Over Rs 200 Crore Found In Raids, UP Businessman Arrested

Kanpur businessman Piyush Jain has been arrested for evasion ofGoods and Services Tax.

Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) Ahmedabad has recovered Rs 10 crore more cash from the factory and residence of perfume businessman Piyush Jain, promotor of Odochem Industries of Kannauj district in Uttar Pradesh, official sources said

The Congress today accused the BJP government of trying to divert the country's attention from real problems like price rise faced by common people to "non-issues" of caste and religion.

Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar today demanded the release of GST compensation to the states for them to reduce value-added tax (VAT) on fuel. His remarks come days after the Centre reduced the excise duty on petrol and diesel.

NCP chief Sharad Pawar today hit out at the centre for blaming the states for delaying the payment of coal, adding that the centre is yet to give the GST amount to the state but nobody is saying anything on the issue.

The officers of CGST Commissionerate, Delhi East unearthed a network of fictitious exporters who were availing and utilizing fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs 134 crore under the Goods and Services Tax (GST)

The first meeting of the Group of Ministers set up for rationalising GST rates and to shore up revenue will be held soon, its chairman and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said on Friday.

Petrol prices in the country are not coming down as the states do not want to bring fuel under the ambit of the Goods and Services Tax or GST, Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said.

Finance ministers of Opposition-ruled states have demanded that the GST compensation cess regime be extended beyond June 2022.

Food delivery apps like Zomato and Swiggy must pay GST, or Goods and Services Tax, instead of the restaurant they pick up orders from, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said Friday after a meeting of the GST Council in Lucknow.

Jio Fiber has quietly added quarterly plans to its postpaid broadband portfolio that earlier only had semi-annual and annual plans. The new Jio Fiber postpaid plans start from Rs. 2,097 and go up to Rs. 25,597 (excluding GST).

Taking on Infosys over glitches in the GST and Income Tax portals developed by it, RSS-associated Panchjanya wondered if any "anti-national power is trying to hurt India's economic interests through it".

The investigation took its origin from interception of goods vehicle supported by documents issued in the name of non-existing and fake firms.

The estimated total cost of civil and construction work on Ganga Expressway project is Rs 36,230 crore, and Rs 19,754 crore will be spent on civil works. There is also GST of Rs 2,371 crore on this.