Finance - general

GST rates on over 70% items in the 28% bracket to come down
09 Nov 2017
Of the over 1,200 products and services fitted into one of the four tax slabs — 5, 12, 18, and 28 per cent — only 62 are now in the 28 per cent slab while 1,138 are in the 18 per cent and below tax slabs

Demonetisation ethical, transparent exercise: Jaitley's riposte to Manmohan Singh
08 Nov 2017
Unlike the `2G spectrum scam’, the `coal block allocation scam’ or the `Commonwealth Games scam’, the NDA government’s demonetisation exercise was an ethical measure aimed at ending corruption, Jaitly said

GST rates to fall as govt plans biggest overhaul of rate slabs
06 Nov 2017
The government is expected to offer further relief to small and medium enterprises by rationalising tax rates in sectors where the total incidence has gone up because of the GST implementation

Ministerial panel proposes lower GST rates for small businesses
30 Oct 2017
The ministerial panel at its meeting on Sunday recommended 1 per cent GST impost on traders, manufacturers and restaurants against the existing rates of 1 per cent, 2 per cent and 5 per cent, respectively
GST Council cuts tax rates for oil and gas firms
13 Oct 2017

IMF lowers India’s current year growth forecast to 6.7%
11 Oct 2017
While the IMF has lowered the growth projection for 2018 to 7.4 per cent from its earlier estimate of 7.7 per cent, India would still be the fastest growing economy in the world

GST refunds to exporters in 2 weeks, rate relief on 27 items
07 Oct 2017
The GST Council has decided that exporters’ tax refunds, which have been pending, will be cleared over the next two weeks — those for July by 10 October, and for August by 18 October

Modi’s economy booster may come in GST rate cuts on 60 items
06 Oct 2017
Reports quoting finance ministry officials said the government has identified many items in the 28 per cent and 18 per cent GST brackets that would be brought down to 18 per cent and 12 per cent, respectively
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