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The government's think tank has made recommendations on platform regulation, work benefits, and taxation pertaining to the burgeoning gig economy in India

Centre empowered under public interest, says lawyers group, citing hardship of people A group of advocates moved the Supreme Court on Thursday seeking a direction to the Centre and the Office of the GST Council Secretariat to let go of their “apathy” and exempt COVID-19 drugs and equipment from the GST regime with “immediate effect” in public interest. The petition filed by The Public Policy Advocates, represented by advocate Astha Sharma, asked whether the GST authorities and government officials concerned were unable to see people run from pillar to post trying to procure drugs, oxy...

The growth was led by State excise duties, which increased 31.3% to ₹750.78 crore Tamil Nadu’s Own Tax Revenue increased 11.4% to ₹9,526.38 crore in November 2020 from ₹8,549.43 crore in the same period of 2019, according to the provisional figures from the Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG). In a sign of recovery, the State has posted a double digit growth for the second straight month in its own tax revenue. In October 2020, the State’s Own Tax Revenue (SOTR) increased about 18.8% to ₹9,475.16 crore from ₹7,976.53 in the comparable period last year. 70% of the total The ...