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Hospitals, universities abroad receiving huge endowments due to inheritanc
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said that various hospitals, universities and other institutions abroad have been receiving huge endowments due to inheritance tax, adding that it is not the same scenario in India.
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PM Modi releases commemorative coin to honour Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday released a commemorative coin worth Rs. 100 as a tribute to late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a day before his 94th birth anniversary.
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Future road map could be to work towards single standard GST rate: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 24 (ANI): A future road map could well be to work towards a single standard Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate instead of two standard rates of 12% and 18%, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Monday.
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Cinema tickets, TV sets to become cheaper
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 22 (ANI): Cinema tickets, TV sets and video games are set to become cheaper as the GST Council on Saturday slashed rates on a host of items, leaving only 34 items in the highest slab of 28 per cent.
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B-Town thanks PM Modi for GST reduction on movie tickets
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): Bollywood actors and producers lauded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the reduction of GST rates on movie tickets after the 31st Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meeting.
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33 items moved from 18% slab: Puducherry CM
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 22 (ANI): After attending the 31st Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanaswamy on Saturday said that 33 items have now moved from the 18 per cent slab to 12 per cent and 5 per cent categories.
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Six items removed from 28 pc GST tax slab, cinema tickets to become cheape
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi, Dec 22 (ANI) Six items were on Saturday removed from the 28 per cent tax slab of GST, according to a decision taken by the GST Council as part of its effort to rationalise the taxes.
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Jaitley throws weight behind Air Force chief, castigates Congress
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday threw his weight behind Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, and castigated the Congress for criticising Air Force chief, who stressed the need for Rafale fighter planes to improve India's combat ability.
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Repeated same order existing since 2009: Jaitley on MHA surveillance order
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday told the Rajya Sabha that Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has only repeated the same order, pertaining to surveillance, which was there since 2009.
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Ram Vilas Paswan, son to meet Jaitley over 2019 seat sharing
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 21 (ANI): Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) chief Ram Vilas Paswan and his son Chirag Paswan will meet Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday afternoon to discuss 2019 Lok Sabha elections seat sharing, sources said.
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Govt to infuse Rs 83,000 crore in public sector banks: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 20 (ANI): Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said that government will infuse Rs 83,000 crore in public sector banks in the next few months of the current fiscal.
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Jaitley slams Mamata govt for halting 'BJP's Rath Yatra'
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Dec 20 (ANI): Hours after the Calcutta High Court granted permission to BJP for holding 'Rath Yatra in West Bengal', Union Minister and BJP leader Arun Jaitley hit out at Mamata Banerjee-led government for halting the yatra in the state asserting that "if any NDA or BJP gov
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