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Exempt beedi, granite industry from GST: Telangana CM to Centre
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Telangana [India], June 16, (ANI): Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley requesting to exempt the works that are covered under beedi industry, granite industry, irrigation and drinking wate
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Aviation ministry seeks postponement of GST implementation till Sept 1
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 15 (ANI): The Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday wrote a letter to the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to sought postponement of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation till September 1.
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Centre disassociates from farmer loan waivers, faces wrath of Congress
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 13 (ANI): Soon after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced the Centre's disassociation with loan waivers for farmers, the Congress party on Tuesday lashed out at the former, saying the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) must not make promises they cannot deliver.
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CBFC chief thanks GST council for reducing tax rates on movie tickets
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Censor Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chief Pahlaj Nihalani has thanked the government and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for considering their request of reducing the entertainment tax limit.
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Jaitley to meet PSB chiefs today to assess NPA situation
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 12 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is scheduled to meet the heads of the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) on Monday to discuss the current situation of non-performing assets (NPAs) and the measures being taken to recover voluminous bad loans worth over Rs six lakh cror
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GST Council to next meet on June 18; to review, amend rates
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 11 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday announced that the 17th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council will be held on June 18 at the Vigyan Bhawan.
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Jaitley thanks political leaders for cooperation in proposed launch of GST
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 8 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday thanked all political parties for their cooperation and contribution for making it possible to launch the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1.
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Jaitley confident of clearing 'GST hurdles' by July 1
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday expressed his confidence for the July 1 rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and said that deliberations regarding the pending items and agenda will be taken up during the GST Council's 16th meeting on Ju
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Jaitley to chair 15th GST Council meet today
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June. 3 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will chair the 15th meeting of the GST Council in New Delhi today, where the rates of tax and cess on gold, biscuits and a few other commodities are likely to be finalised.
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Jaitley launches mobile-friendly upgraded webpage of Finance Ministry
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): As part of the Digital India Programme, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday launched a common landing webpage of the Ministry of Finance to offer single point access to all the websites of the five different departments under the Ministry.
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GST Council to finalise cess levied on commodities on Saturday
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 2 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will chair the 15th meeting of the Goods and Services tax (GST) Council here on Saturday, June 3 to finalise the rates of tax and cess on the commodities remaining after the fitment exercise in the previous Council meet hel
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Govt. restored credibility of Indian economy: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 1 (ANI): A day after the government released the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for the last quarter, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley speaking on the completion of three years of the Modi Government expressed concern over slowdown in global trade, protectioni
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