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Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha reviews GST preparedness
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): The Cabinet Secretary P.K. Sinha on Tuesday reviewed the overall preparedness for the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1.
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GST to be rolled at midnight June 30: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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ASSOCHAM says roads, railways should be exempted from GST
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], June 20 (ANI): In view of the long gestation period and showing negative returns, industry body ASSOCHAM has suggested that infrastructure and transportation such as road and railway sectors should continue to be exempted under Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime.
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Maiden India-Afghanistan cargo flight lands in Delhi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): The first cargo flight of the Afghanistan-India air freight corridor carrying Afghan goods to India landed in New Delhi on Monday night.
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GST will be rolled out on July 1, asserts Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be rolled from July 1, amid concerns raised by business industries citing unpreparedness to comply with the provisions of the new indirect tax regime.
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GST Council sets tax rates for lotteries, hotels
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): The Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council on Sunday decided to tax state-run lotteries and state authorised lotteries at 12 and 18 percent respectively, and to tax 28 percent in hotels starting from Rs 7,500 and 18 percent below Rs. 7,500.
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Delay in GST setback for nation: Swamy explains his tweet
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 18 (ANI): Explaining his tweet demanding for the dismissal of Goods and Services Tax-Network (GSTN) chairman Navin Kumar, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday said that delaying the GST was a major setback for India.
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Swamy demands dismissal of GSTN chairman
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 18 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Subramanian Swamy on Sunday demanded the Union Government to nationalise the Goods and Services Tax-Network (GSTN), adding its chairman Navin Kumar should be sacked for being unable to roll out the regime by July 1.
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ASSOCHAM demands postponement of GST rollout
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 17 (ANI): The industry chamber ASSOCHAM on Saturday wrote a letter to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and demanded that the government should postpone the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) as the IT network is not ready.
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Jaitley to chair 17th GST Council meeting on Sunday
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 17 (ANI): The 17th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council (GSTC) will be held in national capital New Delhi on Sunday with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the chair.
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Surat: Diamond merchants to protest against proposed GST rates
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], June 17 (ANI): Diamond merchants in India's diamond production hub Surat, have called for a day-long bandh today in order to push for an exemption from the three percent tax levied on polished diamonds, under the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.
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Exempt beedi, granite industry from GST: Telangana CM to Centre
Updated : 8 years, 6 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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