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Industry

New GST rates from today: A list of items that are set to get cheaper

About 88 itemsfrom refrigerators and washing machines to toiletries and cosmeticsare set to get cheaper after the GST rate cut

3 min read27 Jul 2018
Companies

What the revision in GST rates means for consumers

Prices of a variety of consumer goods are expected to come down after the GST Council moved 178 items from the highest tax bracket of 28% to 18%

4 min read13 Nov 2017
Politics

Frequent recalibration of rates strengthens GST spirit: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Himanta Biswa Sarma, finance minister of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled state of Assam, on frequent changes in tax rules and rates and the functioning of GST Council

4 min read11 Nov 2017
Politics

Hasmukh Adhia: GST Council to set rules on future tax rate revision

Revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia, in an interview ahead of 100 days of GST, says the experience so far gives reasons for optimism that the goods and services tax will deliver the promised economic benefits

5 min read4 Oct 2017
Industry

Fuel prices may come down by Diwali, says Dharmendra Pradhan

Petroleum and natural gas minister Dharmendra Pradhan says fuel prices may come down by Diwali, amid criticism by opposition parties of a sharp rise in oil prices

1 min read18 Sep 2017
Politics

GST: Items for which industry is seeking rate revision

Various industry associations, traders and retailers have been representing to the government to revise the rates for items such as biscuits and packaged commodities

2 min read1 Jul 2017
Companies

DP World hikes tariffs at its Jawaharlal Nehru Port facility

DP World hikes tariffs at its Jawaharlal Nehru Port facility

2 min read3 Oct 2008

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