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MSP hike: Raman Singh hails Centre's 'historic decision'
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Jul 4 (ANI): Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Wednesday welcomed the hike in the Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Kharif crops.
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Polls to be conducted as per current system: CEC on simultaneous election
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Wednesday said the Election Commission (EC) will continue to conduct elections under the under the provisions of Constitution of India and Representation of People Act.
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Simultaneous elections will bring stability, save money: Centre
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), July 3 (ANI): Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Tuesday said simultaneous elections will bring stability in the electoral process of the nation and save public money.
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Rahul Gandhi's single slab GST idea flawed: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday quashed the idea of a single Goods and Services Tax (GST) slab being advocated by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and tagged it as "flawed."
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18 % increase in direct tax collections after GST: Arun Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jul 01 (ANI): Union Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday said that after the implementation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST), there was an increase of 18 percent in Direct tax collections.
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Here's how this Haryana village is discouraging open defecation
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
Sirsa (Haryana) [India], July 01 (ANI): The need for toilets to curb open defecation is one that has been stressed time and again. However, this village in Sirsa has taken a step ahead to promote healthy sanitation.
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Not all deposits in Swiss banks is black money: Jaitley
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), June 29 (ANI): Amidst reports of rising deposits of Indian money in Swiss banks, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said all deposits in the Swiss accounts are not black money.
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Can't do anything if politically-motivated factors interfere: Mallya
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 27 (ANI): Liquor baron Vijay Mallya on Wednesday reiterated that is making every effort, in good faith to settle dues with the banks, but if politically-motivated factors interfere, there is nothing he can do.
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CBI, ED filed charge sheets with blatantly false allegations: Mallya
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], June 26 (ANI): Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya, has claimed that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) have filed charge sheets against him "with various untenable and blatantly false allegations."
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Jaitley compares Indira Gandhi to Hitler, PM backs him
Updated : 7 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 26 (ANI): On the 43rd anniversary of Emergency, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley wrote a two-part blog wherein he accused former Prime Minister Indira Gnadhi of turning democracy into constitutional dictatorship and compared her w
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Disappointed, but not surprised: Chidambaram on Arvind Subramanian
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] June 20 (ANI): Hours after Arvind Subramanian stepped down as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said he was disappointed, but not surprised.
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Exempted sectors should come under GST: Arvind Subramanian
Updated : 7 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 20 (ANI): Arvind Subramanian, who has stepped down as the Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), opined that there are many exempted sectors that should be brought under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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