GSTN expected to be operationalised soon: official
New Delhi: The GSTN, the information- technology backbone of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), will soon come into operation as the Home Ministry is all set to grant security clearance to it. Chairman of GSTN Navin More...
Govt to rehearse GST-launch in Parliament tomorrow
New Delhi: A mega rehearsal has been planned tomorrow in the Central Hall of Parliament ahead of the historic GST launch on the midnight of June 30. The rehearsal, scheduled to be held at 10 PM, may be supervised More...
There should be no politics on GST launch: FM Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today asked the Congress to refrain from indulging in politics over GST launch, saying all decisions with regard to the new tax regime were taken unanimously by the GST Council. More...
Post-GST tax base to increase, can’t predict by how much: MoS Finance
Mumbai: Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal on Wednesday said the post- Goods and Service Tax (GST) tax base will increase, but the degree by which it increases cannot be predicted. Minister of State More...
Won’t blink on GST launch,no excuse for biz not being ready: FM Arun Jaitley
New Delhi: The government will not blink on rolling out the GST from July 1, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today, emphasising that businesses cannot give any excuse for not being ready as enough time was given More...
Sanjeev Kaushik gets additional charge of IIFCL Chairman
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has given additional charge of Chairman, IIFCL to Sanjeev Kaushik, a 1992 batch Kerala cadre IAS officer. Sanjeev Kaushik got additional charge of of IIFCL Chairman. He has assumed More...
MHA not allowing Wi-Fi in our offices: DoPT
New Delhi: The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has alleged that the Home Ministry is not allowing use of Wi-Fi in its offices due to security reasons but the facility is being allowed for Finance Ministry More...
FinMin initiates process for finding new SBI chief
New Delhi: The finance ministry has initiated the process for finding new chief of the country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) as Arundhati Bhattacharya’s extended term comes to an end on More...
GST Council finalises tax rates on 80-90% goods, services
Srinagar: The GST Council today finalised tax rates on 80-90 per cent of goods and services under the four-slab structure with essential items of daily use being kept in the lowest bracket of 5 per cent. Finance More...
RBI governor, FinMin officials discuss NPA resolution issues
New Delhi: A week after promulgation of ordinance empowering the central bank to deal with bad loans, RBI Governor Urjit Patel met senior finance ministry officials to discuss operational issues. RBI Governor Urjit More...
