P Chidambaram Attacks Centre Over Change In Stance On GST

Former finance minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday attacked the Centre over its alleged change in stance on the Goods and Services Tax regime, saying that till yesterday a single standard GST rate was a stupid idea, but was now the "declared goal" of the Modi government.

The Goods and Services Tax has had a "negative" effect on tourism in Jammu and Kashmir, a parliamentary panel has noted, adding the Centre should reconsider the indirect tax regime on tourism-related activities in the northern state.

The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has busted a racket of fraudulent companies engaged in raising fake tax invoices worth Rs 220 crore to avail input-tax credit.

CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was resorting to manipulation of statistics to paint a rosy picture of his government's achievements.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said the Modi government was forced to bring down the GST rates after electoral verdict in three Hindi heartland states and insisted that the people have already made up their mind to defeat BJP in 2019.

The Bollywood film fraternity today welcomed the move to cut GST rates of movie tickets. Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Akshay Kumar, Anupam Kher, Subhash Ghai, Prasoon Joshi and others took to social media to commend the move to reduce tax on movie tickets of two different price ranges.

GST on these items has been cut from 28 percent to 18 percent.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday cut rates of 33 items from 18 per cent to 12 per cent and 5 per cent, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy said, following a meeting chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. The meeting at Vigyan Bhawan was attended by finance ministers all the states.

An intense debate raged between senior BJP and Congress leaders after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley shot down Congress chief Rahul Gandhi's idea of a single-slab Goods and Services Tax (GST) as "stupid".

After two days of insisting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is asleep, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today claimed his party has managed to wake him up over the Goods and Services tax. Mr Gandhi, who once dubbed the government's flagship one tax regime "Gabbar Singh Tax" after the famous villain in Bollywood blockbuster Sholay, hit back with the Prime Minister's acron...

Congress leader P Chidambaram said onWednesday "belated wisdom" had dawned upon the Centre, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi indicated that 99-per cent items would be brought under the GST of 18 per cent.

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that he was not only an 'accidental prime minister' of India but also the country's accidental 'finance minister.'

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Vice President Venkaiah Naidu has said economic reforms like GST, black money laws and insolvency code, brought in by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government, are giving desired results and asserted that the country has a bright future. He also emphasized on the need for equal opportunities for men and women.