If both the central and state governments were honest – if the GST Council were not to mince words – then they could have said candidly that the highest rate within the GST would be around 60 percent
The Bill, being a money bill, will now go to the President for approval before becoming law.
The challenge really begins now and getting the system moving from July is fairly audacious as these ends appear not to have been tied
Muslims working in the meat industry are fearful for their jobs and meat sellers in Uttar Pradesh have gone on strike in protest.
Replying to the seven-hour-long debate, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the GST which will usher in a uniform indirect tax regime in the country and will make commodities "slightly cheaper".
Arun Jaitley responds to Opposition in the marathon debate on Goods and Services Tax bill that started in Lok Sabha on Tuesday at 12 noon
The DBT programme, a major reform initiative to check leakages of welfare funds, was launched on January 1, 2013.
If the government needs to roll out GST by 1 July, it will have to work overnight to complete this complex process of categorisation
The BS-IV emission norms will come into force from 1 April, 2017.
Aiming for a 1 July rollout of GST, the government hopes to build a consensus amongst all the parties in the current session of parliament
The government determination to plug subsidy loopholes is indeed laudable but this shouldn’t be a reason to deprive the poor what is rightfully his share
The Lavasa Committee was constituted in June last year after the government implemented the recommendation of the 7th Pay Commission.
Sale of land and buildings will be however out of the purview of GST
Bank-wise and year-wise information on the cost of operation of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan accounts is not maintained
The EESL's response followed a press statement from AICC which alleged irregularities in the tendering process of LED items, violations in Make in India policy by import of Chinese LED bulbs, flouting of all vigilance norms and a scam of Rs 20,000 crore by the company.
On 8 December, the government had reduced customs duty on wheat to zero from 10 percent to boost domestic availability and check retail prices. There has been nil duty on tur dal.
A senior US official's comments came as US President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to wipe out his predecessor Barack Obama's climate change legacy
N V Srinivasan, National President, Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC), said it is "right time for India and the US to clear misconceptions and erroneous inferences" voiced in various quarters about loss of jobs in the US on account of granting of H-1B visas to Indian skilled workers.
By making Aadhaar mandatory, the government is denying the citizens their rights
If El Nino indeed returns this year, it could be an unusual event
Foreign investors have pumped in about US $6 billion in capital markets so far this month, buoyed by expectations that BJP's victory in just held assembly polls would lead to more "bold, reformist policies" in India.
New Delhi has used its surplus refining and power generation capabilities to deepen ties with nations such as Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar, as well as Nepal.
The Modi government did not do enough to send fear down the spines of evaders by cracking down on the suspects who brazenly deposited their ill-gotten high denomination notes
Jaitley also tabled the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2017, which provides for the levy and collection of tax on inter-state supply.
Yogi Adityanath’s government should have thought through well concerning various consequences of the slaughter ban before implementing the decision
The PMGKY scheme is an amnesty scheme devised by the government in December 2016 aimed at encouraging tax evaders who are stuck with banned notes in the wake of demonetisation.
As the mouth-watering kebabs went off the platter, some eateries said the situation might force the hoteliers to get mutton from Delhi.
The jobs that are the least vulnerable are those where there is little mechanical predictability.
The government has set a target of 1 July for roll-out of GST, which will subsume excise, service tax, VAT and and other local levies.
During the FY14, FY15, FY16 and FY17 (up to January 2017), the I-T dept conducted searches on about 2,534 groups of persons, which led to admission of undisclosed income of about Rs 45,622 crore apart from seizure of undisclosed asset (cash, jewellery etc) worth about Rs 3,625 crore