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GST Council reduces tax rate on fertilizer from 12 pct to 5 pct
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday informed that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on fertilizers has been brought down from 12 percent to five percent.
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Karti Chidambaram seeks time from CBI ahead of questioning
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram, who has been summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to appear for questioning in a corruption case, has sought more time from the agency, sources said today.
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TMC warns Centre over impending catastrophe on GST
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 30 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Friday questioned the Centre over the upcoming Goods and Service Tax (GST) rollout, asking were the premature celebrations necessary when the truth was that the nation was not ready for it.
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Commodities to become cheaper, inflation under control: TN Finance Min on
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 30 (ANI): Tamil Nadu Finance Minister D. Jayakumar on Friday asked the people not to fret about inflation and assured that prices of essential commodities will not raise post the implementation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST).
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We are free not to join GST roll out program: Kerala FM
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Reiterating Communist Party of India's (CPI) stand of skipping the special the Goods and Services Tax (GST) roll out meeting, Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac on Friday said that they are free to not join the event.
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Jaitley holds meeting with trade representatives, asks them to pass benefi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley asked the representatives of Trade and Industry to ensure that all benefits arising due to implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from are passed on to the consumers in a transparent manner.
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Jaitley asks Opposition to reconsider its decision to skip GST launch
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that the proposed rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1 has a backing of broad consensus of 31 state governments and Union Territories. He also asked the Opposition to reconsider its decisi
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Left no stone unturned in building consensus: Jaitley on GST rollout
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that all decisions in connection with the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill were taken after building consensus with states and political parties.
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GST represents nation's collective will: BJP backs Jaitley's �
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 28 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has backed Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's assertion that there should be no politics involved in the launch and implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), to be rolled out at midnight on June 30.
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Jaitley tears into Congress over 'undeclared emergency' barb, ca
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday unleashed a tirade against the Congress for cornering the Centre and accusing it of donning a dictatorial attitude and said that it was the grand old party which imposed emergency on the nation and slay democracy
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Tripura worse than Bihar on women safety: Himanta Biswa Sarma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], June 24 (ANI): Assam Finance Minister and convener of the Northeast Democratic Alliance (Neda) Himanta Biswa Sarma has charged Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar with failure to provide safety and security to women in his state.
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GST to be rolled at midnight June 30: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be rolled out from midnight of June 30 in the presence of several dignitaries including President Pranab Mukherjee, Vice President M.Hamid Ansari and Prime Minister Narendra
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