Tamil Nadu says it's intriguing only BJP-ruled states top the list, while industrialised states are given a go-by.
According to Ilmi, she was invited by RSS-supported Forum for Awareness of National Security to speak at a seminar on "Triple Talaq" and the university had pressurised the organisers to change the subject to "Muslim's women's empowerment: Issues and challenges" and drop her name from the speaker's list.
Diesel in Mumbai costs Rs 79.72 per litre at IOC outlets and Rs 79.79 at BPCL outlets.
The peak GST rate of 28 per cent as also the 5 per cent ad valorem cess will continue
The recognition that content - video in particular - will be the next big thing in the telecom wars requires no rocket science.
The Centre has decided to keep ayurveda products in the mid-range of the goods and services tax
'... the government provides adequate cash and kind support for the poorest of the poor for survival... ...conditional cash and skilling support for the economically poor to raise their incomes to adequate levels... ...and make functional arrangements for providing unemployment allowance to the vulnerable poor during disasters like the present one.'
A key milestone towards indirect tax reform in the country was achieved on Wednesday when state governments approved the introduction of a nationwide dual Goods and Service Tax (GST) from April 1, 2010.
India, which imports over 80 per cent of its oil needs, spent $87.7 billion on importing 220.43 million tonne (MT) of crude oil in 2017-18. For 2018-19, the imports are pegged at almost 227 MT.
Will have to pay 12% tax besides 3% education cess.
There is much work to be done to design a good GST.
The fuel price hike for the last 16 days had caused inconvenience and disappointment among the general public.
The 6-member Monetary Policy Committee, headed by Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel, in its fifth bi-monthly review, kept the repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent and reverse repo at 5.75 per cent.
As per norms, the returns have to be filed online on www.aces.gov.in.
Traders in Kerala on Thursday decided not to sell cigarettes in the state from April 16 as tobacco-manufacturing companies were 'not prepared' to pay the value-added tax for the products.
The IMG meeting will be convened shortly.
States' demand of compensation from Centre for loss of tax revenue not on agenda.
After duty cut on imported wine, beer and spirits, the joint working group on Goods and Services Tax has been asked to recommend a new duty regime on goods and services.
Yashwant Sinha has been India's finance minister and he can rightly take the credit for making the path of reforms in India less arduous.
Quibbling between the Centre and the states on who should provide more relief to consumers on fuel prices intensified with the latter asking the Union Government to give an account of accruals to it from the latest hike in petrol and diesel prices.
The Centre is against giving any shock in the first year of the rollout by bringing in new services.
No mention of cab aggregators in GST bills
The phase out of Central Sales Tax, which is a major distortion in the way of smooth functioning of VAT system, will begin from Sunday, albeit a year after and in diluted form than envisaged originally.
There is nothing specific announced for Chemicals Industry, however, reduction in customs duty
Higher costs of car inventories, missing sales targets and manufacturer expectations, and soaring rentals, are eating into dealers' margins.
Despite optimism about export prospects, investments and recruitment in the next six months, India Inc's business confidence index fell in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2004-05 compared to the previous period, a FICCI survey said on Monday.
It will reduce compliance cost as the assessee will not have to maintain multiple records for a variety of taxes
The consensus was reached after the Centre agreed to the demand of states to go in for horizontal split
The government last year introduced the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.
The government on Thursday hinted at paring down levies on automobile sector, even as he asked carmakers to step up investment to fuel growth and employment.
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Aimed at creating a single tax for goods and services across the country, government on Friday introduced the long-pending GST Bill in the Lok Sabha for roll-out of the new regime from April 2016 subsuming various levies like entry tax and octroi.
India on Thursday ruled out a Free Trade Agreement with China, until 'domestic distortions' like high taxes and poor infrastructure are corrected.
