Minister Of State For Finance

GST related issues resolved, indirect tax regime will become good and simple tax in a few months: MoS Finance

Post GST Council's Guwahati meet, tax rates on many products were reduced to 18 per cent from 28 per cent

No plan to shift to Jan-Dec financial year from 2018: Santosh Kumar Gangwar

The April-March financial year was adopted in India in 1867 to align it with that of the British government.

Govt banks wrote off Rs 59,500 cr last year: Why the taxpayer should worry

When PSBs do huge write-offs, the taxpayer is taking the real hit. Such bail-outs cannot go on forever

Narendra Modi’s real shocker is demotion of Jayant Sinha, not Smriti Irani

Sinha's shifting, however, is intriguing. There is a speculation, not entirely idle, that the Hazaribagh MP was made to pay for his father's outspokenness.

From 2017 non-disclosure of foreign assets will be 'very risky affair', warns Jayant Sinha

Non-disclosure of overseas assets will become a "very risky affair" from 2017 as government will by then start getting information on them from foreign countries, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha said today

Looking for common ground on GST; hope to pass it soon, says Jayant Sinha

Amid opposition from the Congress party on GST Bill, Minister of State for Finance Jayant Sinha today expressed hope that it would be passed soon as the government is willing to consider the suggestions being made and will find "some common ground for everyone".

FM makes 'Halwa' to celebrate printing of budget document

The process of printing documents for the Budget 2015-16 began today with the ritual 'halwa ceremony', which was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the North Block office.