Concessions

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  CCI Clears Epic Concesiones' Acquisition Of Road Assets

  Regulator approves multiple highway deals, including Ashoka Buildcon and Cube Highways transactions.

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  World's Largest Isolated Tribe Makes Rare Appearance In New Footage

  Rare photos and footage of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted tribe in the Peruvian Amazon, were released by Survival International.

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  Every Train Passenger Gets 55% Concession On Tickets: Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

  Every passenger gets a 55 per cent concession on train journeys, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said regarding demands to restore pre-Covid fare concessions for senior citizens and media persons.

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  Government Reluctant To Give Special Tax Incentives To Apple

  Apple has sought tax concessions, including lower import and manufacturing duties, to make iPhones locally, according to a government official familiar with the situation.

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  No Announcement Made On Resumption Of Senior Citizens Railway Concessions: Government

  Government has denied reports that Indian Railways will resume senior citizens concessions from July 1 onwards

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  Indian Railways Ticket Concession Rules For Senior Citizens, Students, Others

  Except senior citizens, concessions on tickets are admissible on production of the requisite certificate from the concerned person/organization. The documents issued by persons/organizations in other countries are, however, not considered valid for the purpose of concession in India, according to Indian Railways.

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  Aadhaar Must For Senior Citizen Train Ticket Concession From April 1, 2017

  Come April 1, 2017, reservation of rail tickets for senior citizens will be directly linked to Aadhaar or Unique Identification (UID) cards on a mandatory basis for availing concessions at both counter and e-tickets.

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  Book LTC Tickets On Lowest Fare Or Face Action: Government To Staff

  Employees who fail to buy air tickets at the lowest price available on the day while undertaking a journey on Leave Travel Concession (LTC) claim will face severe penal action, as per the draft guidelines finalised by the Centre.

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  Government Looking at Extending Excise Duty Concessions to Auto Sector

  The government is looking at the proposal for extending excise duty concessions to the automobile sector beyond December, a move that would provide further relief to automakers.

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  Restore Railway Concession Fare For Senior Citizens, Recommends Parliamentary Committee

  The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways has recommended to the Ministry of Railways that railway concession fares to Senior Citizens - amounting to 40 per cent to 50 per cent of the total fare - be restored at least in the Sleeper Class and AC 3 category.

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  Indian Railways Train Tickets: Concession Rules For Awardees, War Widows, Medical Professionals Explained

  Indian Railways Concession On Train Tickets: No person is allowed two or more concessions simultaneously.

• Government Concession to Debt Funds a Partial Relief: Industry

  Mutual Fund industry today termed as 'partial relief' the government's decision to exempt debt mutual funds sold between April 1 and July 10 this year from an increased tax rate.

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  Textiles Minister Seeks Early Resolution On Cotton Import Duty Waiver

  Union Minister Piyush Goyal has directed authorities to "finalise the matter early", as regards to the extension of cotton import duty waiver

• Social Sector Groups Seek Tax Concession for NGOs

  Representatives of the social sector on Thursday sought higher budgetary allocation for 2.68 crore disabled people and tax concessions for NGOs from Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

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  IRCTC Ticket Concession Rules For Senior Citizens: All You Need To Know

  Concessions in fares are available for male senior citizens of minimum 60 years and female senior citizen of minimum 58 years, noted IRCTC.