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IFF calls for withdrawal of revised draft on Digital Personal Data Protection

IFF calls for withdrawal of revised draft on Digital Personal Data Protection

November 28, 2022

After it was forced to withdraw the Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019, which seeks to govern and safeguard the use of personal data, due to serious concerns of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Communication and Information Technology, the Ministry of Electronics and Info...

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Four-tier GST bill structure proposed in India

Four-tier GST bill structure proposed in India

October 19, 2016

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council headed by the Indian Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, proposed a four-tier GST bill structure and rates on the first day of the GST meeting that is scheduled to run from October 18-20.

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Goods and Services Tax bill in India gets a go-ahead

Goods and Services Tax bill in India gets a go-ahead

August 10, 2016

Ever since the first proposal of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in India in 2005, there has been a lot of delay and amendments. But after years of revisions, after the Bill was passed by Indian Parliament, it finally gives way to make all transactions liable to a unified t...

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New insolvency laws

New insolvency laws

May 13, 2016

How to make it easier to do business in India, still sometimes complicated for local and foreign players? The upper house of Parliament of India aimed at addressing part of this issue by passing the insolvency and bankruptcy code 2016, on May 11. Business default is still a huge ...

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Misleading advertisements

Misleading advertisements

April 28, 2016

According to a parliamentary recommendation, celebrities should be fined and even jailed if they are involved in misleading advertisements. In a report on consumer protection bill 2015, parliament committee has recommended fines up to INR 5 million, or even more, and jail for fiv...

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