Monday, June 3, 2019

Guests at Indian envoy’s Iftar event complain of harassment by Pakistan security agencies

Guests at Indian envoy’s Iftar event complain of harassment by Pakistan security agencies

AN OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S NEWSPAPERS HEADLINES:-


The lead story in Hindustan Times informs us that the newly elected NDA government plans to introduce transformational changes in the Direct Tax Regime, by pruning a tax rate that is as high as 30 per cent, easing the process for honest tax payers and widening of the tax base.  "Direct Tax reform to take Centre stage in Modi's second term" is the paper's top headline.

Regarding the Goods and Services Tax (GST), introduced during the NDA's first term, Business Standard reports that GST collection crossed one Trillion rupees for a third straight month in May, posting an over six per cent growth.

"US ends India's benefits under select trade list from June 5" is the lead story in The Indian Express. After a month of uncertainty, US President Trump terminated India's benefits which provided preferential, duty free access to six billion dollars worth of products exported to the US.

The Times of India tells us that in a radical move, a few months before the Assembly elections in Delhi, The Aam Aadmi Party government is planning to make travelling in buses and Metro free for women.

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