People Feel Modi Government Has Failed To Deliver, Says Sachin Pilot

Congress leader Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said that there was a feeling among common people that the BJP-led NDA government has failed to deliver on its promises.

If bindi, sindoor and kajal are kept out of the ambit of the GST, why cannot the sanitary napkins be exempted, the Delhi High Court asked the Centre today.

Hindustan Unilever (HUL) and ITC said they are in the process of reducing prices of commonly used items to pass on the benefits to consumers.

Last week the government cut the tax payable on about 200 items and eased filing norms after it was criticized by some for a chaotic roll-out as companies grappled with the multi-tier structure and onerous reporting system.

If it's 'Gabbar Singh Tax', then why has it been implemented by the states that are ruled by the Congress? They could have boycotted the GST Council.

Former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Tuesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain about the jobs he had promised to create in the run-up to the 2014 general elections.

Criticising Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over imposing a "deeply flawed" Goods and Service Tax (GST), BJP veteran Yashwant Sinha Tuesday said countrymen can rightly demand he quit for the hardships caused and also felt he is a "burden" on the people of Gujarat.

After reducing rates of the new national tax GST on many items, the Goods and Services Tax council may further slash rates depending on the revenue situation, Assam Finance Minister and the council's member Himanta Biswa Sarma said in Guwahati today

The GST Council in its 23rd meeting last week approved the biggest ever change to the tax rates since the new tax rate came into effect from July 1.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday rubbished the Congress claim that the government had lowered the Goods and Services Tax or GST on more than 200 items following pressure from the party.

The demonetisation of high value currency notes along with a series of other reform measures have resulted in formalising a large part of the Indian economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today in the Philippines capital Manila.

The GST Council had last week brought down tax rate on 178 products from 28 per cent to 18 per cent.

Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Rohtak hosted its first Mumbai management conclave on November 11, 2017.

Motilal Oswal has listed some of the stocks that will benefit from Friday's big GST rate cut decision, which will be applicable from November 15.