The HRD ministry is preparing a point-by-point rebuttal on charges that include infringing on the autonomy of higher educational institutions and a cut in the education budget.
The final rate will be worked out by the GST Council, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday.
The poll promise is an attempt to woo the middle-class and rich voters in the wake of the party's growing unpopularity.
The 3 per cent target would now to reached a year later.
The BJP president further said that Andhra Pradesh has always been on the agenda of national development and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has left no stone unturned to ensure its growth and prosperity.
The report stated the 2013 land Act was a step forward.
Centre releases Rs1,712cr to TN, Rs 1,234cr to Karnataka for drought.
'Slowing down of the economy was mainly due to the demonetisation shock...' 'If you cut off the oxygen supply to a patient in the ICU and the patient dies, the patient does not come alive again when you restore the oxygen supply.'
The PM spoke about financial inclusion.
While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others pitched for the extension of the coronavirus lockdown, but with a carefully crafted exit strategy
Says GDP growth rate from 2014-15 to 2015-16 will be greater than that of 2014-15 from 2013-14
The assessment sent to the Prime Minister recommended that a new think-tank be set up with experts of domain knowledge to replace the plan body.
As per latest government data, retail inflation inched up to a 22-month high of 5.77 per cent in June.
Assessment note says panel acts as control commission, especially in fund allocations to states.
The government has proposed to implement GST from April 1, 2016, and the new Finance Commission may be set up ahead of its schedule to look into the issues related to the new indirect tax regime.
'Both the governor and the President enjoy an enormous array of 'grey' powers.' 'All parties criticise these when in the Opposition. But why does no government dismantle them when these parties come to power?' asks Aditi Phadnis.
He said the country has witnessed a journey from indecisiveness to clarity and decisiveness.
A well-functioning GST will enhance tax compliance and boost growth: IMF
Kumar also questioned the prime minister on various promises made by his government including return of black money, enhanced MSP to farmers and special status to Bihar among others.
Low oil prices drove the growth in states' share faster than expected, says Abhishek Waghmare.
The announcement to end the stir, which began on January 27 to press for payment of their dues, was made by the Swatantra Mazdoor Vikas Sanyukt Morcha -- an umbrella body of 38 unions of sanitation workers and class IV employees of East and North Delhi Municipal corporations.
The shift from 'one country, one tax' to four tax rates could dilute possible gains on GDP, warns T N Ninan.
It was better to first build a single-rate GST with a low rate, achieve full mastery of this, and then consider more complex possibilities such as high rates and multiple rates.
The BJP chief began his speech with the slogan of uprooting the TMC government from Bengal and said in order to do that, he would visit all the districts of the state.
Agri experts are meeting FinMin ministry officials on Monday to give their inputs on the Budget.
The government on Wednesday approved Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) 'Fund of Funds for Startups' to support them with an aim to generate employment for 18 lakh persons.
Beyond welfare politics, the BJP has assiduously worked to appropriate regional icons.
Bimal Jalan, has recommended to the government that it cut fiscal deficit to 3.6 per cent of the GDP during 2015-16.
He said the "countdown has begun for Narendra Modi," citing the results of Rajasthan by-polls in which the ruling BJP faced an embarrassing defeat at the hands of the Congress which won two Lok Sabha seats and one assembly segment.
The Centre has to bear the maximum burden of borrowing NSSF loans to the tune of Rs 1 lakh crore.
Sustained rural poverty can't be eradicated without capacity building.
States' demand for 5 years and Constitutional provision ruled out
In early 2017, Amit A Shah warned Nara Chandrababu Naidu that Narendra D Modi was not like Atal Bihari Vajpayee to yield to pressure tactics. Soon, Naidu was to discover this for himself.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the biggest tax reform since Independence.
'Whoever whispered in his ears that go for demonetisation, misled him completely' and the PM lacked the sagacity to know that it would not work, Yashwant Sinha tells Archis Mohan.
It doesn't matter that the man who has been given charge of Jayalalithaa's portfolios today started out opposing her.
The centre's promise of a new deal for the states is a welcome development.
Modi govt must bring about reforms to kick-start big-ticket infra projects.
There is a link between objectives and commitments.
Suggestions made by the different experts have been noted and would be forwarded to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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