Tue, Dec 19, 2023
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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).
Thu, Apr 27, 2017
The wait for higher allowances like Dearness Allowance (DA) and House Rent Allowance (HRA) for nearly 1 crore government employees and pensioners might be near its end as the Ashok Lavasa-led Committee on Allowances like likely to submit its report as part of the 7th Pay Commission to the Finance
Wed, Apr 26, 2017
Bibek Debroy, member of NITI Aayog on Tuesday had made a strong case for taxing agriculture income, an opinion contrary to the government's stated position, as reported by PTI.
Tue, Apr 25, 2017
The government will try to finalise the rates of tax for each item at the earliest, the Revenue Secretary said.
Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian said that 50-60% of all India's exports of services goes to the US.
"We greatly value Indian companies' continued investment in the US economy, which also, of course, supports thousands of US jobs," Toner said.
Mon, Apr 24, 2017
The government has already launched GST website which presently supports registration and migration of existing taxpayers.
The committee was expected to submit the report by April 18 after the "crucial" meeting held on April 6, which did not happened.
Sun, Apr 23, 2017
Given that there is a broad agreement on maintaining the current overall lending capacity of the Fund and that the IMF's existing resource pool is excessively tilted towards borrowed resources, there is a "dire need" for increasing quotas
Sat, Apr 22, 2017
The discussion sessions focused on the Compact with Africa, Financial Sector Development and Regulations, International Financial Architecture and Global Financial Governance.
Fri, Apr 21, 2017
The only way for wholesalers is to come in to the organised bracket but this will attract additional cost for the companies.
Highlights: 1. US president Donald Trump has signed a new executive order seeking review of present H-1B Visa issuance system
Wed, Apr 19, 2017
he report was expected to be submitted by October. But, since then the submission has been delayed.
The proposed changes are forward-looking and non- specific, it contended. Any change in visa norms can affect the movement of labour as well as spike operational costs for IT players.
The tax officials of the central and state governments will this week hold their maiden meeting on devising a formula for tax rate to be levied on services under the tax regime, as reported by PTI.
Sun, Apr 16, 2017
In the Budget 2017-18 speech on February 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced capital infusion of Rs 10,000 crore for the current fiscal.
It has also sought clarity on treatment of goods and services under GST for exports, gems and jewellery, MSME sector, banking and telecom.
The task before the panel is to keep the impact of GST on inflation and prices near neutral or zero.
Fri, Apr 07, 2017
Jaitley also said that financial inclusion was a top agenda of the government and it was on a rise, particularly for women.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its first bi-monthly monetary policy document for the current fiscal year said that new investment proposals have recovered in the fourth quarter from its decadal low level at the end of third quarter.
Thu, Apr 06, 2017
Jaitley said the successive governments have contributed towards the GST and no one person can take credit for it.
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