The Prime Minister mentioned some of the key policy decisions such as GST and Benami Law that were discussed for years but did not see the light of the day till his government came to power.  

A look at the history of the Goods and Service Tax in India, set to unify all of India as one market under one tax regime.

It will be a starry midnight in the historic Central Hall on June 30 that will have from megastar Amitabh Bachchan to industry doyen Ratan Tata in attendance at the launch of India's most sweeping tax reform, GST.

An empowered committee of state finance ministers had gone for a week's visit to Australia recently to study the implementation of the GST in the country.

Asim Dasgupta, finance minister of West Bengal in the Left Front government, from 1987 to 2011 says centrally sponsored schemes on state subjects should be transferred to states along with the funds.

The post of Chairman of the FM's committee on Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been lying vacant since June 17 when Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi resigned following the JD(U)-BJP split in the eastern state.

Former Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has resigned as Chairman of the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers looking into the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

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Modi, who also handles the finance portfolio in the Bihar government, replaces Asim Dasgupta, who had served in the post for over a decade since the formation of the body.

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The UPA wants Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi, a BJP leader, to replace Asim Dasgupta as the chairman of the committee onGoods & Services Tax.

BT'S Sunny Sen and Somnath Dasgupta caught up with Mitra a day after he felled CPI(M)'s Asim Dasgupta, who was West Bengal's finance minister, in the state assembly polls. Mitra talks of the Communists' failure in the state and the road ahead. Edited excerpts:

BT's Sunny Sen And Somnath Dasgupta caught up with Amit Mitra a day after he felled CPI(M)'s Asim Dasgupta, who was West Bengal's finance minister, in the state assembly polls. Mitra talks of the Communists' failure in the state and the road ahead.

BT caught up with the former Ficci secretary general, a day after he felled CPI(M) leader and state finance minister Asim Dasgupta in the assembly polls. Listen to Amit Mitra's interview

The 56-year-old leader made history when she was sworn in as the first woman chief minister of the state at the head of a 38-member Trinamool Congress-Congress coalition.

Amit Mitra, who is tipped to become the next Finance Minister of West Bengal in the Trinamool Congress-led government, has resigned as Ficci Secretary General.

Asim Dasgupta has lost the Assembly elections. He is heading the Empowered Group of State Finance Ministers, which is currently engaged in building a consensus on the GST.

The state finance ministers will hold discussions on the need of a constitution amendment Bill for rolling out the proposed Goods and Services Tax, set to miss its April deadline.

The new tax scheduled to replace all indirect taxes next year would benefit the industry and boost the economy. Here’s how it will affect you.

The Finance Minister is confident of introducing a uniform goods & services tax (GST) across states by April 2010. Whilst the benefits are plenty, the task is a challenging one.