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GST is game-changer reform, honest system: Piyush Goyal

New tax regime is system-driven so those who are doing business in fair and honest.

8 July 2017 12:32 PM IST

Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia

Govt asks traders to issue advertisements about price hike post GST

Govt earlier this week allowed use of dual stickers reflecting the new rate along side the old printed price.

8 July 2017 12:13 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while launching a mobile app for finding GST rates.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley launches 'GST Rates Finder' mobile app

Finance Ministry says app would help users to find different rates of GST for various goods & services.

8 July 2017 11:53 AM IST

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

No 18 per cent GST on credit card bills before June 30: Hasmukh Adhia

Revenue Secretary clarifies that one will have to pay only service tax which is 15 per cent.

8 July 2017 11:08 AM IST

The FSSAI has issued a notice asking for suggestions, views, comments etc from stakeholders on the draft notification related to standards of all pulses, whole and decorticated pearl millet grains, degermed maize flour and maize grit, couscous, tempe, textured soy protein, sago flour.

Paddy sowing area up 6 per cent; pulses rises 23 per cent in kharif...

Total sown area as on July 7, 2017, as per reports received from states, stands at 404.27 lakh hectare.

7 July 2017 8:12 PM IST

For infrastructure development financing, it gives loans for projects relating to water supply, roads and transport and power among others.

Hudco looks to revive retail home finance portfolio

Under the renewed approach of Hudco Niwas, the credit linked subsidy scheme will also be covered.

7 July 2017 7:51 PM IST

Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Govt wants to revive small savings: Nirmala Sitharaman

Interest rate has come down to maximum 7.6 per cent in post office schemes, a major destination of small savings.

7 July 2017 7:24 PM IST

RBIs newly-appointed Deputy Governor and noted economist Viral Acharya

RBI mulls public credit registry to improve credit culture

Reporting of loan details to the PCR by lenders and/or borrowers is mandated by law.

7 July 2017 6:09 PM IST

As per the existing scheme, states purchase sugar to be supplied through the public distribution system (PDS), popularly known as ration shops, from the open market at wholesale rates and sell at a subsidised rate of Rs 13.50 per kg.

India likely to raise sugar import tax to 50 percent: source

Government in April allowed duty-free import of 500,000 tonnes of sugar by June end to keep a lid on prices

7 July 2017 5:58 PM IST

1.5 Lakh traders in the state have registered for GST but are clueless of the way forward.

Traders urge GST Council to remove anomalies in tax slabs

Products like auto spare parts and housing industry items deserve to be moved to the lower tax bracket.

7 July 2017 4:59 PM IST

The Real Estate Authority Act was passed by Parliament in 2016 and the Union Government allowed States to draft their own rules under the Act. Only 13 states and Union Territories (UTs) have so far notified the rules.

MahaRERA deadline for projects' registration won't be extended

Over 300 applications have been registered, and expects nearly 20,000 to come online by end of this month.

7 July 2017 4:28 PM IST

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan

Print post-GST MRP on products or go to jail, Paswan warns companies

Manufacturers have been allowed to clear unsold stocks by September with new MRP printed on products.

7 July 2017 4:14 PM IST