For Continuing Registration As A National Vocational Education: Fill & Download for Free

In the eyes of the mainlander, Hong Kong is dead, with “Hong Kong in Decline..” “Shenzhen and Shanghai will takeover” etc .., so forget that. In reality, once the dust settles, it will probably become a better home for its 7 mill or so citizens in time and that's probably good for everyone.But the Xinhua article you linked to, that article, that’s a bombshell!Sounds exciting. A socialist demonstration area, to quote “a pilot demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics”.Now, it’s worth venturing into Shenzhen's history here as this is a very very special place.It was this very city where an oft unmentioned hero, Yuan Geng, created the Shekou Industrial Zone which was the catalyst for the nations first Special Economic Zone, which in turn, with Deng Xiaoping’s leadership, led the country into an economic boom after years of hardship throughout failed policies of the Mao era.Since that time, the city has been at the forefront of opening up and reform that has led the country. It is where everyone and anyone with a dream took their ideas and could bring them into reality.“A socialist demonstration area”You just sent a shiver up the spine of Chinese entrepreneurs, investors, real estate developers, global tech corporations that pack the Nanshan area, and all those top 500 companies who have flocked to Qianhai, and the Greater Bay Area in general.Not just corporations, it just made every official in southern China gag on their morning tea… It’s not nice gaging on sui mai.What’s worse, they put no detail in the article whatsoever as to what “a socialist demonstration area” means.Sure there are some soft platitudes about booming investment and world-class city etc . and that it's at the cutting edge of China’s progress and will outpace Hong Kong.We know that. It already is all that.What could the socialist demonstration area mean or look like? That is, something similar to Xi’s London funded Xiong’an New Area? Socialism, as in free housing, free healthcare, wholly state-owned enterprises, and distributed wealth? That’s kinda radical, but what exactly are you calling socialism?Or was it just a bomb dropped on the liberal pro-business/free enterprise south who look in the eyes of nearby countrymen and see the call for change…Hmmm, maybe Xinhua, worded it all wrong?Here is how it is reported elsewherebegin quoteIn order to comprehensively implement the spirit of the important speeches and instructions for the work of socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era of internship and the general secretary Xi Jinping, the CPC Central Committee and the State Council recently issued the "Opinions on Supporting Shenzhen's Pioneering Demonstration Zone with Chinese Characteristics."Strategic Positioning- High quality development of the highlands. Deepen the structural reform of the supply side, implement the innovation-driven development strategy, build a modern economic system, and walk in the forefront of the country in building an institutional mechanism for high-quality development.- Demonstration of the rule of law city. Raise the overall level of the rule of law with the rule of law regulating government and market boundaries, fair and transparent to create a stable, predictable country the international rule of law first-class business environment.- a model of urban civilization. Practicing the core values ​​of socialism, constructing a high-level public cultural service system and a modern cultural industrial system, and becoming the leader of the new era of raising flags, gathering people's hearts, educating new people, developing culture, and displaying images.——The benchmark of people's livelihood. Build a high-quality and balanced public service system, and build a comprehensive and sustainable social security system to achieve a child-friendly, well-educated, well-educated, well-being, well-being, old-fashioned, livable, public support.- Pioneer in sustainable development. Firmly establishing and practicing green water and green hills is the concept, creating safe and efficient production space, comfortable and livable living space, and clear water and blue sky. It is in the forefront of the construction of the beautiful bay area, for the implementation of the United Nations in 2030. The sustainable development agenda provides China's experience.specific measureAccelerate the implementation of innovation-driven development strategies.Support Shenzhen to strengthen the innovative advantages of deep integration of industry, academia and research, and build a comprehensive national science center with Shenzhen as the main position, playing a key role in the construction of the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Dawan District International Science and Technology Innovation Center.Support Shenzhen to build 5G, artificial intelligence, cyberspace science and technology, life information and biomedical laboratory and other major innovation carriers, and explore the establishment of an international science and technology information center and a new mechanism of the Academy of Medical Sciences.Support all kinds of units, institutions and enterprises in Shenzhen with conditions to set up scientific research institutions abroad, and promote the establishment of global innovation leading city science and technology cooperation organizations and platforms.Support Shenzhen to implement a more open and convenient overseas talent introduction and entry and exit management system, and allow international talents who have obtained permanent residence qualifications to establish science and technology enterprises in Shenzhen and act as legal representatives of scientific research institutions.Accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system.Vigorously develop strategic emerging industries and create manufacturing innovation centers in the