Whether or not such an overhaul will be carried out depends on the government's comfort level.
Downloading songs, movies, books? You may have to pay tax on it.
The event will be significant for the Congress and Trinamool Congress leaderships, cementing the proximity during the winter session of Parliament.
Exemption limits, standard deduction on radar.
Not all Opposition parties on board, say they are once bitten, twice shy.
Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.
Many in the BJP believe that postponing the UP elections even by a month will allow the negative perception against demonetisation to dissipate.
An expected withdrawal of FIIs from the market likely to weaken the rupee against the dollar.
'Investigation directorates have intensified actions in detecting serious irregularities.' 'They are seriously handicapped because of non-availability of manpower.'
Opposition parties think they have until New Year's Eve to build nationwide narrative against demonetisation.
Although the markets could see a knee-jerk reaction, they rule out a sharp fall.
The I-T department will rely on data analytical tools and run models to separate black money holders and genuine taxpayers based on the large data base being shared by banks.
On Thursday, the Business Advisory Committee of the Lok Sabha, which allocates time for the Bills and discussions to be taken up for the forthcoming week, met, but the government strategists didn't ask the members to allocate time for the GST Bills for the next week.
Munich-based Giesecke and Devrient supplies security features to the RBI for currency notes, and machines to bank branches across the country to detect counterfeits.
Adjusted for inflation, the earlier scheme would have collected Rs 25,000 crore.
Consensus seems a problem before the current session of Parliament ends.
It was found the declarants were persons of suspicious nature and very small means, and the declarations could have been misused.
Measures may include tax slab and rate revisions for individuals, companies.
The onus to explain that the gold jewellery was inherited or bought from known sources of income would be on the owner.
While the government has the option of ensuring the passage of these Bills as money Bills, there are voices within the government advising discretion on the GST roll-out by April 1.
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