This is the second time that the GST Council meeting is being held in Srinagar. Before the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on July 1, 2017, the 14th meeting of the Council was held on May 18 and 19 in the city. GST rates on 1,211 items were approved at the two-day meeting.
The BJP has released the list of candidates for elections to the Rajya Sabha. Nirmala Sitharaman to contest from Karnataka, Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra.
Amid the blame-game between the Centre and Opposition over the intention of reducing the fuel prices, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman put some facts before the people saying criticism/appraisal can benefit from having them before us.
The maximum number of seats fall in Uttar Pradesh i.e 11, and followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 6 seats each.
The incident took place at an event held in Mumbai to celebrate the silver jubilee of NSDL on Saturday.
Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday said that the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the central bank, in an off-cycle meeting, hiked the repo rate by 40 basis points (bps) to 4.40 per cent with immediate effect.
India certainly wants to be a friend but if the US also wants a friend, the friend can't be a weak friend, the friend should not be weakened, Sitharaman told reporters at a new conference concluding her US visit.
In her first public appearance before the Atlantic Council think-tank, the finance minister told a select group of Washington audience about how the people together with the Indian government successfully faced the challenge posed by COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdowns.
Sitharaman, who is in Washington DC for the annual spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank, discussed the current economic situation and India’s approach towards addressing the prevailing challenges in Sri Lanka on Monday, the Ministry of Finance said.
Ms Georgieva also congratulated India on its successful vaccination programme to control the spread of COVID-19.
Sitharaman highlighted India's performance in the digital world and the government's efforts to build the digital infrastructure framework over the last decade.
Currently, GST is a four-tier structure of 5, 12, 18 and 28 per cent. Besides, gold and gold jewellery attract 3 per cent tax. In addition, there is an exempt list of items like unbranded and unpacked food items which do not attract the levy.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that major supply chains have broken.
The Finance Bill was approved by the Lower House after accepting 39 official amendments moved by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and rejecting the amendments proposed by the opposition by voice vote.
The bill, introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, was passed after cut motions, moved by various opposition members, were rejected.
Speaking in Rajya Sabha Sitharaman said the Kashmir issue should not have gone to the global forum as it was an internal issue.
BJP's central observer for Manipur, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that N Biren Singh will remain the state's chief minister after he was unanimously elected as legislative party leader.
BJP's central leadership will be accompanied by Manipur caretaker CM N Biren Singh, BJP leader Biswajit Singh who are camping in New Delhi discussing govt formation with the party's top leadership.
Sitharaman said GST Council is a body in which every finance minister from every state sits and decides on how the disbursements happen.
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's warning came as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman mentioned that she was responding to the point raised by a Congress member who was not present in the House.
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