Joshi noted that as a Consumer Affairs minister, he expects the new rates to be entirely passed on to the end consumer. To monitor the situation, the government has also established a helpline number.
Key decisions of the 56th GST Council Meeting on coal include: removal of the Rs. 400 per tonne GST compensation cess previously levied on coal, and an increase in GST rate on coal from 5 per cent to 18 per cent.
Speaking at the Network18 Reforms Reloaded 2025 summit in Delhi, Nageswaran said, "The GST 2.0 is a very significant landmark reform. I am very confident that it will provide a very significant boost to domestic demand. In addition to the indirect taxes, there are concessions and relief anno
Locals pointed out that the decision to simplify slabs into primarily 5 percent and 18 percent, while lowering or eliminating GST on several essential commodities, will ease household expenses and create wider economic opportunities.
Rai Kumar Nahar, who is the Chairman of The Poona Merchant Chamber, has pointed out that the previous GST slabs mandated implementation of different kinds of rates which led to mistakes, which will be reduced by the newly brought reforms.
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], September 22: Real estate investments across the nine APAC markets - Australia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, New Zealand and Taiwan, reached USD 71.9 billion in H1 2025, marking a modest 6% YoY decline amid ongoing trade volatil
BJP MP and Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) Secretary General, Praveen Khandelwal, lauded the reform, calling it a gift for the common people.
The party's state in-charge, Krishna Allavaru informed of the CWC meet in a press conference on Monday, while highlighting that the party is set to discuss multiple issues, including alleged 'vote chori' (vote theft) and others such as increasing crime, unemployment, inflation which is plagu
BJP MP K Laxman led a 'Dhanyavaad Modi Ji' padayatra in Hyderabad, calling the GST slab reduction a festive gift from PM Modi and urging traders to support its implementation.
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], September 22: A leading digital lender achieves a breakthrough 80%+ early recovery rate, establishing a new industry benchmark as Neowise bridges AI automation with human expertise across India's diverse regional markets.
The union minister said that the changes had made daily-use items, agricultural equipment, and clothing more affordable, directly benefiting the common man.