Business Standard had published an article claiming that the central government is mulling over the merger of CBDT and CBIC as a part of its austerity drive to reduce the costs amidst coronavirus pandemic
The Supreme Court on 14th November 2019 dismissed the review petitions filed against its verdict on the Rafale case where it gave the deal a clean chit.
Business Standard published an article recently, authored by Nitin Sethi, titled 'NDA's coal block policy and new regulations face critical questions' where it was insinuated that private entities gained more from the central government's coal policy and consumers and state governments suffered as a consequence.