Revenue Secretary Sanjay Malhotra said that the GST Council agreed to decriminalise certain offences; threshold of launching prosecution doubled to Rs 2 crore.
New Delhi: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday announced a series of rate cuts and exemptions for COVID-19 essential items, including important drugs against the disease.…
New Delhi: A day after announcing steep cuts on interest rates on small savings schemes, the government on Thursday rolled back the order.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman declared…
New Delhi: In a further boost to privatisation, the Union government on Wednesday decided to lift embargo on private sector banks from conducting government-related banking transactions.…
New Delhi: Union Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday suggested that the Centre and state governments should talk and bring down retail fuel price to a reasonable level for…
Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was shown black flags during her visit to Mumbai on Sunday.
The protesters, most of whom were learnt to be Congress workers, were vocal…
New Delhi: Even as the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated learning loss for students and school dropout rates, the government’s proposed spending on education next year has been slashed by Rs…
New Delhi: Any Union Budget, presented by whichever Finance Minister, never pleases all sections of the society and evokes mixed reactions. It was no different with Nirmala Sitharaman’s…
New Delhi: Health emerged as the topmost priority for the Narendra Modi government as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed more than doubling of healthcare spending in the Union…
New Delhi: The government will introduce pre-filled Income Tax Return (ITR) forms for individual taxpayers.
During her Budget speech in Pariliament on Monday, Union Finance Minister…