And that's what the GST is intended to deal with: it's a simple technocratic change that will be to the benefit of all. Except, as Jaitley points out, to the politicians who don't bring it in.

In the case of finance minister Arun Jaitley, it is the goods and services tax (GST)—India’s most important piece of tax reform, which will for the first time economically unify the country.

New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hinted at further rationalisation of goods and services tax (GST) by merging the 12 and 18% slabs, while criticising Congress for oppressing the ...

New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday ruled out meeting the main demand of the textile traders not to put any tax on fabrics under GST. Textile traders have been protesting against ...

Osaka (Japan), Jun 2: Hinting at rollout of GST next year, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said a constitution amendment bill on the new indirect tax regime will be brought to Rajya Sabha in ...

Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the government could look at merging the 12 per cent and 18 per cent slabs in the GST structure and taking cement off the top bracket of 28 per cent. In a ...

NEW DELHI: Finance minister Arun Jaitely promised to provide a ... are you then going to amend the Constitution?" Jaitley asked. "GST is an idea which I have no doubt that, if not today, tomorrow ...

Jaitley further said it has to be kept in mind that a large number of duties on these products were imposed by the states. Last week, Bihar Finance Minister Sushil Modi hinted that the GST Council ...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Wednesday made a case for setting up GST Council-like federal institutions to promote healthcare, rural development and agriculture sectors by optimally utilising ...

India needs to roll out the proposed Goods and Services Tax (GST) by September 16, 2017, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Thursday. Jaitley added that the government was aiming to implement ...

Washington: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said that the government's initiatives like 'Swachh Bharat', Goods and Services Tax (GST) and demonetisation are having desired impact, the latter two ...

Hong Kong: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today expressed his confidence that the new goods and services tax (GST) regime will roll out from next fiscal despite the pending issues regarding direct tax.