After an eight-hour debate, the Lok Sabha passed four Goods and Services Tax-related bills; Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and P Chidambaram had a heated exchange in parliament over Aadhaar, the biometric identification system that the opposition alleges is not fool-proof in protection of data privacy; The Indian currency has hit its strongest level against the dollar in nearly 18 months amid strong foreign inflows into the country; The Supreme Court has directed the Indian automobile industry to stop the sale and registration of any Bharat Stage III vehicle from April 1 2017; Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said Surya Namaskar positions are very similar to Namaz, making a case about delinking Yoga from religion.
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A journalist from Gujarat, in judicial custody in a case of alleged GST evasion, was charged in a separate case last week for allegedly possessing confidential government documents, sparking outrage from some quarters, including the Editors Guild.
Introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in India was a "classical example of cooperative federalism," Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud said on Saturday.
Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday called to build consensus over bringing petrol, diesel under the Goods and Services Tax.
Maintaining financial discipline and regulatory compliance, domestic airline SpiceJet has cleared all its Goods and Services Tax (GST) dues.
Tamil Nadu BJP chief, K Annamalai, found himself in a spot of bother Friday after an "unintended breach of privacy" - the sharing of a private conversation between Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and a leading businessman from the state.
दूसरी आज़ादी लाई GST - पहले परांठा, अब आटा, हीरे पर कम, स्याही पर ज़्यादा...Ravish Kumar
Tuesday July 19, 2022मोहम्मद ज़ुबैर का केस कानून की प्रक्रिया को लेकर एक गंभीर बहस का मुद्दा बन गया है. महंगाई से लेकर मुकदमे का एक ही हाल है.अब तो चीफ जस्टिस भी कह रहे हैं कि जल्दबाज़ी में गिरफ्तारी होने लगी है.
Opinion: GST, Historical Tax Reform, At 5 Years, Has Lost Its WayAndy Mukherjee | Bloomberg
Thursday July 07, 2022Five years ago, India's federal and state governments struck a historic deal. From July 1, 2017, a uniform tax on goods and services - marketed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "One Nation, One Tax, One Market" - replaced a bewildering array of loc
Opinion: In GST Row, Centre Throws Nationalism Argument At StatesPraveen Chakravarty
Monday August 31, 2020Rules by bureaucrats, legalese by lawyers and analysis by economists are cold, futile methods to resolve this crisis when the need of the distressed hour is a warm, empathetic hand of the political leadership.
Blogs: सरकार ने दी कॉरपोरेट टैक्स में राहत, क्या आम आदमी को होगा फायदा?Ravish Kumar
Saturday September 21, 2019अगले शुक्रवार का इंतज़ार कीजिए क्या पता आम लोगों का भी टैक्स से राहत मिल जाए, या क्या पता पुरानी पेंशन व्यवस्था ही बहाल हो जाए. वित्त मंत्री जिस तरह शुक्रवार को अपना नया बजट पेश कर रही हैं, राहतों का एलान कर रही हैं, उसमें कुछ भी उम्मीद की जा सकती है. आखिर कारपोरेट ने कब सोचा होगा कि सरकार उसे एक दिन 1 लाख 45 हज़ार का घाटा उठाकर करों में छूट देगी. इस फैसले को ऐतिहासिक और साहसिक बताया गया है.
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