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Farmers' Protest Live Updates: Punjab Farm Agent To Shut Shops For 4 Days In Protest Against IT Raids
Commission agents known as Arhtiyas in Punjab will keep their shops shut for four days from Tuesday in protest against income tax raids allegedly conducted to intimidate them for supporting the farmers' stir against the centre's agriculture laws, according to a body representing them.
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Punjab Farm Agent To Shut Shops For 4 Days In Protest Against IT Raids
Commission agents known as Arhtiyas in Punjab will keep their shops shut for four days from Tuesday in protest against income tax raids allegedly conducted to intimidate them for supporting the farmers' stir against the centre's agriculture laws, according to a body representing them.
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Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Has Farming, Infra Focus; Street Disappointed
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the longest-ever Budget speech, unveiled a new tax regime, abolished dividend tax for companies, announced a 16-point plan to boost agriculture and signalled record spending in agriculture to pull the economy out of its worse slump in more than a decade. Vowing to boost the income and purchasing power of citi...
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Budget 2018: Focus On Agriculture, Rural Sector; Income Tax Rates Unchanged
Arun Jaitley said a 10 per cent tax long on capital gains exceeding Rs 1 lakh made from the sale of shares has been introduced but those made till Janaury 31 would be grandfathered.
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Shah Rukh's Alibaug Farmhouse "Benami", Allege Tax Officials: Report
The income-tax (I-T) department has provisionally attached actor Shah Rukh Khan's sprawling farmhouse in Alibaug. Spread over 19,500 sq ft, the property has a circle rate of Rs 146.7 million. SRK has to reply to the action in 90 days. The major allegation against Khan is that he had made an application to purchase agricultural land for farming, but...
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Niti Aayog Suggests Retaining Tax Exemption Limit At Rs 2.5 Lakh
Niti Aayog further said that the government should endeavour to arrest tax evasion when non-agriculture income is declared as agriculture income.
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Former RBI Chief Says Government Should Think About Taxing Rich Farmers
Talking about the controversial issue of taxing farm income, Bimal Jalan noted the importance of agriculture and small farms in the Indian situation.
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No Plan To Tax Agricultural Income; Rich Farmers Very Rare: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government has no plans to tax agricultural income, including that of prosperous farmers, saying a rich farmer is "a very rare institution" and not the norm. In an interview to news agency PTI, he said the farm sector is in distress and there was no question of taxing agricultural income.
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NITI Aayog Looks To Double Farmer Incomes By 2022, Rules Out Agriculture Tax
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya said there is a need to formulate proper policies to ensure farmers get better prices for produce.
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No Question Of Taxing Agriculture Income: Arvind Panagariya
"80 per cent of rural areas are connected to agriculture and we are talking about doubling farmers' income. How can we talk about taxing farmers income?" Arvind Panagariya told reporters on the sidelines of a CII function.
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Why Not Tax Rich Farmers, Asks Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian
The Centre doesn't have the power to impose a tax on agriculture income but it doesn't mean that it can't have a view. On Friday, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian waded right in the middle of a raging debate on the topic, batting for introduction of a tax on farm income.
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Why Not Tax Rich Farmers, Asks Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian
The centre doesn't have the power to impose a tax on agriculture income but it doesn't mean that it can't have a view. On Friday, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian waded right in the middle of a raging debate on the topic, batting for introduction of a tax on farm income.
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Arun Jaitley Rules Out Niti Aayog Member's Suggestion To Tax Agriculture
Taxing farm incomes has been a political hot potato in India.
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No Plan To Impose Any Tax On Agricultural Income, Says Arun Jaitley
"I categorically state that the Central government has no plan to impose any tax on agriculture income," he said in a tweet.
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Union Budget 2017: Post-Notes Ban, Salaried People Correctly Expected Tax Cut, Says Arun Jaitley
The finance minister promised to increase government funding for farmers, who have been hard hit by the currency ban, with a 60-day waiver on interest for agricultural loans.
