Local Body Tax
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Consumers were benefitted first; excise duty came later: Oil Minister
Feb 25, 2015, 04:59 PM ISTNew Delhi: Under attack for hiking excise duty on petrol and diesel, government today said the step was taken to save money for developmental works after “substantial” benefits of reducing global crude prices were passed
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Announcement of LBT abolition soon: Fadnavis
National | Jan 03, 2015, 07:20 PM ISTKolhapur: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said his government was committed to fulfilling the election promise of scrapping the local body tax, and an announcement would be made soon. Traders in the state are
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Maharashtra seeks Rs 4,500 crore in drought aid from Centre
India | Nov 29, 2014, 09:10 AM ISTAmravati: Maharashtra government has demanded Rs 4,500 crore from the Centre to provide relief to farmers reeling under drought-like situation in the state, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis on Friday said. He also announced that the
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Maharashtra government unlikely to scrap LBT until GST introduced
India | Nov 20, 2014, 12:18 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra is unlikely to scrap the Local Body Tax (LBT) unless the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is introduced by the Centre, the state government has said.Though, the scrapping of LBT was featuring prominently
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Maharashtra govt to meet civic commissioners on LBT & octroi
National | Nov 18, 2014, 07:28 PM ISTMumbai: Maharashtra Government has convened a meeting of municipal commissioners on November 20 to discuss the scrapping of local body tax (LBT) and octroi.Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis told a delegation of the Federation of Associations
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Traders reject government proposal of new tax in lieu of Local Body Tax
Jun 28, 2014, 03:17 PM ISTThane: Traders in Maharashtra have rejected the State Government's proposal to substitute the controversial LBT (local body tax) with a new levy.In a joint release issued late last night, President of Federation of Associations of
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Local leadership wants octroi to continue in Mumbai: CM
India | Jun 14, 2014, 05:14 PM ISTMumbai: Without naming Shiv Sena and BJP, Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan said today that the local “political leadership” was not interested in ushering in the Local Body Tax—which replaces octroi—in the megapolis.The Municipal Corporation
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BJP seeks abolition of LBT in 10 days; warns to intensify stir
India | May 31, 2014, 06:31 PM ISTMumbai: The BJP today warned of intensifying its agitation against the long-pending issue of Local Body Tax (LBT) if the Maharashtra government fails to abolish it in next 10 days.“We have been agitating since last