Tag: Budget
Make The Tax Payer Feel Special
Every year tax payers wait with baited breath hoping for a fair and better deal from a system which has been showing hardly any mercy on them. The tax-paying community feels like the modern day oppressed class which is bearing all the brunt silently. They have no voice but they are pivotal to the system which cannot do without them. ....
Some Think India Became Free Due To One Family: Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday attacked the Congress over the role of "one family" in the freedom struggle and said they had neglected the contribution of others.....
Jaitley Moves Demonetisation Bill For Passage In Lok Sabha
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday moved the Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Bill for passage in the Lok Sabha to formally make the banning of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes a law, which includes provision of penalty for holding the demonetised notes.....
Parliament Adjourned Till March 9
Both houses of Parliament were on Thursday adjourned till March 9, 2017, marking the end of the first-half of the Budget session.....
Congress Sticks To Demand For Apology For 'raincoat' Remark
The Congress on Friday continued its attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "raincoat" jibe, and demanded that he apologise to his predecessor Manmohan Singh for insulting the office of Prime Minister.....
Railways Reserves 33 Per Cent Catering Units For Women
In a policy aimed at empowering women, the Indian Railways has given 33 per cent sub quota to them in each category of minor catering units at all category of stations, an official statement said on Tuesday.....
Council Approves All Five Draft Bills For GST
With the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council on Thursday approving the remaining two draft bills -- UTGST (Union Territory GST) and SGST (state GST), all the five enabling draft bills stand approved to enable a likely rollout of the new indirect tax regime by July 1. ....
Hoping To Implement GST From July 1: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Wednesday said that Goods and Services Tax (GST) is the biggest reform in India and the Narendra Modi government was hoping to implement it by July 1 after the enabling Bills get Parliament's nod in the current budget session.....
Pre-Budget Session All-party Meetings On Sunday
Two all-party meetings will be held on Sunday, ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament which is due to start on Monday, government sources said on Saturday.....
Modi Urges Opposition To Pass Triple Talaq Bill
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday urged all political parties to pass the Triple Talaq Bill in the Parliament's Budget Session.....