fields of communication high-end devices and high-performance medical devices.Improve the economic ability of financial services entities, research and improve the GEM listing and listing, refinancing and mergers and acquisitions restructuring system, and create conditions to promote the reform of the registration system.Support innovative applications such as digital currency research and mobile payment in Shenzhen.Promote interoperability with Hong Kong and Macao financial markets and mutual recognition of financial (fund) products. In the promotion of the internationalization of the renminbi, we will try first and explore innovative cross-border financial supervision.Accelerate the formation of a comprehensive new pattern of reform and opening up .Support Shenzhen to carry out comprehensive reform of regional state-owned assets and state-owned enterprises.Support the Shenzhen pilot to deepen the reform of foreign exchange management. Promote more international organizations and institutions to settle in Shenzhen.Support Shenzhen to hold international large-scale sports events and cultural exchange activities, build a national team training base, and undertake major home-based diplomatic activities.Support Shenzhen to speed up the construction of a global marine center city, establish a marine university and a national deep-sea scientific research center according to procedures, and explore the establishment of an international marine development bank.Promote the modernization of social governance.Support Shenzhen to build a large data center in Dawan District, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.Comprehensively promote the construction of urban spiritual civilization.Support Shenzhen to plan and construct a number of major public cultural facilities, encourage national museums to set up branches in Shenzhen, and study Shenzhen as a pilot city for urban community sports venue facilities construction.Promote the construction of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Bay Area.Further deepen the reform and opening up of the Qianhai-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone, and focus on institutional innovation to continuously improve the level of openness to Hong Kong and Macao.Accelerate the construction of the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone.Develop a more competitive cultural industry and tourism.Support Shenzhen to vigorously develop digital cultural industry and creative culture industry, and strengthen cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao digital creative industries.Support Shenzhen Construction Innovation and Design School, introduce the world's high-end creative design resources, set up a global creative design award, and create a group of international Chinese cultural brands.Improve the development level of education and medical care.Support Shenzhen to take the lead in the reform of the education system, run preschool education with high standards, expand the scale of primary and secondary education, and popularize high school education.Fully implement the autonomy of colleges and universities, and accelerate the establishment of first-class universities and first-class disciplines. Establish and improve the institutional mechanism to adapt to the "dual yuan" education for vocational education, and build a modern vocational education system.Exploring the establishment of a medical personnel training and hospital accreditation certification standard system in line with international standards, relaxing the restrictions on overseas doctors to practice in the Mainland, and first testing international cutting-edge medical technology.Improve the social security system.We will enjoy “civil treatment” for the people and students living in Hong Kong and Macao who work and live in Shenzhen.Establish and improve a long-term mechanism for the stable and healthy development of the real estate market, and accelerate the improvement of affordable housing and talent housing systems.Construct a new pattern of urban green development.Adhere to ecological priorities, strengthen land and sea pooling, strictly observe the ecological red line, and protect the natural shorelineImprove urban disaster prevention capabilities and strengthen emergency management cooperation in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.Continue to implement dual control actions on total energy consumption and intensity, and take the lead in building a water-saving city.development GoalsBy 2025, Shenzhen's economic strength and development quality rank among the top in the world. The R&D investment intensity and industrial innovation capability are world-class, the cultural soft power is greatly improved, the public service level and ecological environment quality have reached the international advanced level, and a modern international innovative city has been built. .By 2035, Shenzhen's high-quality development has become a national model, and the city's comprehensive economic competitiveness is leading the world. It has become a creative and creative entrepreneurial capital with global influence and has become a model for building a socialist modernization power in China.By the middle of this century, Shenzhen has become a global benchmark city with competitiveness, innovation and influence.endquote

