Sensex rallies over 700 pts, Nifty tops 24,900; GST cuts, 4 other drivers behind today's rallyIndian stock markets witnessed a significant surge today. Sensex and Nifty both opened considerably higher. This positive movement follows ...
04 Sep, 2025, 10.10 AM IST
GST Council meet: From no GST on penal charges by banks, NBFCs for loan defaults to 5% GST on new EVs & more; Here are top 10 outcomesThe GST Council lowered the compensation cess rate for merchant exporters to 0.1% and reduced the tax on fortified rice kernels to 5%. The ...
23 Dec, 2024, 12.44 PM IST
GST Decision: Sitharaman announces exemption for payment aggregators processing transactions below Rs 2,000Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday provided a significant relief to payment aggregators. While announcing the decision of the ...
23 Dec, 2024, 12.44 PM IST
GST Council to hold 55th meet on December 21 in Jaisalmer, RajasthanUnion Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will meet her state counterparts on December 21 in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, for the 55th GST Council...
18 Nov, 2024, 05.19 PM IST
GST Council Meeting Key Takeaways: From medical insurance premium to rate rationalisation, here's what Sitharaman & Co decided54th Gst Council Meeting Key Takeaways: The 54th GST Council meeting, chaired by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, is taking place in Ne...
10 Sep, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
GST Council Meeting Highlights: Everything Finance Minister Sitharaman and the GST Council decided on in Monday's meetGST Council Meeting Key Highlights: Chaired by the Finance Minister, the GST Council is a constitutional body that oversees the implementat...
10 Sep, 2024, 12.54 PM IST
GST Council decides to form new GoM for health insurance premiumThe GST Council has postponed its decision on reducing the GST rate on health insurance premiums to November. A Group of Ministers will rev...
10 Sep, 2024, 12.53 PM IST
54th GST Council meeting to be held on September 9The 54th GST Council meeting will be held on September 9, 2024. Meanwhile, July GST collections rose 10.3% to over Rs 1.82 lakh crore, the ...
13 Aug, 2024, 11.15 AM IST
India’s ‘sin’ is govt’s bounty: GST cess may deliver Rs 70,000 cr bonanzaThe Centre is anticipating a significant surplus of approximately Rs 70,000 crore from GST compensation cess collections, even after repayi...
24 Jun, 2024, 12.11 PM IST
In Graphics: GST Council’s new steps to simplify tax processesThe Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday, in its first meeting after the new government took charge at the Centre, announced se...
23 Jun, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
GST Council Meeting: Railway Platform tickets exempted from GST, biometric authentication push & other key decisionsAt its 53rd meeting in New Delhi, the GST Council decided to implement nationwide biometric authentication to combat fake invoicing. Financ...
22 Jun, 2024, 09.32 PM IST
GST Council's fitment committee rejects rate cut on over dozen items; defers call on uniform cess on tobacco productsThe Fitment Committee of goods and services tax (GST) Council has recommended exempting powdered millet from GST when sold in loose form, w...
04 Oct, 2023, 02.55 PM IST
GST 2.0 may be free of jurisdiction: Vivek Johri, chairman, CBICNew Delhi, which raised the import duty on gold recently, is not looking at any further administrative measures immediately to clamp down i...
08 Jul, 2022, 12.45 AM IST
Key takeaways from the 43rd GST Council meetThe GST Council’s meeting, the first this year, comes at a time when the country is reeling under the second wave of coronavirus infections...
28 May, 2021, 11.01 PM IST
GST Council to discuss compensation cess today, opposition-ruled states may push for vote at meetingThe Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and comprising of state finance ministers, will for the third time in a r...
12 Oct, 2020, 11.00 AM IST
News broadcasters meet FM Sitharaman, seek parity in GST with print mediaExecutive body members of the News Broadcasters Federation have met Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and requested that TV news channels...
18 Jan, 2020, 12.03 PM IST
GST row: Uttar Pradesh on board, MP and Rajasthan ditherWhile Yadav seems to have relented, concerns of CMs in BJP-ruled MP & Rajasthan may make arriving at a consensus on transition to the new G...
08 Aug, 2014, 08.41 AM IST