India News Live: Lok Sabha panel to review Income-Tax Bill 2025 on March 6-7

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A Select Committee of the Lok Sabha, led by BJP Vice President and MP Baijayant Panda, will examine the Income-Tax Bill 2025 on March 6 and 7, 2025.

As part of its review, the committee will record oral evidence from key stakeholders. On March 6, representatives from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and Ernst & Young (EY) will present their views. The following day, on March 7, the committee will hear testimonies from representatives of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

The CAG report on the Delhi liquor policy has been referred to the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) for examination, with the committee expected to submit its report within three months, assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta said Thursday.

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report on the regulation and supply of liquor in Delhi has highlighted serious irregularities in the implementation of the excise policy by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government.

Following discussions in the assembly, the report has been referred to the PAC for a detailed probe, with findings expected within three months.

Flagging the issue of household indebtedness, the Congress on Thursday said the root cause of such a "deep-seated" malaise was the stagnation in real wages and claimed the government had failed to acknowledge the "crisis".

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh cited the recently-released Indus Valley Annual Report 2025, an examination of India's economic landscape and start-up ecosystem by VC firm Blume Ventures, to attack the government.

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The Food Safety Department of Karnataka has found that 52 hotels using polythene sheets to prepare Idli, Karnataka Health Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao said.

"Food Safety department had collected Idli samples at 251 places across Karnataka. Earlier clothes were used for cooking Idlis but we got the information that recently the hotels have started using plastic. So our officers went to various spots and conducted an inquiry," Rao told reporters.

On March 6, 2025, the Committee will record the oral evidence of the representatives of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) and representatives of Ernst & Young (EY).

On March 7, 2025, Representatives of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and Representatives of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) will record their oral evidences before the committee.

BJP MP Baijayant Panda is the chairman of the committee.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday extended the stay on the trial court proceedings in the National Herald case involving Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and others.

The parties are expected to file their written submissions on the plea which seeks to lead certain evidence in the trial court.

Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday compared the rape of a woman inside a parked state transport bus in Pune to the 2012 Delhi gangrape incident, criticising district guardian minister Ajit Pawar over Maharashtra’s law and order situation, as per a report by PTI.

Rajya Sabha MP Raut claimed crimes against women had surged in the state.

Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde assured that the accused, who is still absconding, will not be spared.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday clarified that it will not intervene in the matter concerning the disposal of waste at the Union Carbide Plant as the matter is already being monitored by the Madhya Pradesh High Court.

After making the aforesaid observation, a bench of Justices BR Gavai and Augustine George Masih disposed of the plea.

On his meeting with PM Modi, Aravind Srinivas, CEO and co-founder, Perplexity, said, "It was a great honour to meet Prime minister Modi. I got more time to spend with me. What impressed and amazed was the level of preparedness and how well aware he is in strength and weakness of AI. He had special insights on what if we took ancient tech and take it figure out a way to draw reference in modern science literature and show the world our ancient technology. He was curious about how AI can figure out smarter way to do things, like applying it in Vedic maths."

While talking about partnership with Paytm, Aravind Srinivas, CEO and co-founder, Perplexity, said, "Vijay (Shekhar Sharma) and Paytm are very forward minded people and are trying to bring the power of AI to crores of Indians without them having to pay anything. Knowledge is supposed to be universally available."

"The most important thing is to democratise tech to Indians. India is one of the most curious country, people are curious about topics and perplexity is a solution to that. Also you can fact check things, which is critical as it’s the only way to give power to the consumers," he added.

Nirmala Sitharaman said, "Reforms cannot be agenda only for Union, but also for the states. Investors should feel attracted to go to states."

While speaking at an event, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, "In matters of technology, India can be leader on many aspects as we do it on population scale. India can lend a hand to global tech group on this. Global technology group with India's steam can play a big difference."

"India has to prioritise on investing in technology. India can play talent to its advantage, which is required for technology going," she added.

Voting begins in Polling Station 44 in Warangal district for the MLC Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda teachers’ constituency elections.

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