Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan last week had favoured the inclusion of petrol and diesel under the ambit of GST.
20 Sep 2017 7:03 PM
The minister said an announcement with regard to the additional steps will be made after consulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
20 Sep 2017 5:19 PM
The Finance Minister also announced the merger and modernisation of 17 Government of India Presses.
20 Sep 2017 4:50 PM
Increasing government spending, combined with quickly fixing the problems with GST may feature in tomorrow's deliberations.
18 Sep 2017 7:23 PM
Jaitley said before 2014, there was no talk of financial inclusion and it was not a mainstream agenda.
13 Sep 2017 11:18 AM
This Union Budget will be India's first post-GST Budget and will not be concerned with service and excise levies.
10 Sep 2017 11:03 AM
However, the interest on the late returns submitted will have to be borne by taxpayers.
02 Sep 2017 5:43 PM
At least two parties -- IndiGo and Bird Group – have formally evinced interest in Air India disinvestment.
31 Aug 2017 9:42 AM
Jaitley elaborated on the major 'objectives' of the demonetisation move that was introduced in November 2016.
30 Aug 2017 8:47 PM
Backing GST, Jaitley said that the new tax regime will expand the base of indirect tax.
26 Aug 2017 7:00 PM
Bharat-22 will cover six sectors and feature four banking stocks.
04 Aug 2017 4:17 PM
On November 8, 2016, the government had scrapped high denomination currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000.
02 Aug 2017 9:40 AM
After meeting the minister, Patel met the newly appointed Economic Affairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg.
28 Jul 2017 8:37 PM
According to Jaitley, this decision is set to benefit more than 7.5 lakh 1-3 levels of government employees.
04 Jul 2017 4:31 PM
Construction of flats, complex, buildings will attract a 12 per cent goods and services tax (GST) compared to about 11 per cent tax.
18 Jun 2017 7:24 PM
The Council's decision came in the wake of the industry's push for deferment of the tax implementation.
18 Jun 2017 7:15 PM
The GST Council today, however refused to make any more revisions on GST rates.
18 Jun 2017 6:23 PM
At present laws on wages do not cover workers getting monthly wage of more than Rs 18,000.
18 Jun 2017 12:25 PM
The Lavasa committee had submitted its report to finance minister Arun Jaitley on April 27.
14 Jun 2017 2:33 AM
Arun Jaitley also said the finance ministry is debating the Economic Survey's suggestions of UBI and creation of bad bank.
12 Jun 2017 2:40 PM