India is at the world’s centre stage more than ever before for “aspiring to do better in an adverse” environment, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said but cautioned that by its own yardstick, the country’s current growth rate is not enough. “More than even before we are at the centre[Read More…]
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Black money worth ₹65K cr disclosed under declaration scheme: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that more than ₹65,000 crore in black or untaxed money has been disclosed by 64,275 declarants under the centre’s Income Declaration Scheme so far. The four-month window for tax evaders to come clean on black money had ended on Friday. Jaitley said the[Read More…]
GST, banks, infrastructure top priorities for India: Arun Jaitley
India will press ahead with tax reforms, repairing the banking system and getting stalled infrastructure projects moving to drive growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday, but it is not yet ready to sell off its state banks. Asked what his top economic policy priorities were, Jaitley said he[Read More…]
Cabinet clears new norms to reform construction sector
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said that the Union Cabinet has approved fresh norms for the construction sector. Jaitley said that the government has been trying over the last year to improve upon the functioning of the sector. According to the new norms wherever there are disputes pending between public[Read More…]
‘(G)ood (S)ense (T)riumphs’, as does debate, deliberation and discussion in RS
Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram spoke on behalf of the party to raise its objections to the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, which was moved in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Welcoming the “friendly tone” of finance minister Arun Jaitley’s introductory speech, Chidambaram hoped the bill[Read More…]
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6 things you should know about the much debated GST bill
Ahead of the long-delayed Goods and Service Tax (GST) bill being taken up by the Rajya Sabha, the government has circulated to the MPs the amendments it has proposed in the GST bill. There has been a lot of debate over the GST; here we have simplified what the bill[Read More…]
People chant Arhar Modi, not har har Modi: Rahul Gandhi
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi attacked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi government on Thursday in the Lok Sabha saying it has forgotten its promises, none of which have been fulfilled in the last two years. On the issue of rising prices of pulses, potatoes and tomatoes, he challenged the government to[Read More…]
I was told to stay away from Punjab, so quit RS: Navjot Sidhu
Addressing the media on Monday, former Rajya Sabha MP and BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said he quit his post in the Upper House on July 18 as he was asked to stay away from Punjab. Ahead of the Punjab assembly polls in 2017, Sidhu hinted at being displeased with[Read More…]
Dayashankar Singh’s Misogyny: Is an apology enough?
You become a woman in India, as in many parts of the world, not through adolescence. We reach it through multiple tests by fire. As a young girl you are taught to avoid certain roads that are unsafe, wear clothes that are “safe”, ignore catcalls and eve-teasers, and aided by[Read More…]
Navjot Singh Sidhu quits BJP, likely to join Aam Aadmi Party ahead of Punjab polls
Former cricketer and senior BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from the Rajya Sabha on Monday, July 18. He and his wife, Navjot Kaur, who is a parliamentary secretary for the Punjab government will be joining hands with Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party. Speculations are rife that Sidhu may be[Read More…]
Swamy issues veiled threat of a bloodbath to Jaitley
Taking his attack to those in the Finance Ministry to a new level, BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Friday,June 24 issued veiled threat to those asking him to follow restraint saying if he “disregarded discipline there will be a bloodbath.” “People giving me unasked for advice of discipline and restraint[Read More…]