Election cash doles may trigger short-term consumption boost in apparel, smartphones, liquor: CEOsCash handouts from recent state elections are expected to boost spending on items like apparel, smartphones, and electronics. Consumers, es...
06 May, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
IPL teams appeal for tax rematch: 'Treat event as sport, not entertainment'Indian Premier League teams are asking the government to reclassify match tickets. They want IPL games treated as sports, not entertainment...
21 Apr, 2026, 05.30 AM IST
Cars, ACs, Televisions & more: Full list of items that are likely to get cheaper under new GST reformsThe government plans to simplify GST by replacing the current four-tier structure with a two-rate system: 5% and 18%, plus a separate sin t...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.02 PM IST
No GST on Gangajal, CBIC refute reportsThe clarifications came after certain media reports that the centre has imposed 18% GST on Gangajal, which was flagged further by the oppos...
12 Oct, 2023, 05.11 PM IST
GST Council may do away with 5% rate; move items to 3% and 8% slabsCurrently, GST is a four-tier structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent. Besides, gold and gold jewellery attract 3 per cent tax. In addition,...
18 Apr, 2022, 06.10 PM IST
Nirmala Sitharaman says items already exempted from tax listed in Mamata Banerjee's letter to PM ModiEarlier today, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to exempt COVID-related life-saving drugs ...
10 May, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Panel of officers on GST for raising rate, curtailing exemption list to increase revenueThe committee of officers from the Centre and states, formed to review the goods and services tax (GST), has also recommended selective tax...
24 Dec, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
Bengal FM cautions govt against reviewing exemptions under GSTWest Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra, in his letter to Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned the exemptions to commodities...
17 Dec, 2019, 06.53 AM IST
Don't impose GST on goods currently exempted from it: Amit Mitra to Sitharaman ahead of Council meet“Exempted list of items had been arrived at after lengthy deliberations spread over a number of GST Council meetings between the union FM a...
16 Dec, 2019, 10.47 PM IST
State governments not keen to levy GST on exempted goods“Goods on the exempted list are mass-consumption items. No state will agree to include them,” said the finance minister of a BJP-ruled stat...
05 Dec, 2019, 10.56 AM IST
Govt hints at reviewing rates in top GST bracketAfter slashing the GST rates of over 200 items last month, the government today hinted at reviewing levies on the items in the top 28 per c...
09 Dec, 2017, 09.25 PM IST
18 stocks that can see big benefit if GST Council tweaks tax rates todayMotilal Oswal Securities expects the council to lower rates on items in the consumer sector.
10 Nov, 2017, 12.22 PM IST
Foodgrains, common man items to get cheaper under GSTCommon use items like hair oil, soaps, toothpaste to be taxed at 18% instead of present 22-24%. Decision on the rate of tax for services an...
18 May, 2017, 09.15 PM IST
GST exemption list likely to be kept around 100 itemsGoods of common use and services like healthcare and education may be spared in the final list being prepared in unison by the Centre and t...
17 May, 2017, 12.59 AM IST
Here's the list: What is cheaper and what is dearer after GSTThe prices of certain consumer durables like televisions, air conditioners, fridges and washing machines may however become cheaper with de...
21 Oct, 2016, 04.04 PM IST
- States push for common exempt list under GST
The State Finance Ministers also recommended traders with a turnover of less than Rs 1.5 crore be exempted from dual control which leads to...
11 May, 2013, 03.27 AM IST
- States seek two GST rates
States and the Centre are yet to reach a consensus on the rate of proposed Goods and Services Tax as many states do not agree to a single r...
24 Aug, 2009, 02.29 AM IST