Congress will formulate its strategy for Parliament’s monsoon session, which begins September 14, in a meeting on Tuesday. The party parliament strategy group meeting will be chaired by Congress Speaker Sonia Gandhi and will be attended by Rahul Gandhi, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Anand Sharma, AK Antony, Ahmed Patel, Jairam Ramesh, …
Read More »Government studies GST rate cut for the automobile sector
Union Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises, Prakash Javadekar, said on Friday that the central government is looking into the auto industry’s recommendation for a reduction in GST rates by 10% in all categories of vehicles. The announcement will be made soon, he added. Speaking at the 60th Annual …
Read More »Avoid office functions, don’t create new positions
In an attempt to save resources for “priority schemes”, the Finance Ministry issued a detailed list on spending management on Friday. “In the context of the current fiscal situation and the consequent pressure on government resources, there is a need for greater economy and rationalization of non-priority spending …”, the …
Read More »GST deficit is a fiscal problem for the government
Over the past few weeks, there has been a heated discussion between the central and state governments about offsetting the goods and services tax (GST). The Center had assured states compensation for any shortfall in tax collection through 2022. Mint explores the issue. Why is tax revenue so stressed? Tax …
Read More »Four states reject the Center’s options on GST fees
The Center’s suggestion that states borrow to cover the revenue shortfall in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has run into some turmoil and some states governed by non-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) parties reject both. options presented to them. West Bengal, Kerala, Delhi and Punjab have opposed the plan. The …
Read More »GST deficit: Tamil Nadu CM writes to Prime Minister Modi, says it is the Center’s responsibility to borrow and compensate states | Chennai News
Tamil Nadu Prime Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami CHENNAI: Tamil nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami Monday placed the responsibility in the Center to “borrow” to make up for the GST deficit of the states. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister said that the Center has …
Read More »Acts of God and the all-important GST pact between the state and the center
The uncontrolled spread of the coronavirus pandemic across the country has put India’s economy, society and politics under unprecedented strain. A glimpse of the scale of the economic destruction caused was revealed at the 41st meeting of the GST (Goods and Services Tax) Council, where the deficit in compensation payment …
Read More »Options presented by the Center to cover the GST deficit an ‘act of fraud’: West Bengal FM
Calcutta: West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said on Sunday that the Center’s suggestion to states to borrow to cover the shortfall in goods and services tax (GST) revenue is “totally unacceptable” as it would destroy its financial health and would lead to the “raw power of centralism. At the …
Read More »‘Will God’s messenger please answer?’: Chidambaram’s punch in the center
New Delhi: After mocking Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman for her comment on an “act of God”, former Union Minister P Chidambaram sarcastically called her “God’s messenger” on Saturday and asked how “mismanagement should be described. of the economy before the pandemic “. “If the pandemic is an ‘act of God’, …
Read More »Will pay GST arrears despite losses due to force majeure, center writes to states
GST: States have been asking the center to pay their taxes on goods and services New Delhi: In a letter to states, the center promised it would eliminate its GST quotas despite the massive shortfall in GST tax collections amid the coronavirus pandemic, a situation that has been described as …
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