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Cabinet approves productivity linked bonus for Railway employees
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday asserted that the Cabinet has approved payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) for Railway Employees, before Dussehra or Puja Festival season.
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"Distinct Person" under the GST Act is a recipe for inviting tax litigatio
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sep 20 (ANI): The All India Tax Advocates' Forum (AITAF) has urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to take a re-look at the existing definition of "Distinct Person" under the Central GST Act to protect legitimate interests of trade and industry and to avoid potential tax lit
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Cabinet approves transfer of Hotel Jaipur Ashok, Lalitha Mahal Palace to s
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Cabinet has approved the transfer of Hotel Jaipur Ashok, Jaipur and Lalitha Mahal Palace, Mysore, which are units of India Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. (ITDC) to Government of Rajasthan and Government of Karnataka respectively, asserted Unio
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Jaitley righty lashed out at Rahul Gandhi over his dynasty politics remark
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday said that Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley righty lashed out at Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi over his dynasty remark, citing that the saffron party has never believed in the ideology.
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Congress is against development, says Jaitley ahead of Gujarat elections
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Sep 19 )ANI): Ahead of the Assembly elections in Gujarat, Bharatiya Janata Party's election-in charge for Gujarat Arun Jaitley trained his guns against Congress and said that the party doesn't manage to win in the state because of the party's aversion to developm
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Petrol price should be brought under GST: Dharmendra Pradhan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Amritsar (Punjab) [India], September 18 (ANI): Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday categorically stated that the answer to the growing fuel prices lie in bringing petroleum products under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
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Google unveils UPI-integrated 'Tez' mobile payments, commerce app
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): US tech giant Google on Monday unveiled 'Tez'- a simple and secure mobile app for digital payments and commerce, built with the goal of working for everyone in India, and is available now for download on Google Play (Android) and the App Store (iOS).
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Digital transactions taken up out of compulsion, not convenience: FM Jaitl
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday stated that digitization was given a nudge as many adopted to it out of compulsion rather than convenience, which eventually developed a habit.
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Arunachal launches "Swachhta hi Sewa" campaign in Itanagar
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) [India], Sept. 16 (ANI): Arunachal Pradesh joined the rest of the country in launching the 'Swachhta Hi Seva', a nationwide sanitation campaign on the occasion of third anniversary of Swachh Bharat Mission launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2014.
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Aadhaar will stand test of constitutionality, assures FM Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday expressed his confidence on the success of the Aadhaar scheme, adding that it will 'stand the test of constitutionality.'
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Jan-Dhan Yojana was perceived as Centre's usual half-heartedly-implemented
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 13 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while highlighting the three-year progress of the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) stated that most people perceived it to be a 'usual' Government scheme that is being 'half-heartedly implemented'.
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Sushil Modi led GoM to resolve IT challenges faced in GST implementation
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 12 (ANI): In order to monitor and resolve the IT challenges faced in the implementation of GST, the Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley today constituted a Group of Ministers under the convenorship of Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Sushil Modi.
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