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GST roll-out deadline deferred to July 1
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 16 (ANI): The Goods and Service Tax (GST) council, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, on Monday met to break the deadlock over who gets to administer the GST and managed to achieve consensus on the 'dual control' or 'cross empowerment'
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Direct tax collections in Apr-Dec up 12 pct; indirect tax up 25 pct, says
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday announced that the direct tax collection during the first nine months of the current financial year 2016-17 grew 12.01 percent on year to Rs 5.53 lakh crore.
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Government is discussing the issue: Jaitley on petrol pumps' protests
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that the government is discussing the issue of petrol pumps and organisations protesting over one percent transaction fees on card payments proposed by the banks.
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Tax collections have significantly increased, says Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 9 (ANI): Highlighting the impact the 'currency squeeze', as a result of demonetisation, has had on revenue collection in the country in the months of November and December last year, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that collection figures h
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Jaitley accuses Congress of indulging in vendetta politics, blame-game
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Amritsar [Punjab], Jan. 8 (ANI): Accusing the Congress Party of indulging in vendetta politics and blame-game, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday questioned the former's role in Punjab when it was in power from 2002 to 2007.
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Jaitley lauds "futuristic" PM Modi, pulls up Rahul Gandhi
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 8 (ANI): A day after the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) adopted an economic resolution hailing the recall of high-value notes as a "historic step" and linking it to "patriotism and people's honour," Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley app
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Jaitley hands-on in meeting ahead of Union Budget
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 5 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held the 16th Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC) meeting here on Thursday.
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Jaitley to hold pre-budget consultations with states
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 4 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will hold pre-budget consultation with several states on Wednesday.
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GST Council discusses issues related to Integrated GST
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): The Goods and Services (GST) Council on Tuesday discussed issues related to Integrated Goods and Services Tax in a meeting held in New Delhi and chaired by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
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GST Council to meet officials from six key sectors today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 3 (ANI): The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will meet in New Delhi today.
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Jaitley pitches for irrigation projects for faster returns of investment
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Dec. 26(ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said that return on investments in irrigation projects for agriculture were visible this season as opposed to investments in sectors such as manufacturing, where returns were visible only after 'a reasonably l
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Govt. has no plans to bring in long-term capital gains tax, clarifies Jait
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 25 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Sunday dubbed reports stating that the government may bring in long-term capital gains tax in the upcoming budget as erroneous and said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not make any reference in this regard.
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