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Finance

PM Launches Transparent Taxation platform to have a seamless tax system

August 13, 2020 India Ties 0

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches platform for “Transparent Taxation – Honouring the Honest”; Tax system aims to be Seamless, Painless, Faceless; Says the number of taxpayers is significantly low with only 1.5 Crore paying taxes in a country of 130 Crore people; Prime Minister urges people to introspect and come forward to pay Income taxes due on them to build an AtmaNirbharBharat; With the launch of the Tax Charter, the taxpayer is assured of fair, courteous and rational behavior; Faceless appeal will be available across the country from 25th September i.e. Deen Dayal Upadhyay’s Birth Anniversary; “Banking the Unbanked, Securing the Unsecured, Funding the Unfunded and Honoring the Honest” – Focus of the Government; Emphasis is on making every law and policy People-Centric and Public Friendly rather than Power Centric. […]

Agriculture & Commodities

India ranks top in the list of Organic Farmers

August 13, 2020 India Ties 1

India ranks first in number of organic farmers and ninth in terms of area under organic farming; Major organic exports from India are flax seeds, sesame, soybean, tea, medicinal plants, rice and pulses; Organic e-commerce platform being strengthened for directly linking farmers with retail and bulk buyers; Organic Food for Health and Nutrition #Atma Nirbhar Krishi […]

Business

Gadkari Calls upon Apparel Export Promotion Council to increase textile exports

August 12, 2020 India Ties 1

Shri Gadkari Calls upon Apparel Export Promotion Council for taking measures to target increasing exports by two times; Minister stresses on ensuring quality at competitive cost to meet needs of global market; Will Review Every Scheme from the point of adopting Digital Management System for increasing transparency, avoiding project delays and resolving grievances: Shri Gadkari […]

Foreign Relations

India-Canada IC-IMPACTS Annual Research Conference to concentrate on STEM

August 11, 2020 India Ties 1

India-Canada IC-IMPACTS Annual Research Conference discusses ways of taking cooperation to a new level; Prof. Ashutosh Sharma: “Methods should be explored to take the cooperation between the two countries to a different level. Best practices in the areas of women in science, technology deployment, diversity in science, and STEM at schools could be shared between them, besides exploring new research in Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Sciences, and Electric Mobility”; Dr. Renu Swarup emphasizes on the need to initiate new collaborations and networking with the Canadian government and institutions; IC-IMPACT has resulted in 1,129 publications, 63 bilateral research projects, 24 technology deployments, 352 partnerships, and 29 patents and technology disclosures
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General

Railway Museum at Hubballi launched

August 9, 2020 IndiaTies News Desk 0

Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal & Mines, Shri Pralhad Joshi today dedicate Railway Museum at Hubballi to the Nation; “Railways has played an important role in our lives and has been witness to personal journeys of life in different phases. The story of evolution of Railways from the steam era to the modern bullet trains era is remarkable. Railway Museum is a monument of Tribute to that extraordinary change; “Museum is most relevant as Hubballi is an important Railway junction historically as well. This will become another prominent tourist destination in the region; In the museum one coach should depict people with masks and one coach as shramik coach for the sake of posterity to remember these times.”- Shri Suresh C. Angadi, Minister of State of Railways; This Museum displays the gradual evolution of advanced systems in all spheres of growth of Railways. […]