Rajya Sabha Gst Bill Debate

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...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of his council of ministers today to brief them ahead of a seven-hour debate on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha on the government's mega reform, the Goods and Services Tax. Four bills crucial to the implementation of GST will be passed at the end the debate; they were introduced in the lower house yester...

The Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament ran for a total 19 hours in the 21-day winter session, not even averaging an hour a day, while the Rajya Sabha did marginally better at 22 hours. The rest of the time was lost to slogan shouting and disruption, mainly over the government's notes ban and its impact on people. Between the two Houses they cou...

PM Modi today intervened during the Goods and Services Tax or GST debate in Lok Sabha - which was sent back to the lower house after passed in Rajya Sabha last week - and said GST meant 'Great Step Towards Transformation'. The GST Bill that amends the constitution to enable the GST reform was passed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha unanimously.

Political parties showed rare unanimity in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday to pass a bill that amends the Constitution to enable the Goods and Services Tax or GST, India's biggest tax reform ever. Only the AIADMK opposed it and staged a walkout.

The government and the Congress began the morning by upending tradition with generous compliments for each other in parliament. As the Rajya Sabha geared up to greenlight a landmark tax reform, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley thanked the main opposition party for working with him to arrive at an acceptable outline for a national Goods and Services Ta...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has introduced for final clearance by parliament the proposal for India's most transformative tax reform in decades. The Rajya Sabha or Upper House is expected today to vote in favour of a national Goods and Services Tax or GST which will for the first time convert India into a single market.

A bill to implement India's biggest tax reform, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), is being debated and voted on in the Rajya Sabha or Upper House of parliament today. With the government building consensus, the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill is expected to be passed.

The Rajya Sabha will discuss the Goods and Services Tax (GST) today. The government has circulated copies of the draft Constitution Amendment Bill GST among lawmakers. The main opposition party, Congress, yesterday got into a huddle to chalk out the party's strategy ahead of its consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha.

The Goods and Services Tax integrates India into one economic entity, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told NDTV as he drove to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Race Course Road residence for a series of meetings on Wednesday morning.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, junior minister for parliamentary affairs, looked worried. Fishing out his iPhone from the pocket of his kurta, he read a message and turned to officials to ask, "It should be ready on time?"

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...

The tenth day of the monsoon session of parliament saw heated debate on the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh and GST bill. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also informed the House that the possibility of sabotage of missing AN-32 aircraft is very limited.Today, the Lok Sabha is likely to take up Debt Recovery Bill.

The first week of Monsoon Session saw heated debates over the situation in Kashmir as well as the recent atrocities on Dalits in the country. During the session, the Opposition also cornered the Bharatiya Janta Party over the remarks passed by party leader Dayashankar Singh on BSP supremo Mayawati. Government is likely to list the much-delayed GST ...

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...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called a meeting of his council of ministers today to brief them ahead of a seven-hour debate on Wednesday in the Lok Sabha on the government's mega reform, the Goods and Services Tax. Four bills crucial to the implementation of GST will be passed at the end the debate; they were introduced in the lower house yester...

The Lok Sabha or lower house of Parliament ran for a total 19 hours in the 21-day winter session, not even averaging an hour a day, while the Rajya Sabha did marginally better at 22 hours. The rest of the time was lost to slogan shouting and disruption, mainly over the government's notes ban and its impact on people. Between the two Houses they cou...

PM Modi today intervened during the Goods and Services Tax or GST debate in Lok Sabha - which was sent back to the lower house after passed in Rajya Sabha last week - and said GST meant 'Great Step Towards Transformation'. The GST Bill that amends the constitution to enable the GST reform was passed in both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha unanimously.

Political parties showed rare unanimity in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday to pass a bill that amends the Constitution to enable the Goods and Services Tax or GST, India's biggest tax reform ever. Only the AIADMK opposed it and staged a walkout.

The government and the Congress began the morning by upending tradition with generous compliments for each other in parliament. As the Rajya Sabha geared up to greenlight a landmark tax reform, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley thanked the main opposition party for working with him to arrive at an acceptable outline for a national Goods and Services Ta...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has introduced for final clearance by parliament the proposal for India's most transformative tax reform in decades. The Rajya Sabha or Upper House is expected today to vote in favour of a national Goods and Services Tax or GST which will for the first time convert India into a single market.

A bill to implement India's biggest tax reform, the Goods and Services Tax (GST), is being debated and voted on in the Rajya Sabha or Upper House of parliament today. With the government building consensus, the 122nd Constitutional Amendment Bill is expected to be passed.

The Rajya Sabha will discuss the Goods and Services Tax (GST) today. The government has circulated copies of the draft Constitution Amendment Bill GST among lawmakers. The main opposition party, Congress, yesterday got into a huddle to chalk out the party's strategy ahead of its consideration and passage in the Rajya Sabha.

The Goods and Services Tax integrates India into one economic entity, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told NDTV as he drove to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Race Course Road residence for a series of meetings on Wednesday morning.

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, junior minister for parliamentary affairs, looked worried. Fishing out his iPhone from the pocket of his kurta, he read a message and turned to officials to ask, "It should be ready on time?"

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...

The tenth day of the monsoon session of parliament saw heated debate on the issue of special status for Andhra Pradesh and GST bill. Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar also informed the House that the possibility of sabotage of missing AN-32 aircraft is very limited.Today, the Lok Sabha is likely to take up Debt Recovery Bill.

The first week of Monsoon Session saw heated debates over the situation in Kashmir as well as the recent atrocities on Dalits in the country. During the session, the Opposition also cornered the Bharatiya Janta Party over the remarks passed by party leader Dayashankar Singh on BSP supremo Mayawati. Government is likely to list the much-delayed GST ...