Allow rectification of inadvertent, bonafide errors in GSTR forms, HC tells tax dept"The department needs to avoid unwarranted litigation on such issues and make the system more assessee friendly. Such an approach would als...
14 Dec, 2023, 04.50 PM IST
Dynamic jurisdiction of ITAT, simpler compliance window being consideredA random, automated process to distribute cases could reduce the scope of corruption, lessen the influence that some of the senior lawyers ...
29 Jan, 2022, 08.30 AM IST
Finance Ministry issues uniform norms for accountability to protect bonafide decision of bankersStressing that the new guidelines will surely boost the morale of the PSBs employees immensely, it said banks will have to complete staff a...
31 Oct, 2021, 04.38 PM IST
21 PSBs cloning each other not the way to do business: Rajnish Kumar, Chairman, SBINot every NPA is an act of criminality. We need people of very high integrity in the financial system but mistakes will happen during decis...
04 Jul, 2018, 08.35 AM IST
Revise erroneous credit claims under GST by December 27: Government to taxpayersThe shift to Goods and Services Tax (GST) provided for trust-based transition of input tax credit of the existing taxpayers, it said in a s...
12 Dec, 2017, 11.42 PM IST
CBI, CVC, CAG not stumbling blocks: BBB chief Vinod RaiHe was delivering a lecture- "Do audit and vigilance lead to policy paralysis in the government"- to Chief Vigilance Officers of some gover...
16 Aug, 2016, 09.22 PM IST
Budget 2016: Two-point tax scale may tilt against taxpayers, say expertsJaitley proposed a change in rule aimed at reducing litigation and increasing transparency. But this could end up having the opposite effec...
05 Mar, 2016, 10.36 AM IST
My aim is to aid, not block, governance: Chief Vigilance Commissioner KV ChowdaryIn an interview with ET’s Rahul Tripathi Chief Vigilance Commissioner KV Chowdary says his priority is to aid governance.
13 Jul, 2015, 02.13 AM IST
Banks get RBI, government support on need to check overt vigilance"The bona fide mistakes made by the bankers while taking commercial decisions should be protected by the Government," RBI Governor Raghuram...
03 Jan, 2015, 10.13 PM IST
Education not enough for success: Nilaya Varma, MD, Health and Public Service, AccentureIt is important that the family understands the pressure, or for me to be available for the family and spend a peaceful weekend with my chi...
06 Jun, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
2G: Shahid Balwa seeks withdrawal of statement given in courtShahid Usman Balwa today moved a special court seeking its permission to withdraw answers given by him in response to 2G spectrum allocatio...
12 May, 2014, 07.55 PM IST
Honest officers should not be harassed for bonafide mistakes: Manmohan SinghManmohan Singh today warned that honest officers should not be harassed for bonafide mistakes made while making "well-meaning" decisions.
11 Feb, 2014, 12.58 PM IST
Extent of government interference unknown, Supreme Court to decide: Solicitor General Mohan ParasaranPM is saying that the government’s credibility should completely be safeguarded and restored. We are not here to shield people.
03 May, 2013, 05.59 AM IST
- Prime Minister Manmohan Singh not targeting CAG but only picked holes: Government
Government has insisted that PM had not targeted the CAG by contesting its report on coal block allocation but only picked faults.
27 Aug, 2012, 09.00 PM IST
CBI's probe into Coal & Oil ministries affects work and scares bureaucratsCoal ministry officials said regular visits of CBI officials had affected routine work of their junior staff, which is assisting the agency...
09 Jun, 2012, 04.29 AM IST
No witch hunting in the name of fighting corruption: PMFighting the charge of policy paralysis in government, Manmohan Singh asked civil servants to show "boldness" in decision making.
21 Apr, 2012, 01.29 PM IST
- CAG should enhance skills to serve future needs: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the CAG had acquitted itself very credibly in the past 150 years but times were changing and so were the...
16 Nov, 2010, 02.10 PM IST