakar The Supreme Court on Wednesday (March 19, 2025) questioned the claims of high development rate and per capita income when certain States have about 70% of their population living below poverty line, and wondered whether distribution schemes of … Read more

Parliament Budget Session Day 9 LIVE: FM Sitharaman to introduce new Bill on income tax law reforms

Parliament Budget Session Day 9 LIVE: FM Sitharaman to introduce new Bill on income tax law reforms

New Delhi, Feb 11 (ANI): Proceedings of the Lok Sabha underway during the Budget Session of Parliament, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (ANI Photo/Sansad TV) | Photo Credit: ANI The government is all set to introduce a new Bill to reform the income tax laws on Thursday (February 13, 2025), the last day of the … Read more

Fund Manager Talk | Valuation of capex stocks comfortable after correction: Deepak Ramaraju of Shriram AMC

Fund Manager Talk | Valuation of capex stocks comfortable after correction: Deepak Ramaraju of Shriram AMC

Stating that the existing order book for both rail and defence remains strong, Deepak Ramaraju, Senior Fund Manager, Shriram AMC, says given the recent corrections in capex stocks, valuations seem comfortable, which may offer selective investment opportunities in these sectors. “While the budgeted allocations appear subdued in terms of incremental growth, the existing order book … Read more

Vedanta, Coal India among top 10 stocks with up to 8.5% dividend yield – Dividend Yields

Vedanta, Coal India among top 10 stocks with up to 8.5% dividend yield – Dividend Yields

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