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Centre says 'no’ to new window for banned notes
18 Jul 2017
The centre has told the Supreme Court that black money holders had enough time to think anew and cook up new ''genuine reasons'' for delay in exchanging the discarded notes
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GST Council hikes cess to offset cigarette makers’ GST windfall
18 Jul 2017
While any reduction in tax incidence on items of mass consumption would be welcome, the same would be unacceptable in case of demerit goods like cigarettes, the finance ministry said
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GST roll-out: Anti-profiteering body to be set up in a month
07 Jul 2017
The National Anti-Profiteering Authority will have powers to force a company lower prices and refund money to consumers or deposit it in the Consumer Welfare Fund and even cancel the registration of the company
J&K assembly adopts GST resolution
06 Jul 2017
Auto sales drop as buyers wait for GST rollout
01 Jul 2017
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GST all set for midnight launch
30 Jun 2017
GST will help faster and cheaper movement of goods and services across the country, and thereby help boost India's GDP growth by 1-2 percentage points
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Cabinet approves Pay Commission recommendations on allowances
28 Jun 2017
The approval, though delayed, comes with a lower trigger for raising house rent allowance, which has now been set at 25 per cent increase in dearness allowance against 50 per cent earlier
E-commerce firms exempted from TDS, TCS, for now
27 Jun 2017
Most services to be costlier with GST
23 Jun 2017
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