Cabinet apprised of MoU between India and Palestine on cooperation in the field of Information Technology and Electronics

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet has been notified of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between India and Palestine, which will promote closer cooperation in areas such as e-Govern...

FM launches a new tax payer service module 'Aaykar Setu'

New Delhi: Mobile and desktop versions of the new tax payer service module, called ‘Aaykar Setu’ has been launched by Mr Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance, Government o...

EPFO's new enrolment scheme works, 10 million members added in three months

New Delhi: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has successfully added over 10 million members under its new enrolment scheme in the last three months, bringing its tot...

More PSUs likely to be sold soon

New Delhi: Following the strategic approval for disinvestment in Air India, the Government of India is expected to begin the next round of strategic sales for several other central...

The State of Jammu and Kashmir joins GST today making the GST truly a " one nation, one tax" regime

New Delhi: The state of Jammu and Kashmir has joined rest of India in rolling out the Goods and Services Tax (GST), thus completing the pan-India rollout of the landmark tax and en...

Direct benefit transfer for fertilizers may begin in August

New Delhi: The government plans to start the direct benefit transfer for fertilisers in the month of August, with the Point of Sale (PoS) machines, to capture farmer details, expec...

No GST on import of aircraft, its parts on lease

New Delhi: The Government of India has decided not to levy the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on the import of aircrafts, aircraft engines and its parts obtained on lease.

GST to boost GDP; positive for rating: Moody's

New Delhi: The implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is expected to improve India's attractiveness as a foreign investment destination, and result in higher GDP gr...