Under the able leadership of Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who is also the Excise and Taxation Minister of the state, the Excise and Taxation Department has achieved significant growth in the collection of Goods and Services Tax (GST).
Vodafone Idea (Vi) stated through a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Friday that it plans to appeal against a Rs 16.73-crore Goods & Services (GST) demand order it has received from the Deputy Commissioner of the Large Taxpayer Unit of West Bengal.
Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, who is on a two-day visit to his parliamentary constituency here, on Thursday said unemployment is on the rise in the country due to demonetisation and GST imposed by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre.
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday informed the Rajya Sabha that indirect tax under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has significantly reduced over the years since its implementation.
Mr Mitra, while opposing the Union Budget alleged that the Union government has announced 100 per cent FDI (foreign direct investment) in insurance sector but simultaneously it has not stopped collecting 18 per cent GST.
At another level, puncturing a hole in the government’s claims of having added 10.6 million new taxpayers in the financial year 2016-17, some 25 per cent more than the previous year, the income-tax department now talks of the surge in “stop filers”, people earlier paying income tax but not doing so now.
The Goods and Services Tax collection rose 10.05 per cent in April 2019 from a year ago
The minister said that over the last 5 years the government did not increase tax rates, and in some cases doubled tax base and increased tax collection.
Naturally, wherever the PM goes, the seven welfare schemes launched by his government for the poor, who form a part of almost every speech made by Modi and BJP, are his strong selling points.
On the education system, Gandhi said there should be space for the government and everything cannot be left to the hands of the private sector.
