« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  ITR Filing 2025: These individuals are exempt from paying tax. Do they need to file returns?  Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced Wednesday  Top 5 tax-saving investment options for salaried individuals to consider before March 31, 2025  5 lesser lesser-known avenues of tax saving you can use to save income tax before March 31, 2025  March 15 is deadline for last advance tax installment: Know if you must pay «  A tough cookie for the taxman... Advance tax rake-in up on profit forecast... » ISO 9000 certification for Ministry unit July, 01st 2006 The Office of Aid Accounts and Audit Division in the Department of Economic Affairs of the Finance Ministry has obtained ISO 9001:2000 certification on `disbursal of external aid, accounting and debt servicing' to optimise efficiency and output. An official release said that this office is amongst a very few accounts offices in the country to have obtained ISO standards. This project, spread over last two years, was funded by the Asian Development Bank's technical assistance. The process entailed benchmarking of best practices and streamlining of workflows embracing all facets and activities for disbursement, claim processing, debt servicing as also enhancing IT enabled process for capacity building.