Tag: LED

Parliament is being decked up for midnight GST launch

Standing on a long wooden table, Manoj is putting the finishing touches to Red Fort — a painting showing an elaborate gathering of people turning up for an Independence Day event. Just behind him, labourers are busy carrying the dark green coloured carpet, broken chairs, old upholstery and dilapi…

Flashlight makers urge to lower GST from 28% to 18%

The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) along with leading dry cell battery and flashlight manufacturers Eveready Industries and Nippo has appealed to the Centre for lowering GST rates on flash lights. In a letter to the Union Finance Minister and GST council chairperson Arun Jaitley, the leading ch…

Common Service Centres to help entrepreneurs in making LED bulbs

Soon Common Service Centres (CSCs) will help entrepreneurs interested in making LED bulbs by providing them with assembly kits. CSCs, till now were being utilised for booking railway tickets, providing Aadhaar numbers and passport applications. The government is proposing to provide LED kits to C…