New Delhi: Country’s nuts and dry fruits industry has petitioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for exempting them like fresh fruits under the proposed goods and services tax citing their health benefits, particularly for the vegetarian population. Industry has highlighted how increase in tax…
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Retailers Association of India sets up GST helpdesk
Chennai: Retailers Association of India (RAI) has set up a desk to help its members understand GST. Through the helpdesk, member retailers across the country can resolve their queries by subject matter experts and facilitate a smoother transition to GST. Members can reach RAI on its website (http…
#3yearsofModiGovt: 3 साल में MSME मंत्रालय ने दिया 11 लाख लोगों को रोजगार, जल्द राष्ट्रीय पॉलिसी होगी लॉन्च | कलराज मिश्र
केंद्रीय एमएसएमई मंत्री कलराज मिश्र ने कहा है कि एनडीए सरकार ने अपने तीन साल के कार्यकाल में प्रधान मंत्री रोजगार योजना कार्यक्रम, जो की एमएसएमई मंत्रालय की प्रमुख योजना है, के तहत 11 लाख नौकरियों का सृजन किया है। उन्होंने कहा कि इससे पता चलता है कि तीन साल में बेरोजगारी की ग्रोथ में […]
Flashlight makers urge to lower GST from 28% to 18%
The Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC) along with leading dry cell battery and flashlight manufacturers Eveready Industries and Nippo has appealed to the Centre for lowering GST rates on flash lights. In a letter to the Union Finance Minister and GST council chairperson Arun Jaitley, the leading ch…
Harsimrat Kaur Badal takes up high GST rate on pickles, papad with FM
Union Food Processing Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal has taken up with the Finance Ministry the issue of high GST rate proposed on some products like pickles, murabba and papad and sought a review of the same. The Minister has also forwarded Coca-Cola India’s demand not to include fizzy drin…
#3yearsofModiGovt: लघु उद्योगों की धीमी मगर कारगर शुरुआत, MSME मंत्रालय ने पेश की रिपोर्ट
एनडीए सरकार के तीन साल का कार्यकाल पूरा होने पर सूक्ष्म, लघु और मध्यम उद्यम मंत्री कलराज मिश्र ने नेशनल मीडिया सेंटर, दिल्ली में एक प्रेस कांफ्रेंस को संबोधित किया। इस अवसर पर एमएसएमई सेक्रेटरी के. के. जालन और एमएसएमई एडिशनल सेक्रेटरी एस.एन. त्रिपाठी भी उपस्थित रहे। उन्होंने कहा कि प्रधानमंत्री म…
Indian SMEs more bullish on growth prospects than firms in China: Study
In spite of doubts over uncertain business rules following the goods and services tax (GST) rollout in July 1, small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are more bullish on growth prospects as compared to their global counterparts, according to a survey conducted by financial services giant American Ex…
Over 1.1 m jobs created through MSME schemes in last 3 yrs: Kalraj Mishra
Union Minister Kalraj Mishra on 2 May said that around 1.1 million jobs have been created in the last three years under the flagship scheme of the MSME Ministry — the Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme, debunking claims of ‘jobless growth’ in the three years of the Narendra Modi-led…
There are 160 reasons India won’t escape GST chaos
There can be no gain without pain and that may be especially true when it comes to taxes. As about 160 countries overhauled their indirect tax systems, they confronted numerous challenges. Latecomer India is unlikely to escape some havoc. When Canada implemented its goods and services tax in 1991…
GST will make Indian retail sector more efficient: Walmart India
GST is not just a tax reform, it is a whole new way of doing business. For example, right now industry faces some bottlenecks around the country, at check posts, octroi-payments and therefore the amount of time that the trucks have to wait & hence there lack of easy movement of goods from one…