18-11-22 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

Cheema, sharing the details, said that apart from preventing , the newly-established wing would help in increasing the Governments income.

Available information suggests that the tax intelligence wing will be headed by an Additional Commissioner. Apart from one centralized unit, two more units will be established.

Reiterating Punjab Governments commitment to improving the states fiscal Health, Cheema said that the State Government has received more than Rs 250 crores through enforcement actions by way of inspections and checking of vehicles; using data mining for recovery of pending dues from tax evaders and conducting an audit of selected high-volume taxpayers, whereas, during the regime of the previous government the department had received only Rs 600 crores in the past two years.

The Ministry of Textiles in PARTNERSHIP with Northern India Textile Research Association (NITRA) and Indian Technical Textile Association (ITTA) organized a full-day event National Conclave on Technical Textiles Protech here today. The Chief Guest, Ms. Rachna Shah, Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India, inaugurated the Conclave.

There were three panel discussions in the conclave covering Prospect of indigenisation of Protective Textile products in India, Experience and Expectations of consumers towards adoption of Indian protective textiles and Market promotion & Export opportunities of Protective Textiles in India along with Global Best Practices.

The (TRAI) has organized a Conference on “Rating of Buildings or Areas for Digital Connectivity”. In the year 2022, when country is celebratingAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, TRAI has also completed 25-years of its existence. The Conference is organized as a part its year-long silver Jubilee celebration.

The conference was organised in the spirit of the proactive role of TRAI to work in collaboration with Industry and other stakeholders and ensure good Quality Telecom Services are delivered to the consumers inside the building keeping pace with the new and emerging technologies.

ix years afterdemonetisation, people are still paying or accepting black in real estate transactions and many continue to buy and sell products without proper receipts, according to aLocalCirclessurvey.

Although many have adopted digital modes of payment — with the shift gathering pace during the pandemic — the verdict on demonetisation is still not clear on whether it has delivered its set goal of weeding out black money and checking the Growth of the parallel economy.

LocalCircles said that 44% of those surveyed, who bought a property in the last 7 years, had to pay a component in cash.

Exercise Sea Vigil was conceptualized in 2018 to strengthen Indias coastal DEFENCE by improving coordination between various stakeholders.

It is a build-up towards the larger TROPEX exercise.

It covers Indias entire 7,516 km coastline as well as 2 million sq km of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).

This national-level exercise provides the opportunity at the apex level to assess Indias preparedness in the maritime security domain and the coastal defence.

It provides a realistic assessment of Indias strengths and weaknesses and helps the country boost its maritime and national security.

The exercise is the largest in India in terms of geographical extent, the number of stakeholders, the number of units involved, and the broad objectives.

Russian Deputy Prime MinisterDenis Manturovheld talks withExternal AffairsMinisterS Jaishankar and they noted bilateral trade turnover may reach USD 30 billion by the end of this year, according to a statement released by the Russian embassy.

The talks betweenManturovandJaishankarwere held in the format of India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific, Technological andCultural Cooperation(IRIGC-TEC).