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Centre should introduce unemployment compensation: JD(U)
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delh [India], July 31 (ANI): Supporting its senior leader Sharad Yadav's remark on the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) "failure to bring back black money," the Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) on Monday said that the Central Government should also come up with unemployment
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GST not merely tax, promotes honesty, social reform: PM Modi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday while hailing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) as a 'historic reform', said its implementation is bringing India closer to the dream of 'One Nation One Market One Tax'.
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BRICS Meeting: GST lauded by heads of revenue in China
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): At the recent meeting of the BRICS heads of revenue and tax experts held from July 25 to 27 in Hangzhou, China, India's latest Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms were appreciated and hailed by the BRICS countries.
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ClearTax launches 'GST Suvidha Kendra' initiative; to establish
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 28 (ANI): Aiming to ease compliance with the recently launched Goods and Services Tax (GST), ClearTax has announced the launch of its GST Suvidha Kendra initiative.
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GST reduces logistical costs; benefits transport sector
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 26 (ANI): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has highly benefitted the transport sector by removal of inter-state check posts, optimizing the warehouse structure and bringing down logistical costs.
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Swamy hits back at Chidambaram, says GST rollout was Parliamentary history
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 24 (ANI): Coming down heavily on senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram's statement that the new tax regime introduced by the Centre is the 'Indian indirect tax and not really the Goods and Services Tax (GST)', the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) o
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ITC gains 2 pct after hike on cigarettes prices amid GST
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 24 (ANI): Shares of ITC gained 2.4 percent in the morning trade on Monday as the cigarette major hiked select product prices following Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council hiked cess to pre-GST level.
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40 percent of India's GDP outside GST: Chidambaram
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], July 23 (ANI): Criticising the Centre's formulation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), former finance minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram pointed out that many products have been kept out of the new tax regime.
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TN: Protesters attempt to parcel sanitary napkins to PM, FM in protest ove
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 22 (ANI): A new form of protest was witnessed in Coimbatore, when members of the Revolutionary Youth Front attempted to parcel sanitary napkins to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as a sign of agitation against the lev
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Cigarettes won't get costlier under GST, clarifies CBEC Chairman
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): Amid reports of cigarette prices surging post the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) Chairman Vanaja N. Sarna said only a rectification of an imbalance was made, and thus it will have no impact on the pric
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Textile traders' demand to not tax fabrics unacceptable: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 18 (ANI): Amid protests staged by textile traders in various pockets of the country over the new Goods and Services Tax (GST), Finance Minister Arun Jaitley clarified that the demand of the textile traders to not levy any tax on fabrics cannot be accepted.
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GST on cigarettes to remain 28 percent, clarifies Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 17 (ANI): Clearing the air regarding the final Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate levied on cigarettes, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday reiterated that the earlier proposed figure of 28 percent will remain and so will the five percent ad valorem, as part of th
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