According to India's national space agency, the Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies (CROPS), developed by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), is an automated platform designed to cultivate and sustain plant life in the microgravity environment of space.
The space agency sent eight cowpea seeds as part of the Compact Research Module for Orbital Plant Studies (CROPS) experiment, conducted by the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), to study plant growth in microgravity.
The central board of direct taxes has issued guiding principles to determine place of effective management (POEM) of a company, reports CNBC-TV18. The new guidelines will be applicable from assessment year 2017-18.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) today made public the long-pending "guiding principles" to determine place of effective management of a company, which have been effective April 1, 2016.
Representatives of information technology hardware and software industry in a pre-budget meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also sought measures to facilitate exports and simplification and rationalisation of taxation.
By: Jayesh Sanghvi, EY India
POEM: Analysis Of Draft Guidelines
POEM: Analysis Of Draft Guidelines
POEM: Draft Guidelines
By: Parikshit Datta & Jatin Kanabar, Deloitte