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Topic: GST

Their secrets exposed by the internet, India’s magicians struggle to get by

While some now ride autos, others are jobless, but almost everyone agrees that their craft has been given a raw deal by the government.

Ending ‘lahu ka lagaan’, GST council scraps the tax on sanitary napkins

Keeping in mind the budget of the middle class, the council also reduced GST on selected consumer durables from 28 to 12 percent

Jet fuel and natural gas to be among the first petroleum products to come under GST

GST on jet fuel will ease the task of payment for airlines but may not necessarily pave way for monetary gains.

Only reason why Narendra Modi will return in 2019 is Rahul Gandhi

The Congress president is not even trying to win the next Lok Sabha elections.

One year since it rolled out, GST remains a potent political tool to beat Modi govt with

A good tax system like GST, if badly implemented, can lead to high inflation and price rise, resulting in a political setback.

Why India needs to fix GST, publish GDP back-series before trying quick fixes for banks

All kinds of patchwork solutions are in the works for reviving comatose state-run lenders that account for 70 per cent of India's banking sector.

GST is paying off, but budget hole fears stay

Monthly receipts have picked up after GST's chaotic rollout, but are still not strong enough to meet annual tax target.

11 of family dead in Burari, 48 die in Uttarakhand bus crash, and 5 lynched in Maharashtra

Front Page There’s definitely something fishy about the death of 11 family members in Burari, Delhi, Sunday, with 10 of them found hanging and one lying...

On first anniversary of GST, BJP lauds tax regime as Congress cites job losses

Finance minister Arun Jaitley makes first public appearance since kidney surgery to address press meet on tax regime via video link.

Simplify GST to maintain high growth, IMF tells India

Also urges a clean-up of banks' balance sheets as it projects growth at 7.8% for FY 19-20.

On Camera

The court is not Rahul Gandhi’s uncle. Its job is to protect rights, not preach

Which humanitarian crisis should be prioritised, which words are ‘simple’ enough to avoid hurt feelings, or who is a ‘true Indian’, are not questions warranting court input.

BJP MPs go full throttle against Trump even as govt hails enduring India-US ties amid tariff tension

New Delhi: While the Indian government has made a measured response to the 25 percent trade tariff imposed by Donald Trump, many in the BJP...

Trump feared India could arm BrahMos with nuclear warhead to target Pakistan in Op Sindoor—WSJ report

New Delhi: During Operation Sindoor, the United States which had received intelligence suggesting that India had launched BrahMos cruise missiles to strike targets inside...

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.