DAILY CURRENT
AFFAIRS: 03 JULY 2017
(DAILY NEWS INDIA)
1.
MUMBAI’S VIKRIKAR BHAVAN RENAMED AS GST BHAVAN
i. Mumbai’s ‘Vikrikar Bhavan’ was renamed as
‘GST Bhavan’ after the Goods and Services Tax regime was rolled out. ‘Vikrikar
Bhavan’ is the headquarters of Maharashtra government’s erstwhile Sales Tax
department.
ii. Maharashtra Finance Minister Sudhir
Mungantiwar and Minister of State for Finance Deepak Kesarkar has attended the
ceremony at the Bhavan.
iii. The department has planned a helpline to
assist traders and business community who have queries about the new tax
regime’s implementation and modalities.
iv. In two years, the ‘GST Bhavan’ will be
shifted to Wadala from Mazgaon. Mr Mungantiwar said GST also means ‘Garibon ki
Seva karnewala Tax’.
2.
TELANGANA TO HAVE SEPARATE AGRICULTURE BUDGET FROM NEXT YEAR
i. Telangana CM K Chandrasekhar Rao, has
decided to present a separate agriculture budget for the state from next year.
CM Rao has also decided to substantially enhance funds for the agriculture
sector.
ii. He has asked the officials to form
farmers’ associations at various levels — from villages to the state — to
organise the cultivators.
iii. Farmers in Telangana would be provided training
of modern and scientific methods of farming so as to increase the farm output.