Focus on Insurance GST Exemptions Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 55th GST Council meeting in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, on December 21, 2024. A key agenda is deciding on…
Comprehensive Training for Food Handlers The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has set an ambitious target to train 2.5 million food handlers by March 2026. This initiative…
Introduction of Enhanced Verification Measures The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has introduced updated protocols for managing Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) and E-Sign requests from employers. Building on existing mandates,…
Enhanced Monitoring with Real-Time Surveillance The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is launching real-time surveillance, tracking, sampling, and analysis of food items amid the festive season. CEO…
AI-Driven Solution for ISO Compliance Vissibl, an AI-driven platform designed to simplify ISO compliance, officially launched today. The platform acts as a virtual compliance officer, combining advanced AI with a…
Finance Ministry Requests Exemption for Banks The Finance Ministry has formally urged all state governments to exempt banks from the provisions of the Shop and Establishment (S&E) Act. This initiative…
Ensuring Extended Shelf Life for Consumer Safety In a recent directive, the Food Safety & Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) instructed e-commerce platforms selling food items to ensure that products…
Non-Registration Revealed in Inspection The Maharashtra Labour Department recently identified major compliance lapses at S.R. Batliboi & Co., the Pune-based office of EY, one of the Big Four statutory auditing firms.…
New Collateral-Free Credit for MSMEs Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in India will soon have access to collateral-free loans of up to Rs…
The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) is set to implement a stringent rule effective April 1, 2025, mandating timely upload of electronic invoices (e-invoices) to the Invoice Registration Portal…