UPS an 'improvement' over NPS: FMFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced the Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) as an improvement over the National Pension Scheme (NPS...
28 Aug, 2024, 12.12 AM IST
BJP's allies, TDP & Jana Sena, seek rollback of GST on life, health coverBJP's southern allies, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Jana Sena Party, have called for the rollback of GST on health and life insurance, ...
07 Aug, 2024, 11.58 PM IST
INDIA bloc MPs seek rollback of 18% GST on insuranceMPs from the INDIA bloc held a protest demanding the removal of the 18% GST on medical and life insurance premiums. They accused the govern...
07 Aug, 2024, 01.18 AM IST
Lok Sabha Speaker Birla asks MPs not to protest outside Parliament 'dwars'Leaders of the INDIA bloc parties had this morning held a protest against the Central government outside the Makar Dwar to press for the ro...
06 Aug, 2024, 02.09 PM IST
INDIA bloc protests on 18 percent GST on health and life insuranceOn Tuesday, leaders of the INDIA alliance staged a protest outside the Makar Dwar in Parliament, demanding the rollback of the 18% GST on h...
06 Aug, 2024, 12.07 PM IST
Opposition parties protest in Parliament over price rise, GST hike on essential itemsLeaders of various parties, including the Congress, NCP, CPI, CPI-M, Shiv Sena, DMK, RSP and some others, gathered outside Mahatma Gandhi's...
22 Jul, 2022, 02.59 PM IST
GST Council defers rate hike on textiles. "Big relief" says industryAnimesh Saxena, President, Federation of Indian Micro & Small and Medium Enterprises (FISME), said the decision is a "big relief" to both M...
01 Jan, 2022, 11.37 AM IST
Garment, hosiery trade bodies seek scrapping of GST hike proposal not defermentThe hosiery industry body Federation of Hosiery Manufacturers Association of India (FOHMA) has hailed the decision to hold the GST rate hik...
01 Jan, 2022, 10.15 AM IST
Withdraw plan to hike GST rate on textile, apparel items: Telangana Minister to Centre"The current decision to impose additional seven per cent GST on the handlooms would leave the sector crippled. Telangana produces world-cl...
19 Dec, 2021, 10.07 PM IST
Tax officials to ‘Go Slow’ on enforcements under GST“CBEC has enforcement authorities and I have specifically said that the first three to six months are a go-slow,” Vanaja Sarna said at a CI...
19 Jul, 2017, 11.57 PM IST
Disabled demand rollback of GST on aidsFor disabled people like Ahmed, the 5% GST on basic aids and appliances like calipers, Braille writers and cochlear implants is an addition...
07 Jul, 2017, 11.26 AM IST
Congress demands rollback of GST on domestic LPGLPG has been put in the five per cent GST slab. Earlier a two to four per cent VAT was imposed on LPG in some states.
04 Jul, 2017, 03.38 PM IST
Devices for disabled taxed at concessional 5% rate: GovernmentThe government today said that assistive devices for the physically-challenged will be charged at a concessional 5 per cent.
04 Jul, 2017, 02.17 PM IST
Disability tax under GST 'insensitive': Rahul GandhiThe GST on Braille typewriters and papers, carriages for the disabled and wheelchairs have been fixed at rates varying between 5 to 18 per ...
03 Jul, 2017, 03.08 PM IST
FM Arun Jaitley rules out rollback of excise duty on jewellery"Tax will have to be paid. But we will ensure that there is no harassment of jewellers," Jaitley said during his reply to a discussion on t...
05 May, 2016, 05.23 PM IST
Jewelery stocks melt as FM refuses to rollback 1% excise hikeReacting to the development, stocks of Rajesh Exports slumped 11 per cent, PC Jewellers 6 per cent, Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri 3.68 per cen...
16 Mar, 2016, 11.58 AM IST
- Consensus eludes GST, rollback
The central and state governments are yet to finalise a mutually acceptable date, but hectic efforts are on to finalise the framework for t...
06 Feb, 2010, 06.16 AM IST