The BJP is the frontrunner, but incumbent Virbhadra Singh is the most popular chief ministerial candidate.
Mersal is the first Vijay film to make Rs 200 crores. Some say credit for the star's most successful film goes to the BJP and its opponents.
Jaitley said the geographical expansion of the BJP in Kerala, after Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the South, and the 11 per cent vote share in West Bengal were 'important milestones'.
The shift from 'one country, one tax' to four tax rates could dilute possible gains on GDP, warns T N Ninan.
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
Real estate biggies unhappy with status quo on RBI rate cut.
Indian economy is expected to improve marginally in the current financial year with its GDP at market price projected to expand by 3.4 per cent from 3.3 per cent in the previous fiscal, think tank OECD said.
When the government is out to get Mallya, why is it quiet about those people who are responsible for Air India's massive losses is a million dollar question
Modi must focus on other state-level reforms, such as those in labour laws, leasing of land and agriculture
The Nifty has gained 2.6% so far this week, while the Sensex has climbed 2.85%
The president's spending plan for the fiscal year that begins on October 1 proposes a rise in the minimum wage and for new spending on infrastructure.
In its latest interim Economic Assessment report released today, OECD said a moderate expansion is under way in most major advanced and emerging economies.
Modi said the ease of doing business ranking improved because the government initiated reforms to end difficulties in the lives of people.
The implementation of the GST will indeed be a landmark reform.
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday approved the biggest tax reform since Independence.
Construction costs would be reduced to some extent and this benefit can be passed on to the customers, thereby spurring home buying
The one national GST unifies the country's $2 trillion economy and 1.3 billion people into a common market, an exercise that took 17 tumultuous years.
We have only three differences with the Bharatiya Janata Party on the GST, said the Congress vice president.
"To begin with, people could face some difficulties because any changeover has its own problems. But it will settle down and the country will benefit from the new indirect tax regime," Jaitley said at an event organised by ABP News.
A brief report card on Modi's ministers.
Defending his economic policies, Modi said demonetisation was 'a very big success story'.
Simplifying the processes will lead to greater efficiencies. Bad processes will not help even if implemented well, says T N C Rajagopalan
For supply rules, the location decides where goods or services will be taxed.
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The GST will subsume most of the indirect taxes like excise duty and service tax
'We have promised to ensure reduced tax rates.'
Going ahead, the likely implementation of the goods and services tax bill in July and how the monsoons play out will have a bearing on India's demand for gold and gold jewellery
There is a need for stimulus, as India is essentially a consumption economy, argues Cargill India chairman Siraj Chaudhry
'There is a need for stimulus, as India is essentially a consumption economy.'
'Investors hate uncertainty and the demonetisation move certainly creates that.'
A tax reforms panel, headed by finance minister's advisor Parthasarathi Shome, is considering moving away from setting fixed tax-collection targets and linking these with the changing economic scenario during the year.
Modi said officers must fix clear targets to improve the country's tax administration by 2022, the 75th anniversary of Independence.
GST reform has been hanging fire since 2006-07.
The prime minister, who spoke in the Upper House as it bid farewell to 53 retiring MPs, noted that Rajya Sabha members are representatives of the states and the interest of their state should be a priority for them.
Robust growth in indirect tax receipts points to a nascent revival in manufacturing sector.
Are we creeping back to controls on corporate decision making? Three moves over the past eight months reinforce this notion, says Kanika Datta.
The broader market outperformed with the S&P BSE Midcap down 0.3%, while the S&P BSE Smallcap was little changed.
The Budget may see new rural schemes and stepping up of funding towards existing programmes like MNREGA, rural housing, irrigation projects and crop insurance.
The 50-share NSE Nifty gained 53.30 points or 0.61 per cent to 8,778.
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After the 2019 election, one thing is sure: GST will see a number of changes, explains Indivjal Dhasmana.
