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Govt. has no plans to bring in long-term capital gains tax, clarifies Jait
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday dubbed reports stating that the government may bring in long-term capital gains tax in the upcoming budget as erroneous and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not make any reference in this regard.
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Counterfeit currency to terrorism is result of dependence on cash economy:
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday pitched for cashless economy and said heavy dependence on cash economy has encouraged counterfeit currency and terrorism.
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Govt. optimistic about GST implementation from next fiscal
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said that the government is trying its best to implement the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1 next year, adding the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Bill and Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) B
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Chidambaram's argument shows total bankruptcy of Congress thinking: B
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec. 20 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday alleged former finance minister P. Chidambaram's assertion that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keeps making new rules on deposits post demonetisation and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley contradicts
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Neither RBI nor Jaitley have credibility: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 20 (ANI): Asserting that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) keeps making new rules on deposits post demonetisation and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley contradicts them, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Tuesday stated that the citizens have no clue who to believe as
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Eyeing upon cashless economy, govt. advocates small traders to adopt digi
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 20 (ANI): Small traders and businesses with a turnover of up to Rs. two crore are liable to pay less tax if they accept payments through banking and digital means, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday.
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No limit of Rs 5,000, can deposit any amount in old currencies, but not re
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 19 (ANI): Clarifying over the confusion on reports that deposits of more than Rs 5,000 in old notes are allowed just once per account until December 30, 2016, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Monday there is no limit as such of Rs 5000 and any person can deposit any
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Much needs to be done before rolling out GST: D. Raja
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 18 (ANI): As Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recently said India needed to roll out the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill by September 16, the Communist Party of India (CPI) on Sunday said it would wait and see whether that was going to happen because there wer
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The only issue is on sharing burden of assessment: Jaitley on GST
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): Throwing light on one of the most important legislations of the year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said there is only one small issue with regard to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.
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India possesses capacity to implement decisions like demonetisation: Jaitl
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): Applauding the government's potential to take a bold step like demonetisation, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said India has the capacity to take such decisions that are exceptional.
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Response to digital payments positive: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 15 (ANI): As the government is trying to encourage digitisation as much as possible, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the government is giving a lot of incentives to the people to shift to digital mode of payment and the response it has been generating i
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Congress uncomfortable with Centre's anti-corruption drive: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 13 (ANI): Countering senior Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram's allegation that demonetisation is the "biggest scam of the year", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the grand old party is uncomfortable with the anti-c
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