Government cuts Petrol, Diesel prices
New Delhi: Bringing some respite to people, who were reeling from continuous fuel price hike, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced a cut of Rs 2.50 per litre on both petrol and diesel, and directed More...
GST collections likely to top Rs 1 lakh crore in Nov, Dec
New Delhi: The finance ministry expects the GST collections to cross Rs 1 lakh crore in November and December on account of festive season demand and the anti-evasion measures initiated by the revenue department. Finance More...
Customs duty on jet fuel unlikely to push airfares higher, says FinMin official
New Delhi: Levying of 5 per cent customs duty on jet fuel is unlikely to push airfares higher as bulk of the fuel is produced locally, a senior Finance Ministry official said Thursday. With the government imposing More...
Northern states agree on uniform fuel rates
New Delhi: Five states and the union territory of Chandigarh have agreed to move towards uniform fuel rates. Five states and the union territory of Chandigarh have agreed to move towards uniform fuel rates. The More...
7th Pay Commission: Finance Ministry puts pay hike proposal on hold
New Delhi: The Finance Ministry has put on hold a proposal to increase pay for 10 million central government employees and pensioners beyond the recommendations of 7th Commission for the time being because the rupee More...
CBI changing notice against Mallya without PM’s nod inconceivable: Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi today alleged that the CBI had aided fugitive tycoon Vijay Mallya’s “great escape” by changing the “detain” notice to “inform”, adding that More...
Carts, not cars: Congress’ unique protest against fuel price
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress party on Wednesday chose a unique way to protest against the rising fuel prices. Chhattisgarh unit of the Congress party today chose a unique way to protest against More...
GST annual return forms to help check tax evasion: Experts
New Delhi: The newly notified annual GST return forms will go a long way in checking tax evasion by providing the entire financial transactions logged by an assessee to the revenue department, said experts.The More...
GST collections fall to Rs 93,960 cr in Aug
New Delhi: GST collections declined to Rs 93,960 crore in August the lowest monthly mop up so far this fiscal as consumers deferred purchase of goods to avail the benefits of cut in tax rate, the Finance Ministry More...
Arun Jaitley back as Finance Minister
New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind on Thursday directed to assign the portfolios of the Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs to Arun Jaitley. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. “The President More...
