The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a superintendent of the GST Council for allegedly receiving bribe through his conduit for purported favours extended to some businessmen during his......
Full exemption for all health insurance premiums and reinsurance or a reduction in the GST rate from 18% to 5% on health insurance services is likely. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com ......
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that the Congress, having "tasted blood", repeatedly wounded the Constitution while his government's policies and decisions since it took office in......
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi died on Monday night, the party said. IMAGE: Senior leader and former Bihar deputy chief minister......
With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......
'Rates go up, revenues go up, and the need for compensation diminishes.' Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The Goods and Services Tax Council has turned into a "rate cutting panel",......
The goods and services tax council on Saturday decided to levy an 18 per cent GST on margin value on sale of used electric vehicles by businesses and agreed to keep jet fuel (ATF) out of the......
The GST rate is also proposed to be cut on food delivery platforms like Swiggy and Zomato, to 5 per cent from the current 18 per cent. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The GST Council, in......
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, scheduled to meet on June 22, could take a call on ending uncertainty on taxing foreign airlines and shippers as regards certain services, a senior......
The fitment committee under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council, comprising central and state officials, has begun a rate rationalisation exercise afresh, checking the possibility of dropping......