Finance - general
GST rollout: key facts
01 Jul 2017
Trai seeks to ease pressure on telcos, moots 5% GST
01 Jul 2017
Apart from lower GST, other suggestions by the regulator include lower licence fee and spectrum usage charge and a longer tenor for paying for spectrum acquired through auctions along with lower initial upfront payment
Fertiliser GST rate pared, levy on cell phones
01 Jul 2017
India ushers in GST at historic midnight session of Parliament
01 Jul 2017
GST, which works as a tax on consumption, subsumes central levies, including excise duty and service tax, as well as state value-added tax and levies such as octroi and converts the country into a single market
Auto sales drop as buyers wait for GST rollout
01 Jul 2017
GST all set for midnight launch
30 Jun 2017
GST will help faster and cheaper movement of goods and services across the country, and thereby help boost India's GDP growth by 1-2 percentage points
GST all set for midnight launch
30 Jun 2017
GST will help faster and cheaper movement of goods and services across the country, and thereby help boost India's GDP growth by 1-2 percentage points
GST all set for midnight launch
30 Jun 2017
GST will help faster and cheaper movement of goods and services across the country, and thereby help boost India's GDP growth by 1-2 percentage points
Brexit could cost London its euro clearing monopoly
24 Jun 2017
Frankfurt-based ECB, the central bank for the 19 countries using the euro, proposes to have more oversight of the lucrative business that has a daily turnover of €1 trillion
GST set for midnight launch on 30 June
19 Jun 2017
The Goods and Services Tax is all set to be officially launched on the midnight intervening 30 June and 1 July after the GST Council cleared all GST rules and finalized all rates
GST set for midnight launch on 30 June
19 Jun 2017
The Goods and Services Tax is all set to be officially launched on the midnight intervening 30 June and 1 July after the GST Council cleared all GST rules and finalized all rates
GST set for midnight launch on 30 June
19 Jun 2017
The Goods and Services Tax is all set to be officially launched on the midnight intervening 30 June and 1 July after the GST Council cleared all GST rules and finalized all rates
Aadhaar must for transactions of Rs50,000 and above, bank accounts
16 Jun 2017
All existing bank account holders will also have to furnish their Aadhaar number latest by 31 December 2017, failing which the account will cease to be operational
Aadhaar mandatory for filing I-T returns from 1 July: CBDT
10 Jun 2017
The CBDT clarified on Saturday that Aadhaar will be mandatory for filing I-T returns and while applying for new PAN beginning 1 July
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