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Haryana VAT Act will be ‘fair’ to all
Gurgaon, September 11
The draft of the VAT Act of Haryana is ready and the government machinery is in all preparedness to implement it on April 1, 2003, announced Mr M. L. Gupta, Deputy Commissioner, Excise and Taxation, Government of Haryana, at a seminar on value-added tax (VAT) organised by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Northern Region, here today.
REWARI
INLD set to enter Rajasthan poll fray
Rewari, September 11
Ever since its success at the hustings both during the parliamentary elections as well as the assembly poll in Haryana, the INLD has been making earnest endeavours to broaden its base in the Hindi heartland in a bid to register its presence on the national political scene. Its massive participation in the recent assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh may well be viewed as a part of this prospective expansion exercise.
HVP criticises govt’s trade policies
Gurgaon, September 11
The ‘Vyapar Cell’ of the Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) today accused the ruling INLD government in the state of adopting retrogressive policies against the industrialists and traders.
Jhajjar
tops in implementing Rojgar Yojna
Jhajjar, September 11
The district has gained the first position in the state in implementation of the Sampoorna Gram Rojgar Yojna by utilising the 100 per cent grain stock and 91 per cent fund as cash, under the scheme.
Social insurance for women in unorganised sector sought
New Delhi, September 11
Social insurance for women, particularly in the unorganised sector, is the need of the hour. This becomes particularly important as it is the unorganised sector that generates 90 per cent of the jobs in the country, said Mr Jairam Ramesh, joint secretary, Economic Affairs, AICC, while addressing a workshop on ‘investments and finance’ organised by the FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in association with HDFC here today.
Rainwater enters houses in Sonepat
Sonepat, September 11
The heaviest downpour of the monsoon this year put the sewage and rainwater drainage system out of gear in this city last evening.
According to a report, the rain submerged several areas in knee-deep water due to defective drainage system.
WTC victims remembered
New Delhi, September 11
The International Council of Punjabis (ICP) today held a special ceremony in the Capital to pay homage to those who lost their lives in the September 11 terrorist attack last year.
Govt staff hold gate meetings
Panipat, September 11
For the third day today, government employees of the district continued their gate meetings in support of their demands. At a gate meeting at the Main Electricity Office, held under the presidentship of Mr Narinder Khokhar, district president of the All Haryana Power Corporation Workers Union, the lopsided policies of the Centre and the Haryana Government came in for severe criticism.
Call for uniform sales tax on insulin
New Delhi, September 11
A uniform sales tax policy on insulin across the country and a preferably a zero per cent tax, are perhaps the only way to discourage people from smuggling the life-saving injection, insulin, point out medicos. Fast unto death
Activists of the Dalit Kisan Sangharsh Samiti began a fast unto death demanding an increase in the compensation for the land acquired by the government in the Ganga Nagar area. The president of the Dalit forum, Dalchand Dalit and Hazi Amir Ahmad addressed the activists.
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