Congress On Gst Bill

The proposed women's reservation bill, which has been cleared by the cabinet, triggered a huge war of words between Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman today.

Opposition ruckus today forced the adjournment of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings several times as members of the opposition vociferously raised the issue of union minister Ananthkumar Hegde's controversial remarks on secularism and the Constitution. In Lok Sabha, TRS members, demanding a separate high court for Telangana, trooped into the We...

The Rajya Sabha today passed four GST or Goods and Services Tax bills without amendments setting the stage for the government to launch on July 1, the country's biggest tax reform since Independence.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met CPM leader Sitaram Yechury for 45 minutes today, over a cup of coffee, the latter said. Mr Gandhi has sought the Left's support for an amendment that the Congress' Jairam Ramesh will seek tomorrow when four GST or Goods and Services Tax bills are voted on in the Rajya Sabha.

The BJP cost India 12 lakh crores by forcing a delay in the crucial Goods and Services Tax reform, the Congress alleged today in parliament. Now, however, it is the Congress which is critical of what is being described as India's biggest tax reform since independence, with Veerappa Moily describing it as " not a game-changer but only a baby step."

Congress leader Veerappa Moily, speaking during the debate on GST bills, dared all members of the Rajya Sabha today to quit "if they have some pride left". Mr Moily's counsel is based on the Congress premise that the government has demonstrated its determination to exclude the Rajya Sabha from any say in legislation.

After an eight-hour debate, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed four GST or Goods and Services Tax-related bills putting the government on course for the launch on July 1 of the country's biggest tax reform since Independence. GST will subsume a slew of indirect taxes levied by the Centre and states, transforming India into a single market. The bills...

Congress on Monday said that it will oppose Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the upcoming winter session of Parliament if four slabs of taxation up to 28 per cent are introduced.

The Tripura Assembly today unanimously ratified the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST).

The Gujarat Legislative Assembly ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Service Tax (GST) unopposed on the last day of monsoon session today in the absence of Congress legislators who were suspended for creating ruckus before the Bill was tabled for discussion and voting.

After the passage of historic GST bill by Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked up to the Opposition and shook hands with Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) constitutional amendment bill is a good step for the country.

A diverse debate on the Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill in Rajya Sabha ends with government garnering the Opposition support even as AIADMK stages a walkout. The Opposition in the Upper House has united behind Congress demanding that the government must introduce the final GST Bill as a finance bill and not a money bill so it is discussed in bot...

As the government circulated copies of the draft Constitution Amendment Bill to bring Goods and Services Tax (GST) among MPs, top Congress leaders got into a huddle to chalk out the party's strategy today ahead of its consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha.

India's biggest tax reform in decades could become a reality on Wednesday with the main opposition party, the Congress, declaring that it has arrived at "a broad understanding" with the government after months of negotiations.

The proposed women's reservation bill, which has been cleared by the cabinet, triggered a huge war of words between Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman today.

Opposition ruckus today forced the adjournment of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha proceedings several times as members of the opposition vociferously raised the issue of union minister Ananthkumar Hegde's controversial remarks on secularism and the Constitution. In Lok Sabha, TRS members, demanding a separate high court for Telangana, trooped into the We...

The Rajya Sabha today passed four GST or Goods and Services Tax bills without amendments setting the stage for the government to launch on July 1, the country's biggest tax reform since Independence.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi met CPM leader Sitaram Yechury for 45 minutes today, over a cup of coffee, the latter said. Mr Gandhi has sought the Left's support for an amendment that the Congress' Jairam Ramesh will seek tomorrow when four GST or Goods and Services Tax bills are voted on in the Rajya Sabha.

The BJP cost India 12 lakh crores by forcing a delay in the crucial Goods and Services Tax reform, the Congress alleged today in parliament. Now, however, it is the Congress which is critical of what is being described as India's biggest tax reform since independence, with Veerappa Moily describing it as " not a game-changer but only a baby step."

Congress leader Veerappa Moily, speaking during the debate on GST bills, dared all members of the Rajya Sabha today to quit "if they have some pride left". Mr Moily's counsel is based on the Congress premise that the government has demonstrated its determination to exclude the Rajya Sabha from any say in legislation.

After an eight-hour debate, the Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed four GST or Goods and Services Tax-related bills putting the government on course for the launch on July 1 of the country's biggest tax reform since Independence. GST will subsume a slew of indirect taxes levied by the Centre and states, transforming India into a single market. The bills...

Congress on Monday said that it will oppose Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the upcoming winter session of Parliament if four slabs of taxation up to 28 per cent are introduced.

The Tripura Assembly today unanimously ratified the Constitutional Amendment Bill on Goods and Services Tax (GST).

The Gujarat Legislative Assembly ratified the Constitution Amendment Bill on Goods and Service Tax (GST) unopposed on the last day of monsoon session today in the absence of Congress legislators who were suspended for creating ruckus before the Bill was tabled for discussion and voting.

After the passage of historic GST bill by Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked up to the Opposition and shook hands with Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge and former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda.

Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said the passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) constitutional amendment bill is a good step for the country.

A diverse debate on the Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill in Rajya Sabha ends with government garnering the Opposition support even as AIADMK stages a walkout. The Opposition in the Upper House has united behind Congress demanding that the government must introduce the final GST Bill as a finance bill and not a money bill so it is discussed in bot...

As the government circulated copies of the draft Constitution Amendment Bill to bring Goods and Services Tax (GST) among MPs, top Congress leaders got into a huddle to chalk out the party's strategy today ahead of its consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha.

India's biggest tax reform in decades could become a reality on Wednesday with the main opposition party, the Congress, declaring that it has arrived at "a broad understanding" with the government after months of negotiations.