Here's a look at Rahul Gandhi's promises that could attract voters' attention in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has also asked the tax officers to share intelligence and seizure information with other government agencies on real-time basis.

These exemptions have been extended for exporters buying inputs domestically or importing for export purposes under export oriented unit (EOU) scheme, Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) scheme and advance authorisation.

\"I am committing to you here that the Congress will defend your culture and history,\" says Congress President Rahul Gandhi during a public rally in Imphal, Manipur

Under the transition scheme, builders have the option to apply for either the new GST rates -1% for affordable under-construction houses and 5% on other houses - or old rates on the ongoing projects where construction and actual bookings both started before April 1, 2019.

Data revisions are part of a healthy practice to balance between timeliness and accuracy. For example, the GDP data is normally revised five times before the final numbers are released.

The net direct tax collection during April-January of this fiscal stood at Rs 7.89 lakh crore as against Rs 12 lakh crore targeted for the entire fiscal of 2018-19.

\"I foresee a better quality of life in urban slums, rural India and the policies must be aimed at allowing these people to aspire and get into at least neo middle class,\" says Jaitley.

With fiscal math under pressure due to lower buoyancy in tax collection, the government is eyeing advance tax payment to meet the revised Budget target of Rs 12 lakh crore for the current fiscal.