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Farmers' Protest Live Updates: Punjab Farm Agent To Shut Shops For 4 Days In Protest Against IT Raids
Commission agents known as Arhtiyas in Punjab will keep their shops shut for four days from Tuesday in protest against income tax raids allegedly conducted to intimidate them for supporting the farmers' stir against the centre's agriculture laws, according to a body representing them.
-
Punjab Farm Agent To Shut Shops For 4 Days In Protest Against IT Raids
Commission agents known as Arhtiyas in Punjab will keep their shops shut for four days from Tuesday in protest against income tax raids allegedly conducted to intimidate them for supporting the farmers' stir against the centre's agriculture laws, according to a body representing them.
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Budget 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget Has Farming, Infra Focus; Street Disappointed
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in the longest-ever Budget speech, unveiled a new tax regime, abolished dividend tax for companies, announced a 16-point plan to boost agriculture and signalled record spending in agriculture to pull the economy out of its worse slump in more than a decade. Vowing to boost the income and purchasing power of citi...
-
Budget 2018: Focus On Agriculture, Rural Sector; Income Tax Rates Unchanged
Arun Jaitley said a 10 per cent tax long on capital gains exceeding Rs 1 lakh made from the sale of shares has been introduced but those made till Janaury 31 would be grandfathered.
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Shah Rukh's Alibaug Farmhouse "Benami", Allege Tax Officials: Report
The income-tax (I-T) department has provisionally attached actor Shah Rukh Khan's sprawling farmhouse in Alibaug. Spread over 19,500 sq ft, the property has a circle rate of Rs 146.7 million. SRK has to reply to the action in 90 days. The major allegation against Khan is that he had made an application to purchase agricultural land for farming, but...
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Niti Aayog Suggests Retaining Tax Exemption Limit At Rs 2.5 Lakh
Niti Aayog further said that the government should endeavour to arrest tax evasion when non-agriculture income is declared as agriculture income.
-
Former RBI Chief Says Government Should Think About Taxing Rich Farmers
Talking about the controversial issue of taxing farm income, Bimal Jalan noted the importance of agriculture and small farms in the Indian situation.
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No Plan To Tax Agricultural Income; Rich Farmers Very Rare: Arun Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the government has no plans to tax agricultural income, including that of prosperous farmers, saying a rich farmer is "a very rare institution" and not the norm. In an interview to news agency PTI, he said the farm sector is in distress and there was no question of taxing agricultural income.
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NITI Aayog Looks To Double Farmer Incomes By 2022, Rules Out Agriculture Tax
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Arvind Panagariya said there is a need to formulate proper policies to ensure farmers get better prices for produce.
-
No Question Of Taxing Agriculture Income: Arvind Panagariya
"80 per cent of rural areas are connected to agriculture and we are talking about doubling farmers' income. How can we talk about taxing farmers income?" Arvind Panagariya told reporters on the sidelines of a CII function.
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Why Not Tax Rich Farmers, Asks Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian
The Centre doesn't have the power to impose a tax on agriculture income but it doesn't mean that it can't have a view. On Friday, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian waded right in the middle of a raging debate on the topic, batting for introduction of a tax on farm income.
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Why Not Tax Rich Farmers, Asks Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian
The centre doesn't have the power to impose a tax on agriculture income but it doesn't mean that it can't have a view. On Friday, Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian waded right in the middle of a raging debate on the topic, batting for introduction of a tax on farm income.
-
Arun Jaitley Rules Out Niti Aayog Member's Suggestion To Tax Agriculture
Taxing farm incomes has been a political hot potato in India.
-
No Plan To Impose Any Tax On Agricultural Income, Says Arun Jaitley
"I categorically state that the Central government has no plan to impose any tax on agriculture income," he said in a tweet.
-
Union Budget 2017: Post-Notes Ban, Salaried People Correctly Expected Tax Cut, Says Arun Jaitley
The finance minister promised to increase government funding for farmers, who have been hard hit by the currency ban, with a 60-day waiver on interest for agricultural loans.
