[ad_1] THE GOVERNMENT plans to talk to the top 500 companies and mutually agree on a “voluntary quota system” for taking on board interns under the employment package announced in the Budget 2024-25. The “quota system” would be based on the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) expenditure of these companies, Finance Secretary TV Somanathan told The […]
Health sector | Customs duty cut on 3 cancer drugs: Hope for patients | India News
[ad_1] In her Budget speech Tuesday, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “To provide relief to cancer patients, I propose to fully exempt three more medicines from customs duties,” she said, referring to trastuzumab deruxtecan, osimertinib and durvalumab, three targeted therapy drugs with effective treatment outcomes that work by precisely identifying and inhibiting the growth of […]
PMGSY stretches into 4th phase: 25,000 villages to be linked with all-weather roads | India News
[ad_1] Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Phase IV of Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) to connect 25,000 villages with all-weather roads, and allocated an outlay of Rs 19,000 crore for the financial year 2024-25. She also announced three crore additional houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in rural and urban areas. Of these, 2 […]
Market watchers slam hike in long term capital gains tax, say will discourage savings, investments | Pune News
[ad_1] Market watchers said Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s move to hike long term capital gains (LTCG) tax from 10 per cent to 12.5 per cent will discourage savings and investments. “Just when the stock market has been having a good run for a long time, the news dampened the spirits… It is an unnecessary […]