Government policies
Govt to look beyond Maggie into other foods, cosmetics
06 Jun 2015
Government will ban the sale of food products like Cerelac and Nestum of Nestle and cosmetic products like baby powder and baby soap of Johnson & Johnson through chemists as also look into the high sale prices of certain cheap food products
Govt notifies FDI policy relaxations for NRIs
03 Jun 2015
Maharashtra bans sale of loose cigarettes
02 Jun 2015
Manmohan, CBI threatened ''harm'' to force connivance in 2G deal: Trai ex chief
26 May 2015
In his "tellall" book, Baijal also alleged that the CBI forced him to implicate industrialist Ratan Tata and former cabinet minister Arun Shourie if he wanted to save himself
CCEA approves exit policy for BOT road projects
13 May 2015
Amended bill relaxes child labour laws for family businesses, tightens punishment for violations
13 May 2015
Lok Sabha passes bill to check stashing away of black money abroad
11 May 2015
The bill provides for a two-month window to declare overseas assets and six months to pay tax and penalty, but beyond that anyone found having undeclared overseas wealth would have to pay 30 per cent tax and 90 per cent of tax as penalty and face criminal prosecution
DoT decision gave Reliance Jio a Rs3,367-cr windfall: CAG
09 May 2015
According to the CAG, by allowing migration at prices discovered for 4G spectrum in 2001, the DoT has failed to realise the time value of the airwaves
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By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
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