AICTE: The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) is the statutory body and a national-level council for technical education, under Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development. Established in November 1945 first as an advisory body and later on in 1987 given statutory status by an Act of Parliament, AICTE is responsible for proper planning and coordinated development of the technical education and management education system in India. The AICTE accredits postgraduate and graduate programs under specific categories at Indian institutions as per its charter.It is assisted by 10 Statutory Boards of Studies, namely, UG Studies in Eng. & Tech., PG and Research in Eng. and Tech., Management Studies, Vocational Education, Technical Education, Pharmaceutical Education, Architecture, Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Information Technology, Town and Country Planning. The AICTE has its new headquarters building in Delhi on the Nelson Mandela Road, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, 110 067, which has the offices of the chairman, vice-chairman and the member secretary, plus it has regional offices at Kanpur, Chandigarh, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bhopal, Baroda, Kolkata, Guwahati, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram.“To provide for establishment of an All India council for Technical Education with a view to the proper planning and co-ordinated development of the technical education system throughout the country, the promotion of qualitative improvement of such education in relation to planned quantitative growth and the regulation and proper maintenance of norms and standards in the technical education system and for matters connected therewith.”PCI: The Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) is the statutory body of government of India also called as central council constituted under the Pharmacy Act, 1948. The Council was first constituted on 4 March 1948. The Pharmacy Council of India is constituted by central government every five years. They are based in New Delhi which is linked to the Ministry of Health Services and Family welfare. There are three types of members collectively forms a frame of PCI,1.Elected members2.Nominated members3.Ex-officio membersThe objectives of the PCI are to regulate the pharmacy education in the Country for the purpose of registration as a pharmacist under the Pharmacy Act. They also regulate the Profession and Practice of Pharmacy.The main functions of the PCI are:To prescribe minimum standard of education required for qualifying as a pharmacist. (Ref.: section 10 of the Pharmacy Act)Framing of Education Regulations prescribing the conditions to be fulfilled by the institutions seeking approval of the PCI for imparting education in pharmacy. (Ref.: section 10 of the Pharmacy Act)To ensure uniform implementation of the educational standards throughout the country. (Ref. : section 10 of the Pharmacy Act)Inspection of Pharmacy Institutions seeking approval under the Pharmacy Act to verify availability of the prescribed norms. (Ref.: section 16 of the Pharmacy Act)To approve the course of study and examination for pharmacists i.e. approval of the academic training institutions providing pharmacy courses. (Ref. : section 12 of the Pharmacy Act)To withdraw approval, if the approved course of study or an approved examination does not continue to be in conformity with the educational standards prescribed by the PCI. (Ref.: section 13 of the Pharmacy Act)To approve qualifications granted outside the territories to which the Pharmacy Act extends i.e. the approval of foreign qualification. (Ref. : section 14 of the Pharmacy Act)To maintain Central Register of Pharmacists. (Ref. : section 15 A of the Pharmacy Act)Thank-you !!!

While ‘education’ continues to be of utmost importance for the country’s economic growth, it also has been a priority for the Government in extending tax benefits and other concessions to boost education (both primary and professional / technical) in the country.For every benefit received, there is a cost which could be in form of tax also. Perhaps this seemed never so real than today in the Indian context. The much thoughtful leaders of India have spared the education sector all along from levy of taxes considering the importance of the same for the country. If a country wants to grow manifold than building infrastructure for education and educated infrastructure (people of the country) is a pre-requisite. The more knowledgeable the human capital of a country is, more are its chances of development.Goods and Services Tax (GST) as a tax reformMigrating to Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a time to revinict the taxation and remove the anomalies. Almost 4% of the GDP is spent for educating India’s hidden talent out of which 50% of the amount is spent for primary education alone.Goods and Service Tax (GST) is a destination based consumption tax which is a levy of tax on all goods and services with the objective of expanding the tax base through wide coverage of economic activities , mitigating the cascading effect , reduction of exemptions , enable better compliances etc. thereby resulting into formation of common national market for goods and services .Present ScenarioEducation in India is presently covered as one of the priorities of the Government and as such is allowed tax relief both in direct and indirect taxes. So far as indirect taxes are concerned, education is considered as a service and as such it is subject to levy of service tax. No other indirect tax is levied. For the purpose of service tax, education has been distinguished from coaching or training which facilitates the education.Presently , educational services are excluded from the levy of Service Tax and are in ‘Negative List’ under section 66D(i) which are related to delivery of education as ‘a part’ of the curriculum that has been prescribed for obtaining a qualification prescribed by law. Conduct of degree courses by colleges, universities or institutions which lead to grant of qualifications recognized by law are also in negative list. Similarly , vocational training is also out of tax net. However, training or coaching imparted by coaching institutes would, however, not be covered in this exclusion as such training does not lead to grant of a recognized qualification. Such services are liable to service tax but subject to exemption under Notification No. 25/2012-ST dated 20.06.2012 vide entry no. 9 and 9A in