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Next-gen GST reforms: Health, life insurance made tax-free, several medica
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
These reforms, cleared by the GST Council, are expected to reduce the cost of essential medical items and health-related financial services.
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Haryana CM hails tax simplification at GST meeting
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has said that several significant decisions were taken during the GST Council meeting held in the national capital on Wednesday.
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We said compensation cess should be increased, but Centre did not agree: P
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a major reform aimed at providing relief to households, farmers, businesses and the healthcare sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a sweeping reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on a wide range of essential items, automobiles, agriculture inputs,
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Next-gen GST reforms: Relief across sectors for Indians; check what all it
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The GST Council, on Wednesday, after a threadbare discussion, approved significant rate cuts across multiple sectors, which the government has described as a Diwali gift for the nation.
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Wide ranging reforms will improve lives of our citizens: PM Modi on GST re
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a major reform aimed at providing relief to households, farmers, businesses and the healthcare sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a sweeping reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on a wide range of essential items, automobiles, agriculture inpu
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GST rates slashed across sectors to provide Diwali bonanza for consumers
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a major reform aimed at providing relief to households, farmers, businesses and the healthcare sector, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday announced a sweeping reduction in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates on a wide range of essential items, automobiles, agriculture inpu
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Assam's view is to lower GST to 5% and 18%: CM Himanta Sarma
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"We are supporting the move of the Prime Minister. Assam's view is to lower GST to 5% and 18%. We will completely support the decision of the Government of India," Sarma said while speaking to the reporters here.
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LPG distributors seek GST rate cut on pipe hoses from 18% to 5%
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The All India LPG Distributors Federation has appealed Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to reduce the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on LPG Suraksha Hoses (LPG pipes) from 18 per cent to 5 per cent.
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GST cut on Insurance premiums may lower costs, insurers brace for near-ter
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Health and term insurance premiums may become cheaper if the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council approves rate cuts at its meeting, which began here on Wednesday.
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56th GST Council meeting begins at New Delhi; rate rationalisation on agen
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The two-day meeting, being held on September 3 and 4, is expected to bring significant changes to India's indirect tax structure, with discussions centred around rationalising and reducing the number of GST slabs.
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"Major next-generation reform": BJP's Praveen Khandelwal ahead of 56th mee
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
He also expected that the two-slab structure would simplify tax compliance and reduce the burden. The proposed GST structure includes two slabs: 5% and 18%. This aims to streamline the current four-slab system, which provides for rates of 5%, 12%, 18%, and 28%.
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Stock markets open flat ahead of GST council meeting, investors eye key de
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Indian stock markets opened almost flat on Wednesday as investors waited for the outcome of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting, where crucial decisions on GST rates are expected.
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