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Chidambaram must also be questioned: Swamy on NDTV raids
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said there was no need for the government to give justification for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) raids on NDTV co-founder Prannoy Roy's residence and called for a separate inve
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Mitra suggests delaying GST rollout, says GSTN's preparedness 'a
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Saturday said the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) can be delayed by a few days, owing to the unsatisfactory preparedness of the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN).
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Jaitley confident of clearing 'GST hurdles' by July 1
Updated : 8 years, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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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GDP slump: Chidambaram slams Centre for 'ridiculing' Manmohan�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 2 (ANI): Following the release of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) Gross Value Added (GVA) figures for 2016-17 showing sliding of the economy by 1.3 percent, former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday trained the guns on the Centre for ridiculing th
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Economy going down rapidly, says Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 1 (ANI): Former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Thursday said the economy is going down rapidly under the Narendra Modi led government.
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Govt. restored credibility of Indian economy: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 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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Best time to bring in GST would be post 2019 election: Swamy
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 31 (ANI): Agreeing with West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra that the proposed roll-out of the goods and service tax (GST) is not fully prepared to be implemented in present form, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday said the best time to bri
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GST not prepared for a roll out in July: Amit Mitra
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 30 (ANI): With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) all set to come in play from July 1, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Tuesday said the Bill is not fully prepared to be implemented.
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Nepal unveils Rs 1,279 billion budget for 2017-18
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], May30 (ANI): Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Krishna Bahadur Mahara presented the budget for the fiscal year 2017-18 in the Parliament on Monday , which is 22 percent more than that of the current fiscal year.
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