Bihar Caste Survey: Centre alone can conduct census, government to Supreme CourtThe affidavit adds that “in exercise of powers under the said Entry, the Central government has made the Census Act, 1948. The said Act emp...
29 Aug, 2023, 01.07 AM IST
Supreme Court clears bull taming sportsA Constitution Bench comprising Justices KM Joseph, Ajay Rastogi, Aniruddha Bose, Hrishikesh Roy and CT Ravikumar held that amendments have...
19 May, 2023, 12.03 PM IST
Both GST and Excise duty can be imposed on tobacco: Karnataka HCThe Karnataka High Court has ruled that the Union government is entitled to levy Central GST (CGST) as well as excise duty on tobacco and t...
05 Oct, 2022, 12.25 PM IST
Info on farmers deaths maintained by state govts: Centre in ParliamentThe reply stated that the "Delhi Police has informed that an amount of Rs 7,38,42,914 (up to 20.11.2021) has been spent to provide security...
08 Dec, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
Finance Commission head NK Singh calls for a review of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution“Time has come to go back to the drawing board and draw up a new architecture of the 7th Schedule amidst current challenges,” Singh said.
17 Nov, 2021, 06.34 PM IST
Need to revisit Seventh Schedule of Constitution: N K SinghSingh said the Commission on Centre-State Relations, headed by Justice M M Punchhi, had in 2010 recommended that there should be a consulta...
11 Dec, 2020, 07.45 PM IST
States need greater fiscal space to meet their expenditure obligations: NK SinghSingh was delivering a lecture on the impact of the pandemic on fiscal architecture and fiscal federalism in the near future, to students o...
22 Jul, 2020, 09.39 PM IST
Granting citizenship is Centre’s call, states have no say: ExpertsConstitutional experts are unanimous in their view on the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 that granting citizenship is the sole discretion o...
14 Dec, 2019, 11.00 AM IST
Cabinet approves 10% reservation for general category poor in Jammu & KashmirThe amendment paves the way for 10% quota for the economically weaker section to be applicable in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
28 Feb, 2019, 11.40 PM IST
Coming: A revolution in devolution with a federal flavourThe present basket of centrally-sponsored schemes needs to be streamlined and integrated with Finance Commission suggestions.
22 Jan, 2019, 07.23 AM IST
GST: Clarification likely on Centre's power to levy exciseThe confusion arose following the notification of certain clauses in the GST Constitutional Amendment with effect from September 16.
19 Sep, 2016, 09.30 PM IST
ET in the Classroom: Legislative route to GST rolloutThe Rajya Sabha will consider the Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill that seeks to amend the Constitution to introduce the Goods and Servi...
03 Aug, 2016, 02.03 AM IST
Have approved setting up police complaint authority: AAP government"It is submitted that the government of national capital territory of Delhi is considering a proposal for constitution of separate police c...
02 Nov, 2015, 07.16 PM IST
Anti-conversion law outside Centre's jurisdiction, says government to SCThe SC had in a 1977 ruling made it clear that 'anti-conversion law' falls within the purview of 'public order', a 'state' subject.
16 Apr, 2015, 11.59 AM IST
Offences related to religious conversion domain of states: MHASupreme Court has upheld that such state Acts fall within the purview of Entry-I of the List of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, R...
24 Feb, 2015, 08.22 PM IST
- SC refers spirit fee dispute to larger bench
A Larger constitution bench will decide whether state governments had the authority to levy fee on sale of specially denatured spirit to li...
30 Oct, 2007, 05.35 AM IST
- Centre, states to share powers on service tax
In a bid to ensure smooth implementation of state-level value-added tax (VAT) with effect from April next, the government cleared a proposa...
19 Dec, 2002, 08.43 AM IST