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Topic: GST

Fewer footfalls & fall in demand take a toll on Mumbai’s jewellery workforce

Ahead of Diwali, showrooms in Zaveri Bazaar are unusually quiet as thousands of artisans go back home to West Bengal due to job cuts.

It will take a year for GST to show satisfactory results: MoS Finance

Shiv Pratap Shukla assures that the highest tax slab of 28 per cent will be brought down gradually.

Industry and govt to brainstorm on GST at PHD Chamber’s conclave

The conclave will be aired on on BTVi on 14 October at 2pm with a repeat telecast on 15 October at 3pm.

Talk Point: Does PM Modi’s recent speech put to rest worries about India’s economy?

Experts weigh in whether Modi's recent speech at Company Secretaries of India golden jubilee ceremony put to rest anxieties over India's economic situation.

UP’s glittering brass and glass industries now dulled by job loss

The note ban affected the demand, while GST raised production costs, forcing small industry owners to fire both contracted labourers and skilled artisans.

GST is a mountain, and SMEs can’t scale it without some support

Considering SMEs in India are largely promoter-driven, entrepreneurs fear they will be spending valuable resources towards compliance.

In Karnataka, a ‘Tax Denial Satyagraha’ seeks an end to GST on handmade goods

The new tax regime hikes the prices of handloom yarn and other products, and poses a threat to livelihoods of thousands of weavers and artisans.

Delhi gold bangle manufacturing unit owner speaks on job losses due to slowing economy

The owner of a gold bangle manufacturing unit in Old Delhi’s Kucha Mahajani market speaks about job losses due to a slowing economy and other factors like demonetisation and GST.

Yogesh Singhal, Head of Bullion & Jewellers Association, on job losses in jewellery sector

Yogesh Singhal, Head of Bullion & Jewellers Association, speaks about on job losses in jewellery sector

On Camera

Trump’s unpredictability is not the absence of strategy—it works on everyone but China

The Italian term sprezzatura—a studied nonchalance that conceals intention—best captures the spirit of Trump’s foreign policy so far. The pattern is unpredictability, transactionalism, and disruption as diplomacy.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.