Why the 80:20 Gold Import Scheme is a ₹ 2.65 lakh crore (or $35 billion) scandal. The 80:20 gold import-export scheme that began in July 2013 when the UPA government was in power and continued till November 2014, six months into the tenure of the Modi government, has been sharply criticised by the CAG.
The survivor stated in his testimony that “as young queer folks, who are exploring our sexuality, and politics, we often tend to stay quiet, and let people of power exploit us”. An Internal Complaints Committee instituted by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences issued recommendations against an individual accused of sexually assaulting a former male student.
Is the 14-year-old, whose father sells milk for a living, being denied claims of over Rs 2 lakh for abiding by international rules defining ‘amateur’ and ‘professional’ golfer? Shubham Jaglan’s journey from the fields of Israna village near Panipat in Haryana to the Delhi Golf Club to international competition has been something of a fairy tale.
Draft report proposes that “the burden of hardships” be borne by all stakeholders – developers, lending banks, and consumers.
A recent ruling by the Delhi High Court has forced the Indian government to face not one but two arbitration proceedings against Vodafone in the biggest-ever tax dispute of its kind that has been going on for over a decade. The outcome of the dispute will have international ramifications and very significant implications on the implementation of bilateral investment treaties and the investor-state dispute settlement regime in the country.
While they have faced a bureaucratic runaround in trying to get the government officials to do their duty, they have been subjected to various kinds of pressure.
The biggest-ever change in India’s shipping policy, undertaken by the Modi government, is expected to endow huge benefits to a small clutch of international and domestic shipping companies.
The network of offshore companies and Swiss bank accounts that were used to divide Dhirubhai Ambani’s foreign assets after his death is being probed by the income tax authorities; a company crucial to the network was MoTech Software.
Total NPAs reached a whopping Rs 9.5 lakh crore by end March 2018. India’s banking sector, the foundation of our modern economy, is in crisis. A spate of scams has dragged the credibility of India’s biggest private and public sector banks through the mud. Even more dangerous is a Debt Bomb of bad loans that has grown almost 17 times bigger in the past 10 years.
