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Sat, Feb 01, 2020
Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman paid homage to former finance minister late Arun Jaitley in her speech on Saturday morning.
Sun, Aug 25, 2019
The last rites of former finance minister and senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley, who died at the age of 66 after a prolonged illness on Saturday at New Delhi's All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).
Fri, Jul 21, 2017
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs late last month gave its in-principle approval for disinvestment of Air India.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will be officially launching Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana (PMVVY) today.
"Besides, concealment penalty of Rs 1,287 crore was levied in 162 cases and 199 criminal prosecution complaints were filed in 84 cases," Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pointed out.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday told lawmakers that the government is considering to change the country`s financial year to January-December from April-March.
Thu, Jul 20, 2017
As per the Ministry, Pradhan Mantri Vaya Vandana Yojana will provide an assured return of 8% per annum payable monthly (equivalent to 8.30% p.a. effective) for 10 years.
Tue, Jul 18, 2017
Sun, Jul 16, 2017
This will be the first meeting of the Council since the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1 and the 19th since it was set up in September last year.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government is "actively working" towards consolidation of public sector banks but declined to provide details, saying this was a price-sensitive information.
Sat, Jul 15, 2017
"As per the GST laws, one is required to take registration on or before July 30, 2017. All traders are requested to register now without waiting for the last date," a finance ministry statement said.
Fri, Jul 14, 2017
Finance Arun Jaitley had introduced a late filing fee under new provision of Section 234F under Income Tax Act. As per the rule, taxpayer will have to pay penalty of up to Rs 10,000 for late filing of ITR.
Tue, Jul 11, 2017
The Monsoon Session of Parliament begins next week on July 17 and closes on August 11.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday had launched a new tax payer service module 'Aaykar Setu' in order to make income tax filing process more simpler.
"It is a fact that people in the unorganised sector are much higher than the organised sector, but the former gets credit with a lot of difficulty," he said at an event organised by the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) here.
Mon, Jul 10, 2017
After over a year of waiting, 50 lakh government employees finally have something to cheer as Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Union Cabinet last month accepted all 7th Pay Commission recommendations, including House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Dearness Allowance (DA), with some modifications.
According to Income Tax, the new module compiles various tax tools, live chat facility, dynamic updates and important links to various processes within Income Tax Department in a single module.
Air India's will finally be sold off. However, the whens and hows are still unanswered. Zeebiz looks at financial and other data of the airline and compare to the aviation sector in India. The results are interesting.
Sun, Jul 09, 2017
India is considering selling state-owned Air India in parts to make it attractive to potential buyers, as it reviews options to divest the loss-making flagship carrier, several government officials familiar with the situation said.
Sat, Jul 08, 2017
To bring in proper understanding of GST rates for Indian, the Finance Ministry has launched a GST Rates Finder app.
Now that finance ministry has asked central ministries to ensure recommendations made under 7th Pay Commission to be paid from current months salary.
The ministry has been asking banks to take tough action against such borrowers and be ready to fight court cases as well.
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![Income Tax: FM Arun Jaitley launches "Aaykar Setu"](https://cdn.zeebiz.com/sites/default/files/styles/zeebiz_160x90/public/2017/07/10/21573-arun-jaitley-aaykar-finmin.jpg?itok=zT8ir9yn&c=4bb4f4728ccbc455c3a1da3908f7ec4b "Income Tax: FM Arun Jaitley launches "Aaykar Setu"")
