Tag: Ananth Kumar

Govt, industry to brainstorm on measures to boost exports

New Delhi: The export sector’s woes finally seem to have nudged the Centre into action. On September 29, when the GST Council meets to iron out the sector’s problems, three key Union ministers will hold a brainstorming session with officials, exporters and industry bodies to identify measures to …

Govt to present Union Budget for 2017-18 on February 1

New Delhi: The Cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs on January 3rd recommended holding of the Budget Session from January 31 when the government is likely to table the Economy Survey followed by the Union Budget on February 1. The CCPA headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh met here and made…

Centre mulling to ‘advance’ Winter Session for early GST roll out

In a bid to roll out the crucial Goods and Services Tax (GST) from April 1, 2017, the Modi government is considering to prepone the Winter session of Parliament to pass the CGST and IGST bills, and pave way for implementation of the new sales tax regime. The Winter session of Parliament is genera…

Govt, Oppn must join hands for GST breakthrough: Assocham

Government and the main opposition party should get the long-stalled Constitutional Amendment Bill on GST passed in the Rajya Sabha in first few days of the monsoon session of Parliament, industry body Assocham has said. “At this point, when macroeconomic risks like rebound in inflation and…