Ex Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia Appointed Chief Advisor To Gujarat Chief Minister

Former Union finance secretary Hasmukh Adhia, who is credited with the successful implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), has been appointed as the chief advisor to Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, an official said on Tuesday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Superintendent of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), Anti-Evasion Unit, Vashi, Navi Mumbai in an alleged bribery case.

Thousands of farmers held a rally here on Monday under the banner of RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) to press for a rollback of GST on agricultural goods and other demands.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday decided to have a single definition across all states in the country for sports utility vehicles, attracting a higher tax rate.

The GST Council on Saturday agreed to decriminalise certain offences and doubled the threshold for launching prosecution to Rs 2 crore, Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said.

The Directorate of Enforcement is investigating GST evasion of about Rs 23,000 crore by gaming companies between April 2019 and November 2022, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said on Monday. The ED has attached proceeds of crime in cases related to cyber and crypto assets frauds.

A government panel of state finance ministers has not yet submitted its report on plans to tax the online gaming sector, according to a government official. The panel is yet to decide whether to talk the profits of these firms, or the value of the entire pool of money collected from game participants.

At the Rajwada palace, Rahul Gandhi again attacked the central government, saying, "What the Chinese army couldn't do to India has been done by demonetisation and a flawed GST".

Cellular Operators' Association of India (COAI)has urged the government for rationalisation of GST, reduce of licence fee to 1 percent from 3 percent and sought a waiver of customs duty on network equipment for the 5G rollout. During the pre-Budget discussions, the telecom operators' body also sought the removal of GST on the licence fee, spectrum usage charges and pa...

Attending a tribal outreach programme in Jhargram, the Bengal Chief Minister, taking a swipe at the BJP, wondered whether India has become a "one-party country"

Launching a tirade against the BJP-led Union government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that if the Centre does not clear the state's dues, it may have to stop paying Goods and Services Tax or GST.

A 26-year-old man has been arrested by the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax (GST) department for fraudulently claiming a refund of more than Rs 27 crore through a fake input tax credit involving at least two "non-genuine" firms, an official said.

India’s Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has asked crypto exchanges operating here to provide a list of all the cryptocurrencies that are being traded on their respective platforms. The process is expected to better determine the crypto transacting trends that are catching pace in the Indian fintech market.

RSS-affiliated Bharatiya Kisan Sangh (BKS) on Monday announced a protest rally of farmers in the national capital on December 19 to press their demands for increasing financial assistance under the PM-KISAN scheme.