Context: Caramel popcorn being taxed at 18% and salty popcorn being taxed at 12% is a lesson to all of us that we must learn to cook our meals at home. Key Highlights:
GST Council Announces Measures to Help Small Businesses
Context: GST Council Meeting in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. Key Highlights: Goods and Services Tax (GST) and Council Formation
Types of GST Tax in India:
1. Integrated Goods and Services Tax or IGST 2. State Goods and Services Tax or SGST 3. Central Goods and Services Tax or CGST 4. Union Territory Goods and Services Tax or UTGST
Green Deposit
Context: RBI, in April 2021, released a framework for accepting green deposits from lenders and encouraging green finance. Also Read: Green Energy
Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024
The Union Government has notified the Telecommunications (Procedures and Safeguards for Lawful Interception of Messages) Rules, 2024 that allow certain law enforcement and security agencies to invoke specific circumstances to intercept telephone calls. These rules are to the replaced Rule 419A in the Indian Telegraph Rules made in 1951. Key Points: Breach of Right to Privacy? Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951: Taping Telephone Phone Taping: According to Rule 419A, this specifies the procedure for tapping a telephone, which requires an order from the Secretary to the Government of India or from the Secretary to the State Government. Rule 419A of Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951
Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951: Taping Telephone
Phone Taping: According to Rule 419A, this specifies the procedure for tapping a telephone, which requires an order from the Secretary to the Government of India or from the Secretary to the State Government. Rule 419A of Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951
Breach of Right to Privacy?
MGNREGS Funds on Hold by Centre
Context: The MGNREGS funds were put on hold by the Centre in West Bengal. Key Highlights: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act ( MGNREGA )
Dark Matter
Dark matter is a mysterious and invisible stuff that constitutes about 85% of the matter existing in the universe, yet is not detectable directly using current instruments. It doesn’t emit, absorb, nor reflect light (or any form of electromagnetic radiation); hence it is “dark” and cannot be viewed. Some Key Points about Dark Matter
Sambhal Tunnel with 1857 Rebellion ‘links’
Context: A 150-year-old stepwell and a tunnel were unearthed during an anti-encroachment drive at Sambhal, Chandausi U.P. Indian Rebellion of 1857
