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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government has taken several key decisions to empower and honour honest taxpayers and launch of 'Transparent Taxation-Honoring the Honest' is a gift to the taxpayers. The Prime Minister on Thursday unveiled a faceless tax assessment and appeals to reduce the scope for corruption and overreach by officials. "Modi govt has taken several landmark decisions to empower and honour the honest taxpayers who are the backbone of India's progress & development," Shah tweeted. Shah said this platform is another step towards the prime minister's resolve of 'Minimum Government, Maximum Governance'. "Reforms for a New India! Launch of 'Transparent Taxation-Honoring the Honest' is a gift to our taxpayers by PM @narendramodi & FM @nsitharaman. With reforms like faceless assessment, faceless appeal & taxpayers charter this platform will further strengthen our taxation system," he said in another tweet. On the major overhaul of
Mumbai, 24 DecemberReliance Jio Infocomm's plan to reduce debt by selling stake in its telecom tower arm to Canadian investor fund Brookfield isn't free of the income tax (I-T) department hurdle. The latter plans to petition the Supreme Court against the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) order of December 20 which cleared Jio's proposed demerger of tower and fibre optic network assets to two infrastructure trusts. The clearance was in spite of I-T objections. The department argued that the proposed conversion of preference shares worth Rs 65,000 crore by Jio - by cancelling and then converting these into loans -- would substantially reduce the profit of the demerged company. And, so, cause huge loss of revenue to the department. In sum, a move to avoid and evade taxes, it contended. Jio denied the charges. An e-mail sent this week by this publication to Reliance for its views on the issue did not elicit a response.In July this year, Brookfield had said it would pay Rs ..