A virtual ceremony to hand over the final phase of the Project for “Supply and installation of 1500 hand pumps for augmentation of Rural Water Supply in Cambodia” was held on 27th September. The ceremony was presided over by India’s Minister of State of External Affairs Rajkumar Ranjan Singh and Cambodian Minister of Rural Development Dr. Ouk Rabun. The implementation of the project was financed by the Government of India through a 100 percent grant. This entailed supply and installation of 1500 hand pumps in 2 Provinces of Cambodia, namely…
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18% GST on treated sewage water for industrial use
The Maharashtra Authority of Advance Rulings has said purified or treated sewage water for industrial use will be charged goods and service tax at18%, triggering yet another classification issue as natural water is tax-exempt.The authority has reasoned that the treated water here is purified water. It is used within the applicant’s factory – Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilisers Ltd in this case – and the excess is sold to Bharat Petroleum for industrial use.
Read MoreIndia’s biggest sewage plant in Delhi to be ready by 2022-end
NEW DELHI: Delhi will soon get India’s Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) at Okhla, which will be able to treat 564 million liters per day (MLD) of sewage and wastewater. Water minister and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) chairman Satyender Jain visited the construction site of the project that is expected to be completed by 2022-end.Once completed, the STP will be able to help trap a large chunk of sewage currently flowing into the Yamuna and can treat sewage to biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and total suspended solids (TSS) levels of 10…
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