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Cabinet approves creation of GST Council and its secretariat
12 Sep 2016
The GST Council will be headed by union minister of finance and will have the minister of state in charge of revenue and state finance ministers as members
Australian farm registry reveals
08 Sep 2016
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GST, banking reforms and infrastructure will drive growth: Jaitley
07 Sep 2016
State-owned banks control 70 per cent of assets in the financial system and the lion`s share of India`s Rs800,000 crore bad loans and any move at privatisation will only choke fund flows to corporates
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07 Sep 2016
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India's GDP grows at 7.1% in Q1 of FY17, the slowest in 5 quarters
01 Sep 2016
At 7.1 per cent growth in India’s GDP for the April-June 2016-17 quarter falls from 7.9 per cent in the preceding three months and is the slowest in five quarters
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Mamata wins again as SC quashes Singur land acquisition
31 Aug 2016
The Supreme Court directed Bengal government to return the land in 12 weeks and also held that farmers who got compensation are not liable to return it because they were deprived of their livelihood for the last ten years
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States ask industry to pass on GST benefits to consumers
31 Aug 2016
A revenue neutral low-tax regime while saving industry of the burden of several state and central levies should benefit the consumer as well
NIA probing money trail of Kashmir violence
20 Aug 2016
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Moody’s keeps India’s growth forecast pegged at 7.5%
18 Aug 2016
While the outlook for India remains unchanged and China’s has been revised slightly upwards for 2016, Moody’s warns of uncertainty due to policy changes following the US presidential election
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Govt’s focus is on deliverance, says PM Narendra Modi
16 Aug 2016
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day address, his government's mission is to "reform, perform and transform", while staying away from poulism
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