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Tax figures reveal hardly any impact of demonetization on the economy; service tax and excise duty up in December; customs duty down due to lower gold imports

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Indian government provides Free Electricity Connections to 2.5 Crore BPL Households

Under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY), Government of India is providing free electricity connections to BPL households. Out of total 4.27 crore connections sanctioned, free electricity connections to 2.5 crore BPL households have been provided as on 31.10.2016 under the scheme. This was stated by Shri Piyush Goyal, Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha.

Another attempt of Indian government to curb black money and reduce corruption; 100% government transactions on digital platform

NITI Aayog leads initiative to convert 100% Government – Citizen Transactions to the digital platform New Delhi: In a transformative attempt to weed out black money and corruption from public life, the Government of India has constituted a Committee of Officers to enable 100 per cent conversion of Government – Citizen Transactions to the digital platform.