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  PM Modi may lead intolerance debate in Parlaiment

  National | November 26, 2015 7:28 IST

  New Delhi: With a united opposition gearing up to train its gun on the centre, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to speak on the issue of  intolerance during a rare debate to commemorate the

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  Congress œstrongly believes in GST, govt has to reach out: Rahul Gandhi

  National | November 25, 2015 17:59 IST

  Bengaluru: On the eve of Winter session of Parliament, Rahul Gandhi today said Congress “strongly” believed in GST, but government should reach out to the Opposition on certain issues, including the cap on rate.The Congress

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  Winter Session of Parliament to start tomorrow, govt to focus on GST Bill

  National | November 25, 2015 11:51 IST

  New Delhi: Winter Session of Parliament beginning tomorrow is set to be stormy with Opposition parties closing ranks to target Government on issues including 'intolerance' even as the ruling dispensation, which is keen to pass

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  Govt willing to discuss changes in GST Bill with Congress: Arun Jaitley

  National | November 25, 2015 6:52 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said the government is prepared to discuss changes in the proposed goods and services tax (GST) Bill with the Congress but urged the latter to reconsider its

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  PM Modi promises more reforms; hopes to rollout GST next year

  World | November 24, 2015 17:03 IST

  Singapore: Promising more reforms to make India more attractive for foreign investments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today assured investors that he would "carefully hold" their hands and expressed hope that the GST regime would be

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  Govt hopeful of Congress support on GST Bill

  National | November 24, 2015 15:00 IST

  New Delhi: Top Union Ministers today held deliberation over the government's strategy ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament beginning on Thursday with the Centre expressing hope that Congress will help passage of key reform

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  JD (U) likely to make a U-turn on GST Bill

  National | November 22, 2015 11:59 IST

  New Delhi: The massive victory of the grand alliance in Bihar is likely to echo in Parliament when the Winter Session begins with Janata Dal (United) indicating that it will go with the larger opposition

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  CCPA to meet today to decide date of Winter Session

  National | November 09, 2015 8:17 IST

  New Delhi: With Bihar polls over, Government will today take a call on Parliament's Winter Session as it pitches for the passage of a host of reform legislations, including GST Bill.Sources said that the Cabinet

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  GST bill passage a matter of time, says Arun Jaitley

  November 04, 2015 13:32 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday that passing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill was just a matter of time."When the bill is put to vote, I see it going through,"

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  GST Bill's fate depends on government's ability to listen: Jairam Ramesh

  National | October 09, 2015 23:48 IST

  Kolkata: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Friday said unless the government listens to the opposition, the GST Bill may get stalled in the forthcoming winter session of parliament."Our (political) system works through the policy

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  'India not even close to where China was 5 years ago'

  October 09, 2015 7:03 IST

  Beijing: Taking a dig at an American media report that India replaces China as next big frontier for the US tech companies, an article in state-run Chinese daily said India was "not even close" where

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  Arun Jaitley bats for automatic info exchange to tackle black money

  October 08, 2015 13:23 IST

  Lima (Peru) : Keen to put in place a system to prevent international tax evasion and avoidance, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has made a strong pitch for countries to implement Common Reporting Standards on automatic

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  PM Modi hopes GST will be implemented from next year

  October 06, 2015 14:04 IST

  Bengaluru: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today expressed the hope that Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be rolled out next year.Addressing Indian and German business leaders here, Modi said, "We have introduced GST bill in

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  GST to be on 'top priority': Arun Jaitley

  National | October 06, 2015 12:55 IST

  New York: Outlining the roadmap of the BJP-led government for the coming months, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be a "top priority" and he hopes to

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  Arun Jaitley confident of GST rollout by 2016

  National | September 21, 2015 17:42 IST

  Hong Kong: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday expressed his confidence that the new goods and services tax (GST) regime will roll out from next fiscal despite the pending issues regarding direct tax."The Congress is

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  GST high priority; will contain fiscal deficit: Arun Jaitley

  National | September 20, 2015 22:17 IST

  Hong Kong: Implementation of GST is very high on the priority list of the government, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said while expressing commitment to continuing reforms and containing fiscal deficit.The government is committed to

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  Will put taxation issues to sleep, undertake more reforms: Arun Jaitley

  National | September 17, 2015 15:54 IST

  New Delhi: Promising more reforms, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said efforts are being made to "put to sleep" pending taxation issues to attract investments and make fundamentals of the economy sound so that it

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  No special sitting on GST; President to prorogue Monsoon Session

  India | September 09, 2015 16:06 IST

  New Delhi:  Government today decided not to hold special session of Parliament to pass the constitution amendment bill for rolling out GST and will recommend to the President to prorogue the Monsoon Session.In view of

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  Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Meet India Inc on Tuesday

  National | September 07, 2015 18:10 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet industry leaders on Tuesday to deliberate on the recent developments in the global economic scenario and opportunities it presents for India.PM Modi's second meeting with representatives of

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  Government decision on extended Parliament session likely this week: Venkaiah Naidu

  National | September 07, 2015 16:43 IST

  New Delhi:  The government will take a final decision this week on convening of an extended session of Parliament to get the GST Billpassed, Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkaiah Naidu indicated on Monday.The government is