The Municipal Corporation Shimla Erection, Exhibition, Affixation of Advertisement and Hoarding Bye-laws 2020.

As per the bye-law No advertisement shall be erected, exhibited, affixed or retained upon or over any land building, wall boarding, frame, post or structure or upon in any vehicle or shall be displayed in any manner, whatsoever in any place within the Municipal area including private land and buildings without the written permission of the Commissioner granted in accordance with these bye-laws.

GSTN issues advisory on reporting 6% rate in GSTR-1.

A new tax rate of 6% IGST or 3% CGST+ 3% SGST has been introduced on Fly ash bricks or fly ash aggregate with 90 per cent, Bricks of fossil meals or similar siliceous earths, Building bricks etc vide Notification dated 31st March 2022.

TRAI releases Consultation paper on Issues related to New Regulatory Framework for Broadcasting and Cable services.

According to the consultation paper, DPOs, local cable operators (LCOs) and consumer organisations approached TRAI highlighting the difficulties in implementation of the new tariff order. These included: price hike for consumers, change in the composition of offerings, the impact of easy availability of TV content on OTT (over the top platforms), issues in implementing these new rates in their systems and in migrating consumers to the new tariff regime etc.

Income–tax (Fifteenth Amendment) Rules, 2022

The amendment clarifies that permanent account number or Aadhaar number alongwith demographic information or biometric information of an individual shall be submitted to the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or the person authorised by the Principal Director General of Income-tax (Systems) or Director General of Income-tax (Systems) with the approval of the Board, for the purposes of authentication of PAN or Aadhar Number.

Revised procedure for public hearings for Environment Impact Assessment

Public hearings in case of project or activity is confined to the territorial jurisdiction of one sub-division, the District Magistrate/District Collector/Deputy Commissioner, as the case may be, may alternatively authorize any officer not below the rank of Sub-Divisional Magistrate to supervise and preside over the entire public hearing process.