relation to following services:Services provided,—(a) by an educational institution to its students, faculty and staff;(b) to an educational institution, by way of,—(i) transportation of students, faculty and staff;(ii) catering, including any mid-day meals scheme sponsored by the Government;(iii) security or cleaning or house-keeping services performed in such educational institution;(iv) services relating to admission to, or conduct of examination by, such institution9A. Any services provided by,—(i) the National Skill Development Corporation set up by the Government of India;(ii) a Sector Skill Council approved by the National Skill Development Corporation;(iii) an assessment agency approved by the Sector Skill Council or the National Skill Development Corporation;(iv) a training partner approved by the National Skill Development Corporation or the Sector Skill Council in relation to —(a) the National Skill Development Programme implemented by the National Skill Development Corporation; or(b) a vocational skill development course under the National Skill Certification and Monetary Reward Scheme; or(c) any other Scheme implemented by the National Skill DevelopmentCorporation.The present rate of service tax is 15% including cesses viz Swachh Bharat Cess (SBC) and Krishi Kalyan Cess (KKC).In GST Regime:According to the Model law on GST which neither contains the exemptions nor the rates of taxation , it appears that all services in relation to coaching and training would be subject to levy of GST as the scope of ‘service’ is very wide. However, the rates are expected to be in the range of 18-20%.In the proposed GST regime, GST shall be payable by taxable persons on the supply of goods and services. Taxable person is defined in Section 9 of Model GST law which stipulates that the Central Government , a State Government or any local authority shall be regarded as a taxable person in respect of activities or transactions in which they are engaged as public authorities other than the activities or transactions as specified in Schdeule IV to the Act. Clause 3 of Schedule IV specifically provides that services provided by a Government or local authority or a governmental authority by way of education shall not be regarded as a taxable person.Further, ‘education services’ have been defined in the said Schedule IV which means services by way of –(i) Pre-school education and education up to higher secondary school or equivalent;(ii) Education as a part of a curriculum for obtaining a qualification recognized by any law for the time being in force; or(iii) Education as a part of an approved vocational education course.Hence, the exemption may be restricted to activities or transactions done by Central Government, State Government or any Local Authority.It, therefore, appears that education services provided by Government will not be taxable. There is no specific provisions for inclusions or exclusions of coaching and training services or any other activity related to education elsewhere in the proposed law.Likely Impact in GST regime:Based on the provisions of Model Law , it can be said that education sector shall be impacted both positively and negatively under the GST regime.(i) The rate of tax is likely to go up by 3-5% as it is expected that GST may be levied @18-20%. If coaching is considered as an essential service, a lower GST rate is not ruled out.(ii) There are likely to be concerns in valuation of coaching services in view of the industry practice of discounts / concessions / scholarship. The proposed valuation rules are different from the existing ones and as such coaching institutes need to frame an appropriate policy for such discounts in advance making it a part of documentation.Service providers having centralized registration will have to get registered in each state whether providing coaching on own account or through agent (franchise).(iv) Service providers will have an option to take different registration or separate business verticals which needs to be examined on case to case basis.(v) The procedure for all the invoices / receipts towards inward and outward supplies will become cumbersome as each one of them will have to be uploaded in the system.(vi) The frequency and number of returns to be filed will go up.There is a provision for GST audit if the turnover is more than Rs. 1 crore.The procedure for taking credit of input taxes will become simple and seamless which will have a positive impact.SummaryIn the present scenario, while Cenvat Credit on all inputs / input services is not available, once the GST would be implemented, tax component will also increase by 3-5% resulting in an increase of cost of services to the end user i.e., students.In fact, undeniably, education / coaching institutions play an important role in fulfilling the objectives of various students as well as parents, thus should be zero-rated and be exempted from Goods and Services Tax to lessen the financial burden on parents as well as students. Doing so will not only help improve the quality of education, students and life but also facilitate India to leap frog in the trajectory of top economic powers of the world as India is poised to be so by 2030, given its demographic strength.Therefore, in order to provide real benefit to the education sector, seamless credit should be allowed across the supply chain so that even if GST comes into force, the total cost of education will be lower that what it is today. The idea of zero-rated tax on inputs must be, thus, explored.The lacunas in the present regime of indirect taxation in India demands for the major breakthrough in this field for facilitating the ease of doing business effectively and efficiently. Hopefully, GST is going to be pinnacle which aims at evolving an efficient and harmonized consumption or destination based tax system and will remove the problems faced by the sector leading to cost optimization and free flow of transactions.