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India is addressing Wall Street’s favourite ‘elephant’ in the room to its own advantage
The Indian government has identified 762 potential applications of artificial intelligence across 62 ministries and departments, spanning farming, railway safety, tax compliance, public grievances, customs and healthcare. While some tools are already in use, others remain in pilot or development stages.
Indian patch patrol sets out to resolve PHP risk
Two critical security flaws in PHP, the programming language underpinning an estimated 70% of the internet, have triggered emergency cybersecurity measures in India. Banks are auditing applications and preparing backups, while the government is patching official websites. Razorpay has deployed AI-led vulnerability detection and warned merchants about potential breaches.
Cert-In and states rush to patch PHP flaws across govt portals
Last week, two critical cybersecurity flaws in the PHP programming language were discovered with the help of AI. Subsequently, Cert-In issued advised organisations to apply security patches. Thousands of state government portals, district administration websites, municipal corporation services, and public grievance redressal systems in India have historically relied on content management systems and frameworks based on the PHP programming language.
PHP security vulnerabilities: Indian govt rushes to fix official websites, banks audit apps
Banks have begun auditing applications for weaknesses, taking some non-critical services offline and preparing backups to divert traffic if parts of their websites or mobile applications experience downtime, according to executives.
GST Council meeting 2026: What may change as GST 2.0 takes aim at ITC, refunds, arrest powers and other reforms
GST Council Meeting 2026: The GST Council, meeting in New Delhi, is expected to propose significant reforms for tax administration. One reform will address arrest powers for tax officers, requiring court orders for detentions. Input tax credits on certain business expenses may also be unblocked, which could benefit various industries. Small taxpayers may see a simplified registration process and reduced compliance requirements.
Cabinet approves new authority to integrate India’s transport, logistics planning
The Union Cabinet has approved setting up the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA), an SPV to coordinate transport and logistics planning, project appraisal, monitoring and data analytics. ITLA will prepare a long-term National Transport Master Plan, assess projects costing Rs500 crore or more, and promote multimodal infrastructure development.
Cabinet approves Rs 10,000-crore SME Growth Fund and new authority to plan transport and logistics
The Indian government has approved a ₹10,000-crore SME Growth Fund aimed at supporting small and medium enterprises. Additionally, an Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority has been established to enhance transport infrastructure planning. This fund is intended to address equity capital gaps currently faced by SMEs and facilitate their growth. ITLA will create a comprehensive National Transport Master Plan to improve coordination across various transport sectors.
Cabinet approves new authority to enhance R&D across transportation and logistics
The Union Cabinet has approved the creation of an Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority to improve synergy. This new authority aims to enhance planning and evaluation processes across India's transportation sector. It will be responsible for appraising significant infrastructure projects and developing the National Transport Master Plan. Additionally, the ITLA will integrate essential data for effective project planning and monitor major transport projects.
GST Council to consider 17-day refund timeline, faster registrations
The GST Council is set to consider measures to speed up refunds and GST registrations, with a proposed 17-day refund timeline and greater automation for registrations. It may also ease compliance for small businesses selling across states through e-commerce platforms, simplify registration cancellations and expand input tax credit eligibility.
Next-gen GST reforms: Single registration, easier input tax credit among key MSME demands
The 57th GST Council meeting, now slated for October 8, 2026 (Thursday), is likely to consider several proposals aimed at easing the compliance burden for small businesses in the country.
GST 2.0's next move: Council may scrap officers' arrest powers, raise prosecution bar to Rs 5 crore
The GST Council is weighing changes to GST enforcement, including ending officials' arrest powers and shifting to court-ordered arrests. Criminal prosecution may be limited to cases involving more than Rs 5 crore, while routine disputes over GST interpretation could be handled through civil penalties and kept outside criminal courts.
Andhra Pradesh commercial tax collections rise 18 pc to Rs 30,436 cr in H1
Andhra Pradesh’s commercial tax collections rose 18% year-on-year to Rs 30,435.98 crore during April-September 2026, with September recording the highest monthly collection so far. Net GST collections increased 18% to Rs 19,635.49 crore in the first half of FY 2026-27, while September net GST rose 14.10%. The state attributed the growth to stronger compliance, enforcement, economic activity and technology-led tax monitoring.
GSTN infra upgraded to handle up to 3 lakh users concurrently
Besides, the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has introduced auto-populated sales return form GSTR-3B in PDF form which will be available from October 2020 tax periods onwards.
Cabinet may consider converting GSTN to government entity Wednesday
The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising state finance ministers, had in May agreed to a proposal to make GSTN a government company.
CIC raps GSTN for lack of order, seeks clarity on info disclosure
CIC has taken a grim view of the functioning of GSTN, a company with 1,200 employees managing the entire network.
GSTN expected to be operationalised soon: Official
The security clearance to The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) is expected any time soon, a home ministry official said, without elaborating.
Subramanian Swamy writes to PM Narendra Modi, seeks 'stay of all operations' of GSTN
Rajya Sabha MP said the GSTN, a special purpose vehicle, is dominated by private institutions and these entities are controlled by foreign shareholders.
State Finance Ministers discuss funding of GSTN corpus
Different models of funding the GSTN -- the special purpose vehicle formed to set up the information technology backbone for rolling out the indirect tax regime.
Subramanian Swamy targets GSTN again, to write to Amit Shah, BJP CMs
"I am writing to Amit Shahji and all BJP chief ministers that while ratifying the constitutional amendments for GST Bill, they should oppose GSTN," Swamy tweeted.
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