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Enforcement Directorate must use its penalising powers: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 29 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the penalising powers of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) should be used expeditiously in cases of non- compliance.
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Time for India to be tax-compliant: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 29 (ANI): Introspecting the non-compliance of tax havens with currency and fiscal reforms, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday asserted that it is important for the Indian economy to move from a non-compliant to a highly-compliant state.
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Profiteering not a bad word, 'unfair enrichment' is: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has asserted that in order to ensure consumers avail all benefits of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), it is important to take crucial decisions to make India an 'increasingly tax compliant society'.
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No plans to impose tax on agriculture income: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday asserted that that the Centre has no plans to impose any tax on agriculture income, while acknowledging that as per the Constitutional Allocation of Powers, the central government has no jurisdiction to impose
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Chidambaram blames BJP for making minority community 'live in fear�
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] Apr. 14 (ANI): Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Friday lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for threatening the minority community in the name of beef ban, alleging that the poor are living in fear.
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Post-1991 India has seen the growth of an aspirational society: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 14 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said the pre-1991 India was controlled, where businesses manufactured what they were advised to produce, adding that post-1991 India has seen the growth of an aspirational society where there is a yearning amongs
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Jaitley to release Gender Parity Index specific to formal sector tomorrow
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 13 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will release the gender parity index specific to India in the formal sector during the 33rd Annual Session of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO) in New Delhi tomorrow.
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Centre failed to bring clarity on state of economy: Chidambaram on Budget
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): As the second leg of the Budget Session comes to a conclusion tomorrow, former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday slammed the Centre for being unable to bring clarity in the state of economy adding the Congress was relieved that no additional h
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Chidambaram asks Centre to push GST to Oct 1
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): Former union finance minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday opined that the Centre's effort to roll out the Goods and Service Tax (GST) law by July 1 was "impractical and undesirable" and asked the government to push the date to October 1.
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GST will herald an era of cooperative federalism: Jaitley
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 6 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday asserted that the passing of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill in the Rajya Sabha is a "historic moment" for the Indian democracy, adding that the revolutionary bill will herald an era of cooperati
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Burden of Jethmalani's fees can't be thrust upon taxpayers of De
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 4 (ANI): Stating that the 'defamatory' comments were made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal against Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his personal capacity, former Attorney General of India Soli Sorabjee on Tuesday said the burden of fees cannot b
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Public funds can't be misutilised for private purpose: Pinki Anand on
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 4 (ANI): Questioning as to why the bill raised by veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani in the defamation case filed against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sent in the government machinery to make the payment, Assistant Solicitor G
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