FinMin secures President's nod for GST Bill

The finance ministry on Wednesday moved a step closer to the proposed Goods and Services Tax by taking the President's approval for introducing a Constitution Amendment Bill in Parliament.Even as......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

Flip-flop over GST continues

The first proposal was for a common tax base with states levying service tax, which was then dropped only to be revived now, says Sukumar Mukhopadhyay. The concept of Goods and Services Tax (GST)......