Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met with Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at her office in North Block here on Tuesday, and requested her to extend all kinds of support to the state government to strengthen the education sector.
Reduction and rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax slabs - reducing them to two, and exempting certain items, including premiums for health and life insurance - were 18 months in the making, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said at an NDTV summit Tuesday.
As part of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of Navy Children School (NCS), Delhi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh interacted with the students and the Principal of the school at South Block, New Delhi today. Addressing the students, the Defence Minister encouraged them to dream with purpose,
India and Israel signed a Bilateral Investment Agreement to boost reciprocal investments and economic cooperation. Israel is the first OECD member state to sign under India's new treaty model. The pact ensures investor protection and replaces the earlier 1996 agreement, terminated in 2017.
Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary D Raja alleged that Goods and Services Tax reforms were announced to hoodwink people ahead of the elections in Bihar this year and several other states going to polls next year.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Saturday hailed the "historic" decisions taken at the 56th GST Council meeting, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, under the guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
BJP MLA Mahesh Tenginkai on Saturday criticised the Congress party over its response to the recent GST reforms, calling it a "drama company" and crediting the Modi government for implementing key economic measures.
The Union Minister said that the government's move to eliminate the 18 per cent GST slab and bring relief on essential items marked a major step towards easing the financial burden on the middle class and the poor.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that India will continue purchasing Russian oil, stressing that decisions will be guided solely by national interest.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday announced that the foremost priority of the government is to ensure that the benefits of the GST tax reforms reach all the common people of the country.
Terming the GST reforms as a "big vigilance" exercise, the Union Minister mentioned that the government has a lot of work after September 22 and expressed confidence that the benefits of the GST reforms will reach the common people.