Call on bringing fuels under GST to be taken closer to GST Council meet: Sitharaman Amidst the rise in fuel prices, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said she might take a call closer to the GST Council meeting about proposing to the Council to bring petrol and diesel under the goods and services tax (GST). Sitharaman admitted that taxes on fuels should be brought down to reduce the burden on consumers, and called pricing a worrying issue. Dual airbags mandatory for new cars f...

GST collections had plummeted by more than 50 percent year on year (YoY) during the lockdown months of April and May last year

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There are talks of North Block considering an 18 per cent GST on Bitcoin transactions. But, could there be a sin tax of 28 per cent, given its alleged nefarious status

The policyholders can now make complaints electronically to ombudsman and a complaints management system will be created to enable policyholders to track the status of their complaints online.

From an average of 2-3 billion digital transactions monthly, India has set an ambitious target of 1 billion digital transactions per day.

The Ministry of Finance is considering cutting excise duties on petrol and diesel to cushion the impact of record-high domestic prices, three government officials close to the discussions said. As the coronavirus pandemic hit economic activity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government  raised taxes twice on petrol and diesel in the last 12 months to boost sagging tax revenues instead of passing on the benefits of low oil prices last year to consumers. Watch the video for more.Also Read: ATF price up by steep 6.5%; petrol, diesel unchanged

\"We are discussing ways in which prices can be kept stable. We will be able to take a view of the issue by mid-March,\" say sources

On February 24, trading had to be suspended for hours after a technical glitch affected links from telecom service providers; this was the first statement from government on the matter

The monthly GST collection crossed Rs 1 lakh crore mark for the fifth time in a row and Rs 1.1 lakh crore mark for the third straight month.

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The officers of CGST Commissionerate have unearthed a network of fictitious firms which 'was being operated by one Vishal, who is an advocate by profession and was practising law in Karkardooma Court'

The minister observed that a large amount (average Rs 8 and higher per unit) is being paid by the MSMEs for power consumption, which contributes to up to one-fifth of the overall production costs

The initial policy choice of \"lives over livelihoods\" succeeded by \"lives as well as livelihoods\" is now bearing positive results, the government said.

RailTel share listed at Rs 109 per share against the IPO issue price of Rs 94 on NSE

In November 2019, the Reserve Bank had referred DHFL, the third-largest pure-play mortgage lender, to the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) for insolvency proceedings

Centre has been trying tooth and nail to divest its entire stake in Air India, including the airline's 100 per cent stake in no-frill subsidiary Air India Express Ltd and 50 per cent stake in Air India SATS Airport Services

While DIPAM targets to complete the stake sale by June, the government may have to relax the time period for bidders to complete due diligence.

With the lifting of the said embargo, private sector banks can now carry out government-related banking transactions such as taxes and other revenue payment facilities, the Department of Financial Services stated in a press release