Growth slowdown is a temporary dip, says FM Nirmala SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that the recent growth slowdown was temporary, citing elections as a factor. She emphasized the ...
03 Feb, 2025, 08.26 PM IST
Pani Puri vendor gets GST notice as PhonePe and UPI payments cross Rs 40 lakh in a yearPani Puri Vendor GST Notice: Indian Pani Puri vendors have received GST notices after their annual digital transactions surpassed Rs 40 lak...
05 Jan, 2025, 03.01 PM IST
'Holding phone in right hand will attract 18% GST': Insta prank on GST goes viral, watch videoFollowing an announcement about an increase in GST on caramel popcorn, the Finance Minister clarified caramelised popcorn is taxed higher d...
02 Jan, 2025, 04.20 PM IST
ET Explainer: Taxing times for popcorn & used carsThe GST Council clarified the tax rates on ready-to-eat, pre-packaged, and caramelised popcorn at 5%, 12%, and 18% respectively. It also re...
26 Dec, 2024, 02.40 PM IST
Public face-offs on GST decisions point to flaws in the tax’s architecture and implementationThe GST Council's recent decision on popcorn tax rates has highlighted the complexity and flaws of India's GST system, attracting criticism...
25 Dec, 2024, 10.55 PM IST
How to tax popcorn? India's formula sparks outrage against GST systemIndia's new popcorn tax has everyone talking. Different flavors now have different GST rates. Plain popcorn is taxed at 5%, branded at 12%,...
24 Dec, 2024, 10.46 AM IST
Online gaming to attract investment once tax policy is finalised: Nirmala SitharamanThe minister said the discussion is going on at the ministerial level in the GST Council into various aspects of online gaming, including t...
02 May, 2023, 11.47 PM IST
Amid GST rates row, Shashi Tharoor wades into paneer butter masala meme festMany people have been wondering on social media whether paneer butter masala would get costlier with the new GST rates. Tharoor joins the m...
21 Jul, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Amid controversy, BharatPe’s Ashneer Grover milks new-found fame, taps Gen Z audiencesGrover's audience reflects a troubling culture of admiring brash personalities and a generation that is on the constant lookout for masala ...
17 Feb, 2022, 09.20 AM IST
Crypto firms write to FM on tax woes; GitHub bottleneck in Bulli Bai caseWith less than a month to go before FM Nirmala Sitharaman unveils the Union Budget, a grouping of tech firms that includes all the major cr...
07 Jan, 2022, 07.41 PM IST
Cryptocurrency exchanges, experts raise concerns over government's Budget Crypto Bill planThe government's current plan includes creating a broad framework around crypto assets that would give them legal credence in India.
10 Nov, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Crypto exchanges want government to define various crypto assetsAccording to sources, the government is likely to present the Cryptocurrency Bill in Parliament during this budget session. A copy of the d...
09 Nov, 2021, 11.33 PM IST
5% or 18%: No final ruling on ‘ready-to-cook’ parota GST rateAs the classification issue was pending in another proceeding, the previous ruling of the lower authority, which applied a rate of 18% has ...
06 Oct, 2020, 02.52 PM IST
Innovation on the tap: Meet the winners in 9 categories of Govt’s mobile app challengeIT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has also launched a series of other grand contests in categories such as video conferencing and semiconduct...
04 Sep, 2020, 05.16 PM IST
Gujarat Election 2017: Abuses, slurs and tauntsGujarat Election 2017 saw a fierce contest between ruling BJP and the Congress which brought down political discourse as abuses, jibes, tau...
13 Dec, 2017, 08.54 PM IST
Gujarat polls 2017: First phase of campaign covers more national issues than that of stateModi underlined the development works done during the BJP regime in contrast to the earlier regimes and reached out to the voters as “Naren...
08 Dec, 2017, 12.50 AM IST
View: Aggressive rate cuts may not be a good ideaIndia is quite vulnerable to a sharp sell-off because foreign investors are overweight. If foreigners exit in hordes, this could lead to a ...
06 Oct, 2016, 10.29 AM IST