Tag: Arun Jaitley
India mourns Vinod Khanna’s death
Bollywood actor Vinod Khanna passed away on Thursday morning at the age of 70 after prolonged illness. Recently, a picture of him in a terrible physical condition had gone viral on social media. Politicians and film fraternity are sending messages of condolences to the actor’s family in expression of the[Read More…]
Jharkhand: Over a million Aadhaar numbers published on Jharkhand govt website
In Jharkhand, a glitch revealed the digital identities of more than a million citizens on a website maintained by Jharkhand Directorate of Social Security. Throwing many’s privacy into confusion, the glitch also revealed their names, addresses, Aadhaar numbers and bank account details of the beneficiaries of Jharkhand’s old age pension[Read More…]
Make sanitary napkins tax-free, LahukaLagaan campaign trends on Twitter
A campaign which asks government to make sanitary napkins tax-free has been trending on Twitter. SheSays, a non-profitorganisation, started the campaign with #LahukaLagaan. The campaign urges finance minister Arun Jaitley to exempt the tax on sanitary napkins by making it a non-luxury item under the GST. Legal representations have been[Read More…]
Centre bans red beacons on VIP vehicles
Union Cabinet on Wednesday decided to ban the use of red beacons atop vehicles of officials and dignitaries, including the Prime Minister. President, Vice President and Chief Justice of India are exempted from the rule. The decision comes into effect from May 1, 2017. “Red beacon to be removed from[Read More…]
GST bills in Rajya Sabha, Opposition urges for a mechanism to avoid the harassment by tax authorities
The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday took up the four bills related to the GST. Opposition questioned the government’s preparedness to implement the indirect tax regime and urged for a mechanism to insulate taxpayers from harassment by tax authorities. Deputy Leader of Congress Anand Sharma said, “It is important that as[Read More…]
GST bill tabled for discussion in Rajya Sabha
Soon after the Lok Sabha on March 29, cleared the four Goods and Service Tax (GST) bill in a 7-hour debate, the four GST bills will be tabled for discussion in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. The bills that will be tabled in Rajya Sabha include Central GST, Integrated GST, UT[Read More…]
Jethmalani-AAP fee controversy: Why should Kejriwal pay the bills, asks Sisodia
AAP government in Delhi has defended its decision to pay from the state exchequer the fees of senior advocate Ram Jethmalani on Tuesday. Jethmalani is handling the defamation case filed by none other than union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against CM Arvind Kejriwal in the court. After much controversy over[Read More…]
AAP leader Ashish Khetan accuses FM Arun Jaitley of corruption
Stirring up controversy, senior journalist and AAP leader Ashish Khetan shares a series of tweets directly amplifying the allegations of corruption against Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. This comes soon after senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani agreed to fight the defamation case against Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for ‘free’. Senior AAP leader[Read More…]
Lok Sabha passes GST Bill, Finance Bill returned from Rajya Sabha with five amendments
Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed all the four bills under the Goods and Service Tax (GST). The bill was moved by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley for consideration in Lok Sabha. The GST is all set to roll from July 1. The government faced a major embarrassment in the Rajya Sabha[Read More…]
GST Bills in present form not acceptable: Congress
The GST Bills in their present form were not acceptable to the Congress, but the party sought to tread cautiously to avoid being seen as against the tax reform measure. At a key strategy meeting of Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha chaired by party vice president Rahul Gandhi, it[Read More…]
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley introduces four GST bills in Lok Sabha
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday introduced in Lok Sabha four bills on Goods and Services Tax, providing for a maximum GST rate of 40 per cent, an anti- profiteering authority and arrests for evading taxes. With this, rollout of GST – the biggest tax reform since independence – has[Read More…]
Kejriwal put on trial over DDCA defamation case
GST Bills to be introduced in Parl next week: FM
Under performing colleges/universities might shut down
The Union HRD Ministry is amending its ways to construct a system which is more autonomous. In order to encourage minimal regulation, the “underperforming” educational institutions, despite a UGC-backed mentoring programme, might be asked to shut down or collaborate with other universities to improve their performance. Union Minister Arun Jaitley had announced[Read More…]
No proposal to withdraw Rs 2000 currency notes, says Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said there is no proposal to withdraw the Rs 2,000 notes that were introduced post-demonetisation. The Rs 2,000 banknotes were introduced along with new Rs 500 currency following the withdrawal of old Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes from November 9, 2016. “There is[Read More…]
GST: Council clears State, Union territory laws
With the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council on Thursday approving the remaining two draft bills — UT-GST (Union Territory GST) and S-GST (State GST), all the five enabling draft bills stand approved to enable a likely roll out of the new indirect tax regime by July 1. The panel,[Read More…]
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley given additional charge of Defence Ministry
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was given the additional charge of Defence Ministry on Monday, as per Rashtrapati Bhavan. The move comes in the wake of resignation of Manohar Parrikar as the defence minister. Parrikar will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on Tuesday heading the BJP-led[Read More…]
Mayawati’s negativity is affecting BSP: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley taking a jibe at BSP chief Mayawati for her comment on faulty EVMs, said that her party is performing miserably thanks to her ‘negative’ attitude. “Mayawati is a bad loser… only because of her awful deeds and actions her party is facing this way. Her behaviour[Read More…]
12 lakh new notes infused in the market: Jaitley
Online petition to FM Arun Jaitley for removing taxes on sanitary napkins
An online petition was directed to finance minister Arun Jaitley for removing taxes on sanitary napkins on change.org on the occasion of women’s day. As India is all set to implement the GST, the move has brought to the forefront a long awaiting demand of various activists and organisations to[Read More…]
Funds to be ready for govt schemes from Apr 1: FM to ministries
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday asked various central ministries to remain in a state of readiness for implementing schemes and projects as funds would be made available from April 1. “This time the Finance Bill would be passed by Parliament before March 31, 2017, therefore, different ministries should be[Read More…]
Delhi High Court rejects Arvind Kejriwal’s plea
Government to create Petro India Corporation to take on global rivals
Aiming to compete more effectively with the world’s leading energy groups, the government will create giant company Petro India Corporation (PIC) to merge state-controlled oil and gas companies under it. Sources informed Newsd that the government will create PIC in stipulated time of 24 months and followed by restructuring of[Read More…]