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GST Council cuts tax rate on Covid essentials
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that recommendations of Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to look into tax relief on Covid-19 medical supplies have been accepted by the GST Council.
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Pakistan: Imran Khan govt unveils Rs 8.5 trillion FY budget, defence gets
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 12 (ANI): Pakistan government on Friday proposed Pakistani rupees 8,487 billion budget for the next financial year with a fiscal deficit target at 6.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP).
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Sitharaman to chair 44th GST Council meeting today
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 44th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council today which is expected to take a decision on relief in respect of COVID-19 related individual items based on the report of Group of Ministers.
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Sitharaman chairs meeting to discuss infrastructure roadmap ahead
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday held a virtual meeting with senior government officials to discuss the infrastructure roadmap ahead.
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Sitharaman to chair 44th GST Council meeting on Saturday
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will chair the 44th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday which is expected to take a decision on relief in respect of COVID-19 related individual items based on the report of Group of Ministers.
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Imran Khan-led govt unlikely to implement IMF conditions in budget: Ex Pak
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 8 (ANI): Former finance minister of Pakistan's Punjab province, Aisha Ghous Pasha has said that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme will likely be suspended because the Imran Khan-led federal government might be unable to implement major conditions of t
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Sitharaman meets heads of insurance companies to review progress of PMGKP
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New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met the heads of insurance companies to review the progress made under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) insurance scheme for health workers fighting COVID-19.
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Sitharaman urges secretaries of ministries to push expenditure on large im
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New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday held a virtual meeting with senior government officials to discuss the infrastructure roadmap ahead and requested the Secretaries of Ministries to push expenditure on large important projects to ensure that
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Kerala Budget: FM announces Rs 20,000 cr COVID package, Rs 1,500 cr for fr
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 4 (ANI): Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal on Friday announced a second COVID-19 financial package of Rs 20,000 crore in his maiden budget of the new Left Democratic Front (LDF) government.
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Kerala Finance Minister KN Balagopal to present new LDF govt's maiden budg
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 3 (ANI): The first budget of the new Left Democratic Front ( LDF) government in Kerala will be presented by Finance Minister KN Balagopal on Friday.
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RIP GST; BJP converted it into bad law: Chidambaram
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New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday slammed the BJP-led Centre over the issue of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and alleged it has converted the tax regime into a bad law.
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Compliance burden of small, medium-sized taxpayers reduced: Nirmala Sithar
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New Delhi [India], May 28 (ANI): In major decisions taken by the GST Council today, compliance burden of small taxpayers and medium-sized taxpayers has been reduced and an amnesty scheme has been recommended for reducing late fee payable, to provide relief to small taxpayers, informed Uni
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