With 'The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021", Govt buried the ghost of retrospective taxation.
Amends Income Tax act, retro tax demand nullified.
Much needed step. Will boost industry confidence.
Modi govt still correcting the mistakes of the UPA govt.
This was a much needed step needed to restore confidence among foreign companies investing in India. Retro tax goes against the basic principle of fairness and violates all bilateral and multilateral trade treaties
In most of the cases India has lost arbitration cases in international courts. And they were on verge of seizing and overseas Indian assets to recover their dues.
Cairn Accepts $1 Billion Refund Offer, To Drop Cases Against India which they have won in international courts.
Under this settlement Govt wont be paying penalty and interest, but pay just the Retro tax it collected from the Cairn.
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There was hardly a need to file an RTI about this. Govt has been very transparent about the oil bonds repayment. While he is only looking at principal payments, he has forgotten the interest: about Rs 70,000 crore was paid as interest between 2014-21. theweek.in/news/biz-tech/…
The Rs 1.3 lakh crore of oil bonds the Modi Govt inherited has to be paid back on an annual schedule till 2025-26. Over and above this, the govt has to also pay Rs 37,340 crore as interest over this period. Taken together, the govt has to repay nearly Rs 2.4 lakh crore.
To say taxes are more than enough to pay for oil bonds means he does not understand govt finances at all. Oil bond payments place a burden on govt finances when it has to increase spending on essentials like free food & free vaccines worth Rs 3 lakh cr financialexpress.com/economy/free-g…
AIIMS Nagpur played a very significant role in tackling the second wave of #COVID19 in the region
This is new AIIMS Vijaypur Complex in Jammu and Kashmir.
The foundation stone of this institute was laid by PM Narendra Modi in February 2019.
AIIMS Rae Bareli :
Approved in 2009, the project was delayed over land acquisition which finally took place in 2013.
The Yogi Govt expedited work on the project in 2018.
The residential + OPD blocks have been completed and the medical college is on the verge of completion.
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New Parliament Building Built up Area
UPA Govt - 30000 sq ft
Modi Govt - 65000 sq ft
A saving of Rs 2100 crores and addition of 35000sq ft area
The plan for new parliament was already in place in 2012 when congress was in power. Today they are objecting to it as they are not getting Rs 2100 Cr Commission.