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Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar

77.5 lakh traders registered under GSTN till July 18: Gangwar

Implementation of GST in itself is expected to have a positive impact on the overall growth of the economy.

21 July 2017 5:14 PM IST

Farmers of Gadag are worst affected as the district received merely 50 per cent of the normal rainfall in June. Sowing operations have been witnessed in only 40 per cent of the farm land as farmers are hesitant to resume agriculture activity due to failure of monsoon for two years.

No proposal for farm loan write-offs: MoS Finance Santosh Kumar...

This statement comes at a time when Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka have announced farm loan waivers.

21 July 2017 5:00 PM IST

Cash is back in the circulation as cashless transaction takes a backseat soon after the implementation of the Goods and Service Tax (GST).

Notes in circulation at 85 per cent of pre note-ban level: Govt

Notes in circulation as on June 23 stands at Rs 15.07 lakh cr as against Rs 17.54 lakh cr as on Oct 28, 2016.

21 July 2017 4:38 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Arun Jaitley says govt considering to change financial year to Jan-Dec

Jaitley did not elaborate whether budget presentation would be advanced to November or December.

21 July 2017 3:37 PM IST

70% of the complaints about overpricing on the pretext of GST are from semi-urban and rural areas which have lower levels of awareness.

Telangana official says 90 per cent of dealers to file 1st GST return

Official adds that 50 per cent of amount paid towards GST payment will be credited to state's account.

21 July 2017 3:14 PM IST

Union minister for finance Arun Jaitley and revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia during the16th GST Council meeting in New Delhi on Sunday (Photo: AP)

GST Council may take up certain tax issues at Aug meet

CBEC chairperson Vanaja Sarna says department keeping track of revenue trends post GST rollout.

21 July 2017 2:43 PM IST

TRAI had said it will issue show cause notices to operators for call drops that are far exceeding the norm.

No need for floor price for telecom services as of now: Trai

Trai chairman met representatives of all service provider and conclude that fixing floor price 'is not a workable idea'.

21 July 2017 2:41 PM IST

Higher opening in the domestic equity market influenced the rupee uptrend.

Rupee firms up 8 paise against dollar at 64.35

Dollar hit a nearly two-year low against euro after ECB head said tapering of its stimulus will be on table this autumn.

21 July 2017 9:52 AM IST

After clear directions from Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu on controlling belt shops across the state, excise officials in city have focused on illegal liquor sale.

Goa may lose Rs 7 crore due to liquor sale ban along highways

A total of 2,443 licences for retail sale of liquor have not been renewed.

20 July 2017 3:05 PM IST

MSME sector constituted 37.54 per cent of the countrys GDP in 2012-13.

India will achieve projected growth rate of 7.4 per cent in 2017: ADB

Report says South Asia will be fastest growing of all sub-regions in Asia and Pacific.

20 July 2017 12:18 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BRICS Summit in Benaulim. (Photo:PTI)

Cabinet approves tax agreement between India, BRICS nations

The MoC aims to promote cooperation amongst BRICS Revenue administrations on common areas of interest in tax matters.

20 July 2017 9:54 AM IST

A carpet (Photo: Pixabay)

GST has hit carpet exports, livelihoods of 20 lakh workers: CEPC

Carpet Export Promotion Council based its findings on feedback from various carpet manufacturers and exporters...

20 July 2017 9:21 AM IST