New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will hold a meeting of top ministers of the Union Cabinet this afternoon on the issue of rising prices of food as a result of 19-month record high wholesale

New Delhi: With the Centre releasing the model GST (Goods and Services Tax) law after evolving broader consensus with states, India Inc on Tuesday hoped that the landmark indirect tax regime will come into effect

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill has finally earned the support of virtually all states except Tamil Nadu.

Union Minister Arun Jaitley and 22 state finance ministers are meeting in Kolkata today to attend a meeting of Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers on the crucial Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill.

Allahabad: In the city to attend Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) national executive meeting, Prime Minister Narendra Modi exhorted his party leaders and workers to embrace seven precepts that he said would increase its presence across

Arun Jaitley will undertake his maiden visit to China later this month during which he will attend the first annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) and address Chinese investors to scout for investm

New Delhi: Refusing to end the guessing game over extension of his term, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today said his long term desire is to return to the academia. The RBI chief also stated that

New Delhi: Served with a notice by the Income Tax department, Punjab Congress Chief Amarinder Singh labelled it as an act of revenge by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, as even his son Raninder Singh has

New Delhi: After the quarterly performance review meeting with the heads of public sector banks on Monday, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hinted on measures to further empower state-run banks to help them affectively tackle the

Osaka: As ten state-run banks have been swept by a wave of loss in the March quarter, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley vowed to provide greater capital support to lenders while warning that defaulters will not

New Delhi: India on Sunday thanked Afghanistan for conferring the country’s highest civilian honour—the Amir Amanullah Khan award—on Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit there. Expressing gratitude to Afghan government for the pr

Smartphone giant Apple’s dream to set up its own stores India may not become a reality. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has thrown his support behind Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) decision making 30 per cent local sourcing mandatory for sin

Enthused over encouraging GDP numbers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government will push ahead with its reform agenda to retain the fastest growing large economy tag and help India move towards becoming "a more developed economy".

New Delhi: The four-month window under the Income Declaration Scheme 2016 opened today and Prime Minister Narendra Modi had this message for tax evaders: “Your undisclosed income is a time bomb!” The scheme was announced

New Delhi: The roll-out of GST will convert India into one common market, prevent tax-on-tax and make goods and services cheaper, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. Jaitley also hoped the main opposition Congress will

New Delhi: Modi government's proposed Krishi Kalyan cess of 0.5% will come into force from today(June 1). It will be levied on all taxable services from 1 June in addition to the Swachh Bharat cess

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that the much delayed Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill will be passed in the monsoon session, saying "almost every political party" is supporting it.

Tokyo: Indian economy is treading the upward curve in its growth trajectory and investors wanting higher returns should park funds in infrastructure and manufacturing sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. As the economy clocked

In a big relief to jewellers and customers, the Narendra Modi government today rolled back its budgetary decision to impose 1 per cent tax collection at source (TCS) on cash purchase of gold jewellery of Rs 2 lakh. The threshold has now been raised t

Wooing Japanese investors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today promised more structural and market-oriented reforms as well as stepping up infrastructure spending to accelerate economic growth beyond the current 7.6 per cent. He also promised to refo