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The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Monday cautioned e-commerce companies such e-bay, Flipkart, Amazon etc not to allow their merchants to collect Aadhaar information from general public for printing Aadhaar card. “Collecting such information or unauthorized printing of Aadhaar card or aiding such persons in any manner may amount to a criminal offence punishable with imprisonment under Indian Penal Code,” says a Ministry of Communication and Information Technology release.
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1. Arun Jaitley: Hope to get through some important measures over the next few months riding on popular mood for growth oriented policies. We have been trying to do our best as far as India is concerned, notwithstanding the global environment being extremely difficult and challenging. (PTI)
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2. Arun Jaitley: The challenge before India was to keep the reform momentum on one hand (and) take the best advantage of areas where we are doing reasonably well and then putting a large part of our national resource in areas where we are lacking. (Reuters)
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3. Arun Jaitley: Agriculture, infrastructure creation, emerging private sector, improving health of banks are the challenges the government faces. In that realistic analysis, we are attempting to address each one of these challenges. (Reuters)
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4. Arun Jaitley: Hope India continues to grow at a slightly more improved pace in 2016-17 and continue to retain its position as fastest growing major economy in the world. The silver lining appears to be that the popular mood in India is increasingly becoming more growth oriented. Political parties across the spectrum, in the regions in their own way, are acquiring that kind of attitude, and therefore, except for some steps which occasionally do face political obstacles. (PTI)
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Budget 2016: FM Arun Jaitley's Union Budget 2016 has proposed to widen the scope of presumptive taxation scheme to include professionals from fields such as legal, medical and engineering, having annual income of up to Rs 50 lakh. The existing scheme of taxation provides for a simplified presumptive taxation scheme for only certain eligible persons engaged in select businesses only and not for persons earning professional income. (Reuters)
