On Manmohan Singh's Attack On GST, Notes Ban, Vijay Rupani Has Some Questions

As former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was addressing traders and businessmen at an auditorium in Ahmedabad today, ripping into the Narendra Modi government's big reforms notes ban and GST, Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani of the BJP launched a counter attack on Twitter in a series of questions for the Congress leader

The Congress got out its top gun on the economy on Tuesday, fielding former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Gujarat to amplify party vice president Rahul Gandhi's attack on the Narendra Modi government's mega reforms, the notes ban and new national sales tax GST. Dr Singh said the "twin blow is a complete disaster for our economy, it has broken the back of our sma...

Some of the items should never have been in the 28% slab, said the finance minister.

Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi said today that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) would undergo sweeping changes to provide relief to traders, consumers and other sections hit by it, after his party comes to power at the Centre in 2019.

The Congress, on Tuesday, hopes to considerably amplify boss Rahul Gandhi's running attack on the new national sales tax with a visit to Ahmedabad by former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

After Rahul Gandhi's Gabbar Singh Tax, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said GST stands for the "Great Selfish Tax," offering social media another trending hashtag and the Narendra Modi government at the Centre criticism over its handling of the economy

The government may review the requirement of filing at least three returns every month under the GST regime with a view to easing compliance burden of taxpayers

Taking a cue from its Vice President Rahul Gandhi's description of new national tax GST, the Congress has now compared Prime Minister Narendra Modi's characteristic way of saying "Mitron" (friends) in his public speeches to a famous dialogue spoken by villain Gabbar Singh in the iconic Bollywood film Sholay.

The Shiv Sena isn't opposing, we are just making sure that the government hears the people's "mann ki baat".

An exporter can claim refund of Integrated GST (IGST) paid at the time of export by filling the details of the shipping bill and tax paid GST invoice in his Form GSTR1 in the relevant month.

The Council, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, is scheduled to meet on November 10.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has continued his attacks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government's economic policies. On Sunday, Mr Gandhi used social media to target the PM Modi, telling him to stop his "hollow speeches", start delivering or quit.

India is currently ranked under 100 under the World Bank Ease of Doing Business Index.

Days after India jumped 30 places in the World Bank's ease of doing business ranking, its CEO Kristalina Georgieva today said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) and reforms push by the government will catapult the country to high middle income economy by 2047.