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WHAT IS GOODS AND SERVICES TAX (GST)? GST is a simplified tax structure applied on both goods and services. It is value-added tax levied at all points in the supply chain with credit allowed for any tax paid on input acquired for use in making the supply. It would be applicable on supply of goods or services as against the prevailing system of tax on the manufacture of goods or on sale of goods or on provision of services. It would be a destination based tax as against the existing system of origin

Asian India 's Caste System Robin Bettasso SOC 308 Melissa Willis July 4, 2016 Asian India 's Caste System For thousands of years the caste members was well known how they lived, class, region, gender, tribe, and language. They ate, married, and worked with their own group and if that person was born they rarely changed caste or even mixed with other castes. Social rules defined how to behave within a caste and when in the presence people from other castes. In a caste system was well known in India

Critically review the strengths, weaknesses and challenges of the National Rural Health Mission drawing on secondary data and your own experiences during block field work. The analysis must be contextualized to the state that you were placed in. Introduction:The National Rural Health Mission was launched by the Government in 2005 `in the field of health to improved general health conditions and an intervention in the area of maternal health, which will improve the IMR and MMR in the country. It

Indian Railways (Hindi: भारतीय रेल Bhāratīya Rail), abbreviated as IR (Hindi: भा.रे.), is the state-owned railway company of India, which owns and operates most of the country's rail transport. It is overseen by the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India. Indian Railways has more than 64,015 kilometres (39,777 mi)[5] of track and 6,909 stations. It has the world's fourth largest railway network after that of the United States, Russia and China.[5] The railways traverse the length and breadth

It then came to be known as the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958. Today, the Act enforced in the seven North Eastern states of Assam, Manipur, Tripura, Meghalaya, Andhra Pradesh, Mizoram and Nagaland. Similarly, the Act was enforced in Jammu and Kashmir in 1990. This was done in order to prevent the violence which ensued, following the defeat of the leaders of the Muslim United Front (MUF) in the elections

Overview of HIV Disease in India India has the third largest population of people living with HIV, behind Nigeria (second largest) and South Africa (largest population) (“India has 3rd Highest Number of HIV Infections,” 2014). There are approximately 2,100,000 [1,700,000 - 2,700,000] people living with HIV in India and there is a prevalence rate of 0.3% [0.2% - 0.3%] for adults aged 15 to 49 (“HIV and AIDS Estimates in 2013,” 2013). There is a high risk for HIV infection in India due to the high

BSTRACT: Through this paper, I would like to address the heinous act of female foeticide practiced at an alarming rate in various Indian states. I would like to focus on how the phenomenon of selectively eliminating female foetus is not dying away, but rather is emerging as a new disturbing trend. I even wish to highlight how with rapid advancement, technologies such as ultrasound and pre-natal diagnosis are being misused in order to find the gender of the infant. What I wish to mainly examine is

Employment Guarantee and Migration -Koshtub Vohra, MPP - 11 Introduction The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, the lead welfare project of the UPA Government was passed by the Parliament in August 2005 and became effective on fifth September 2005. It has been criticized by numerous as yet another instance of a vast lump of public money being flushed down the channel in pointless rural development works. Reports of plans comprising of the NREGA workers burrowing trench and after that re-filling

ABSTRACT Peace will not come out of a class of arms but out of justice lived and done – MAHATMA GANDHI Human rights are the birthrights of every human being and they form an integral part of the socio-cultural fabric of humanity all over the world. However, they are vulnerable to abuse and violation. Tribal community in India has been most vulnerable community in the unequal, discrimination, domination and exploitation ridden society. They are on the breadline of their socio-economic and political

ABSTRACT PEACE WILL NOT COME OUT OF A CLASS OF ARMS BUT OUT OF JUSTICE LIVED AND DONE – MAHATMA GANDHI HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE BIRTHRIGHTS OF EVERY HUMAN BEING AND THEY FORM AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SOCIO-CULTURAL FABRIC OF HUMANITY ALL OVER THE WORLD. HOWEVER, THEY ARE VULNERABLE TO ABUSE AND VIOLATION. TRIBAL COMMUNITY IN INDIA HAS BEEN MOST VULNERABLE COMMUNITY IN THE UNEQUAL, DISCRIMINATION, DOMINATION AND EXPLOITATION RIDDEN SOCIETY. THEY ARE ON THE BREADLINE OF THEIR SOCIO-ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL