State Governments

GST will not reduce deficits of state governments significantly: S&P Global Ratings report

Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in India is not likely to reduce the deficits of state governments significantly, amid large and growing expenditure mandates for the social sector as well as capital spending, says a report

Witness Protection Scheme: SC directs Centre to implement law ‘in letter, spirit’; says majority of acquittals due to witness hostility

The top court said that Witness Protection Scheme, 2018 shall be the 'law' under Article 141 and 142 of the Constitution, till the enactment of suitable parliamentary or state legislations on the subject.

KJ Singh murdered: Journalists' body condemns killing, urges Punjab to quickly nab culprits

The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) Saturday strongly condemned the killing of senior journalist KJ Singh and his mother in Mohali and urged the state government to track down the killers

Centre directs state govts to file FIRs over 'untoward incidents' in name of cow protection

Centre has asked state governments to compulsorily register FIRs in all "untoward incidents" happening in name of cow protection, the Lok Sabha was informed.

Darjeeling unrest: State Congress chief urges Narendra Modi to intervene to resolve dispute

West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury wrote to Narendra Modi requesting him to intervene in order to resolve the unrest in the Darjeeling hills.

IT layoffs: Forum for IT Employees seeks State goverments' support

60,000 employees working at various IT companies have received termination orders from service, said FITE General Secretary

Digvijay Singh and family included in Below Poverty Line list

AICC General Secretary and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on Saturday claimed he and his family were included in the list of Below Poverty Line (BPL) people by the Central and State (MP) governments.

#SupportGST: 'It will open up more options to state govts, speed up institutional reforms'

It proposes a tax of collecting and sharing system by integrating existing indirect tax collection schemes.

#SupportGST: 'Rate cap must not be made part of constitutional amendment'

Governments should understand that GST rates must not be increased frequently unless there are some very important reasons for doing so.

States can't amend laws with retrospective effect: SC

State governments cannot amend a procedural law with retrospective effect to provide for quota in posts after commencement of selection process, the Supreme Court on Wednesday held.