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Star-studded GST launch: Here is full guest list for Midnight bash at Parliament
GST rollout: After years of inputs and months of speculation, the Goods and Services Tax or GST rollout will finally take place today during a midnight session in Parliament’s Central Hall. The hall itself is of historic significance as the last time it hosted a midnight event, it was in 1997 on …
GST Rollout: P Chidambaram says India underprepared for new tax regime
While the Centre is ready to launch the ambitious Goods and Services Tax (GST) on a grand note on July 1, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram feels that the country is underprepared to come up with this new tax regime. A day ahead of the special midnight June 30-July 1 meeting convened by the N…
GST launch at midnight: Here are the program details
GST launch will take place exactly at midnight of June 30 and July 1 GST will be launched in the presence of President Pranab Mukherjee There will be a 1-hour program at the launch Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on June 20 shared the contours of the GST (Goods and Services tax) launch program on t…
India to host Commonwealth SME summit
New Delhi will most probably host a Commonwealth SME (small and medium-sized enterprises) summit in May as the next stage in a bid by the 52-nation association to evolve an ease of trading accord, which is aimed to be formally announced at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in L…
Demonetisation: Job losses mounting; MSME sector could take atleast 3 quarters to rebound
Demonetisation and its impact on India’s economy have been discussed in detail since 8 November, the day PM Modi made the shock announcement by invalidating over 80 percent of Indian currency. Based on their political affiliations, economists have differed widely on the impact of this step but mo…
Demonetisation | Steps to boost spending needed on urgent basis, waiting till budget may prove futile
Demonetisation is not just causing hardships for the common man it is also shifting the focus of the economic policy maker from the future to the near term. Finance Ministry officials are reacting almost every day to address the demonetisation challenges. In the process, they may be losing the pl…