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Arun Jaitley
Interim Budget 2019 to rain sops for Middle Class? Income Tax, housing loan rebates expected
Sat, Jan 12, 2019
As the 2019 General Elections are around, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government is expected to dole out sops to woo the Middle-Class voters.
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Budget 2019 date: This is when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will deliver his speech
Fri, Jan 11, 2019
Budget 2019: If we look at the convention, the finance minister avoids making any new announcements that may give the government an electoral edge, but the government can not be prevented from using the occasion to put forth a road map for the next five years.
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Budget 2019: Meet FM Arun Jaitley's team - This crack squad has a big task at hand from Modi govt
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
Budget 2019: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is too busy along with his team involved in making interim budget which will be presented in the Lok Sabha in February 2019. Since the budget is keenly watched due to poll year, it would be interesting to see what Team Jaitley will come up with.
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GST Council Meeting Updates: Exemption limit hiked for small traders; More details here
Thu, Jan 10, 2019
GST council meeting: The Goods and Services Tax Council met today to discuss lowering GST on under-construction flats and houses to 5 per cent, as well as hiking exemption threshold for small and medium enterprises.
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When is budget 2019?
Wed, Jan 09, 2019
Budget 2019 will be announced by the Finance Minister Jaitley on February 1st of this year, in a joint meet of both the houses (Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha) in parliament. Previous two budgets of the government were also announced on the 1st day of the February month for the respective years.
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Upper caste quota will not breach 50 per cent SC cap: Arun Jaitley
Wed, Jan 09, 2019
Intervening in the debate on the Constitution Amendment Bill for upper caste quota in the Lok Sabha, he also dismissed criticism that the proposed quota would violate the basic structure of the Constitution and referred to inclusion of the word "secular" in the Constitution during the emergency.
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28% GST slab to be phased out, except for these things
Mon, Dec 24, 2018
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hinted that the country may eventually have a single standard rate of GST through merging of 12 and 18 per cent slabs, adding that the 28 per cent slab will soon be phased out, except in case of luxury and "sin goods".
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GST standard rate to be fixed between 12-18% for commonly-used items: Arun Jaitley
Mon, Dec 24, 2018
Stating that only cement and auto parts are items of common use which remain in 28 per cent slab, Jaitley said the next priority will be to transfer cement into a lower slab. "All other building materials have already been transferred from 28 per cent to 18 per cent and 12 per cent. The sun is setting on the 28 per cent slab," he added.
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Next GST Council meet in January, 2019; Housing, MSMEs on the agenda
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
The GST Council in its next meeting in January would consider rationalisation of tax rates on residential properties and raising the threshold limit for MSMEs from the current Rs 20 lakh, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said Saturday.
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GST Council meeting: GoM to look into anomaly in GST collection in states, says Arun Jaitley
Sun, Dec 23, 2018
The study would include the underlying reasons for deviation from revenue collection targets vis-a-vis original assumptions discussed during the design of the GST system, its implementation and related structural issues, he said.
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