Arun Jaitley

The roll-out of GST will convert India into one common market, prevent tax-on-tax and make goods and services cheaper, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday. Jaitley said he hoped the main Opposition, Congress, will come on board to help in the passage...

Traders body The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Monday - while seeking an audience with Sonia Gandhi - urged the Congress President to back the GST Bill "so that the much-awaited tax reform could see the light of...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced in the Lok Sabha that jewellery traders will have to pay one per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery and their demands will not be accepted. "Tax will have to be paid. But we...

Traders body CAIT and All India Bullion Jewellers and Swarnkar Federation (AIBJSF) on Monday said they will not withdraw their strike till the time the Government rolls back the proposal to impose 1 per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery. The strike...

Finally, the 18-day long strike by jewellers has ended after an assurance by the Government that there will be no harassment by excise officials and no inspector raj. The strike has incurred an estimated loss of Rs 60,000-70,000 crore...

To protest against the imposition of 1 per cent excise duty on non-silver jewellery, the jewellers have decided to organise a mega rally. They are demanding the rollback of the excise tax and emphasised that the Government had refused...

As some jewellers have begun to come forward to register themselves with the tax authorities, the Government has decided to move one step forward with them too. It has promised that there will be no inspection of jewellers’ premises...

The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Parliament on February 29, 2016 shows a clear focus-shift towards agriculture, rural and social sectors. Undoubtedly, the agriculture sector was both needy and deserving of the significant attention as...

Bullion traders are protesting against a Budget 2016 proposal to levy 1 per cent excise duty on jewellery and have gone on a strike in a nationwide protest, with shops remaining shut for a second day in a row. “Traders...

Real Estate: The biggest announcement in Budget 2016 with implications for the real estate sector in India was removal of DDT from Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs). While three of the real estate sector's major expectations - increased HRA deduction,...