Civic Issues

State Government to Set Up Dispute Resolution Board
In the backdrop of recent shelving of some ambitious and high value infrastructure projects in Mumbai such as the Worli-Haji Ali sea link due to disputes between government bodies and private players, the state government has decided to set up a dispute resolution authority for infrastructure projects. The conceived authority will be on the lines […]

Fear of abuse of Service tax exemption for SEZs
Delhi: The recent decision made by the finance ministry to allow an upfront service tax exemption for all Special Economic Zone (SEZ) units and developers would translate into an additional savings of Rs 1,500 crore annually for such units, as they would no longer be required to wait for refunds. The service tax incidence or the […]