Despite the objections raised by Reserve Bank of India and Election Commission, India's politics has been funded anonymously and it is time to end this, asserts Aakar Patel.
When the landslide hit, Sruthi's house was washed away, along with its inhabitants. She lost her entire family and some relatives. All she had left for a close confidante was her fiance Jenson. Days after the landslide and the loss of her family, Jenson died in a road accident that also left Sruthi with serious injuries. News of the accident and Sruthi's backdrop as the lone surviving member of a family wiped out in the July landslide, was picked up by the media, and people rushed to help.
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
GST reform has been hanging fire since 2006-07.
There could be a strong incentive for tax payers to avoid the higher tax burden.
As many as 30 sub-groups and committees worked tirelessly to devise rules and laws as well as fix tax rates for over 1,200 goods and services.
Reform ideas do not occur overnight and evolve over the years.
GST seeks to subsume many indirect taxes at the Central and state levels.
Asian Paints was the top gainer after the paints major posted robust first quarter earnings.
Nasscom president said moving from single to multiple points could be a challenge from the point of view of ease of doing business
The Constitution amendment bill for roll-out of GST is pending in Rajya Sabha for a long time.
Govt can advance the dates of the convening of the monsoon session of Parliament to early July
Government originally planned to roll out GST from April 1 last year, but a consensus could not be reached on the introduction of the Bill.
"There will be some challenges" in the switchover to GST in the short term, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has warned.
The state has extended its full support, provided its revenues are protected.
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The IMG meeting will be convened shortly.
The finance minister said the consensus between the Centre and states is required to amendment the constitution for implementing goods and services tax.
Monsoon session of Parliament expected to be stormy and likelihood of GST Bill and Land Bill getting passed are slim
The monsoon session of Parliament got off to a stormy start on Monday leading to adjournment of the two Houses without transacting much business following an opposition uproar over issues ranging from price rise to the Agnipath scheme.
The finance minister continues to be backed by the same policy team in charting out the broad strategy as in the few earlier Budgets.
States' demand of compensation from Centre for loss of tax revenue not on agenda.
There is much work to be done to design a good GST.
Addressing public rallies at Barnala chowk and Bhawanigarh in Sangrur, the chief minister vowed to do whatever it takes to protect the farmers and the state from the 'devastating' effects of the 'black laws'.
At a press conference after a meeting of the party's senior leaders, K C Venugopal said the Congress will also launch a massive signature campaign in which it aims to collect two crore signatures from farmers and the poor people against farm bills.
They are evaluating realignment of warehouses and supply chains, besides exploring locations to set up hubs and shutting down some distribution centres
Simplifying the processes will lead to greater efficiencies. Bad processes will not help even if implemented well, says T N C Rajagopalan
The Centre and states are likely to settle for this threshold.
Sentiments in global markets, movement of rupee against the dollar and crude oil prices will dictate near-term trend
'Sin tax' is a globally prevalent practice under which products like alcohol and tobacco attract higher rates of tax.
As freebies/gift vouchers attract GST, retailers are opting for straight discounts this festive season.
Fiscal federalism should not be sacrificed at the altar of GST.
Income tax collection, by way of advance tax and TDS, in the April-June quarter was about 80 per cent of what was collected in the same period last year.
If the new regime is introduced in 2017, the govt may lose out on cess, surcharge
Speaking at the all-party meeting called by the government, Modi said, "People have great expectations and that is why Parliament should function and be productive."
Sensex in green, JSW climbs higher.
Some of the players in the GST race are Payworld, Dell, Tally Solutions
"This is completely untrue. Please do not re-circulate such message without checking it with authority," Adhia said.
The rupee fell to a two-year low of 64.84 against the US dollar.
