December 12, 2016 4:52 pm
The government was hoping to finalise the draft laws before presenting it to the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament.
October 18, 2016 8:03 pm
Jaitley said that five option on GST rate structure were presented to the GST Council.
September 08, 2016 5:57 pm
Under the new indirect tax regime of goods and services tax, rates will be set by the GST Council which will be headed by Union Finance Minister and have state finance ministers as members.
September 08, 2016 4:57 pm
The central government had sent the GST bill to the President after 16 states had ratified the legislation.
July 21, 2016 10:52 am
GST Bill: If all goes well for rest of the Monsoon Session, the Bill may come up in the Rajya Sabha next week.
June 13, 2016 8:46 pm
Jaitley parried questions over RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, whose continuation has been strongly opposed by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy, and said "We do not discuss these matters through media."
June 06, 2016 12:00 am
They ignore the extremely high risk of an attempt at privatisation being effectively stillborn, unacceptable to state governments.
May 17, 2016 2:06 am
jaitley said it may be difficult to get peak growth rate in the backdrop of global tailwinds such as slower global growth.
May 14, 2016 8:56 pm
Finance minster Arun Jaitley said the bill will be put to vote in next Parliament session even if Congress continues to oppose it, the AIR said in a release.
April 08, 2016 2:01 am
Congress has suggested that the government should specify the GST rate in the draft constitutional amendment and not leave it outside the legislation.