Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Speaks Out on Crucial GST Council Meeting!

Tue, Aug 27, 2024

News quoting sources. Finance Minister's statement on GST meeting. The report of the officers will be presented in the GST Council meeting. A report will come on rate rationalization of 12,000 items. After the GST Council, there will be a meeting of Ministers GOM. Know complete details in this video.

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Intention of Centre to levy GST on petrol, diesel; states will have to decide on rate: Finance Minister

Sat, Jun 22, 2024

She said a provision has already been made by former Finance Minister Arun Jaitley by including petrol and diesel into GST law. What is remaining is for the states to come together to discuss and decide on the rate of the levy.

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Arun Jaitely 70th birth anniversary: A peek into the life of BJP's original Chanakya and trouble-shooter

Wed, Dec 28, 2022

Arun Jaitely 70th birth anniversary: Several ministers, such as Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal and Dharmendra Pradhan, are believed to have been his proteges.

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Natural gas may be included in GST, to benefit ONGC

Tue, Jun 27, 2017

Currently, crude oil, petrol, diesel, jet fuel or aviation turbine fuel (ATF) and natural gas are not included in the new indirect tax structure, which is set to kick in from July 1.

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7th Pay Commission: Latest news on HRA, DA and arrears

Tue, Jun 27, 2017

The wait to get clarity on allowances like House Rent Allowance (HRA) and Dearness Allowance (DA) under the 7th Pay Commission may  be over on Wednesday as the Cabinet is likely to convene a meeting and announce its decision. 

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GST rollout: Be ready to pay 18% service tax even at non-AC restaurants

Wed, Jun 21, 2017

On Sunday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in 17th meeting said that GST on restaurants in five-star hotels was reduced to 18% from 28%, bringing it at par with standalone air-conditioned restaurants.

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Karnataka announces crop loan waiver for farmers

Wed, Jun 21, 2017

The waiver will help 22,27,506 farmers who had obtained loans from cooperative banks, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said in the Assembly.

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GST rollout: Know about form GSTR-3B for filing tax returns

Wed, Jun 21, 2017

Goods and Service Tax (GST) regime is set to rollout in less than two weeks.  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the new tax structure will be launched on midnight of June 30 at Central Hall of Parliament. 

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7th Pay Commission: BSNL, Air India, BHEL cannot afford revised salaries to employees

Wed, Jun 21, 2017

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley held a meeting to finalise the house rent allowance (HRA) as per 7th CPC.

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GST rollout at the stroke of 30 June midnight : FM Arun Jaitley

Wed, Jun 21, 2017

News 360 : This segment of Zee Business brings to you major news of the evening. Updates regarding Yoga Day celebration, GST, Aviation Industry, defaulter builders list by Greater Noida Authority are provided in this bulletin. About Zee Business --------------------------

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Won't blink on GST launch, no excuse for biz not being ready, says Jaitley

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

GST, which was originally planned to be implemented from April 1 but was deferred by three months, will be launched at a grand function in the historic Central Hall of Parliament on the midnight of June 30.

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Cabinet to take a call on Air India, says Jayant Sinha

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

According to the Minister of State for Civil Aviation, inter-ministerial consultations on the future of the airline have been completed and "are being summarised and presented" to the Union cabinet.

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GST will be officially launched by President on midnight of June 30, says FM Arun Jaitley

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

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How to help ease farmers' distress without a loan waiver?

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

Analysts expect that key problems of agriculture sector is low productivity, "leakages” in the value chain, and inefficiencies in factors of production. Reforms in those areas are much needed than a farm loan waiver. 

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GST to be launched on June 30 midnight in Parliament

Tue, Jun 20, 2017

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Defer GST rollout as IT network not ready: Assocham to Arun Jaitley

Sat, Jun 17, 2017

Industry chamber Assocham today demanded postponing GST implementation, saying that taxpayers will find it difficult to comply with the provisions of the new indirect tax regime as the IT network is not yet ready.

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7th Pay Commission: Cabinet to take up HRA allowance once Jaitley returns from South Korea

Thu, Jun 15, 2017

 Decision on arrears like HRA, dearness allowance, transport allowance (TA), etc, under the 7PC were expected to be taken on Wednesday. However, the Cabinet delayed it due to FM Arun Jaitley meet in South Korea. 

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India - Korea discuss need to increase investment, infra flows; signs pact

Wed, Jun 14, 2017

Arun Jaitley discussed the need for investment, infrastructure development and bilateral trade between these two countries. Both the countries have signed an agreement to establish $9 billion in concessional credit. 

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7th Pay Commission: Cabinet meeting today; HRA may get fixed at 27%; arrears by July 1

Wed, Jun 14, 2017

The 7th CPC had also proposed that House Rent Allowance or HRA be capped at 24%. This did not go well with central government employees who demanded a higher HRA at 30%. 

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RBI to direct banks to start bankruptcy proceedings against 12 defaulters

Wed, Jun 14, 2017

The committee narrowed the list to 12 by focusing on accounts owing more than 50 billion rupees ($777.2 million), where 60 percent or more of the loan had been already classified as non-performing by banks as of March 31, 2016.

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Insurance firms are all about IPOs this year

Tue, Jun 13, 2017

IPO market is seen on a bull run this year, analysts believe for sectors like insurance, stock exchanges and AMCs this is a well place market. 

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7th Pay Commission: Cabinet may meet on June 14 to decide on revised allowances for Govt employees

Tue, Jun 13, 2017

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to table the proposal for the revised allowance structure under the 7th Pay Commission at the Cabinet meet on June 14, Wednesday, and the move is likely to benefit nearly 50 lakh Central government employees.

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GST Impact: Small business owners feel jittery over e-way bill, sales tax rule

Tue, Jun 13, 2017

To protect interests of small businesses with the government's introduction of e-way bill and sales rule in the upcoming GST, industry owners have urged the GST Council for relaxed procedures and revised policies before it rolls out the new tax from July 1 this year.

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