A Parliamentary panel has recommended that the government should propose to the GST Council to reduce tax rates on fertilisers from the current 5 per cent. In its report laid in Parliament on Wednesday, Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers said the committee have been informed that fertilisers were placed under the 12 per cent … Read more
The parliamentary standing committee on finance has called for industry-wise “forward-looking surveys” on private capex across regions by the statistics ministry and Niti Aayog. Such surveys will help “various suppliers prepare for better equipment, real estate and workforce requirements associated with private sector capex”, it added. In a report on the action taken by the … Read more
NEW DELHI: A parliamentary panel has highlighted the need for the government to formulate effective laws to counter bio– terrorism, stating the adverse effects of COVID-19 pandemic have taught a lesson on the importance of controlling biological agents and the need of strategic partnerships among different nations. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health, in its … Read more
New Delhi: Amid a political slugfest over the Facebook issue, the company’s India head Ajit Mohan on Wednesday appeared before a parliamentary panel, which is discussing alleged misuse of social media platforms. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, headed by senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, had called representatives of Facebook to hear their views … Read more
The officials said this was the third meeting of the committee during this intersession period of Parliament and it has so far spent 12 hours and 11 minutes discussing the pandemic with various stakeholders. The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs set a record on Thursday by discussing various aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and … Read more