8 h. ago GST Rate Cuts To Lower India's Retail Inflation By One Percentage Point: Economists

GST Rate Cuts: Apart from lowering inflation, GST rationalisation is expected to boost consumption and provide a leg up to private consumption.

Economics

9 h. ago Amazon Great Indian Festival 2025: Smartphone Deals Teased Ahead of Sale

Amazon Great Indian Festival 2025 is the e-commerce giant's biggest sale event of the year and it is expected to begin on September 23. Ahead of the festive season, deals on smartphones have been...

Economics

9 h. ago M&M Share Price Hits All Time High As GST Reforms Fuel Festive Sales Optimism

M&M share price gained over 2%. The GST Council approved limiting slabs to 5% and 18%, effective from Sept. 22.

Economics

22 h. ago Auto Industry Likely To Return To 7% Growth With GST Rate Rationalisation

Maruti Suzuki India Chairman RC Bhargava said the automotive industry would be a direct beneficiary of faster economic development.

Politics

24 h. ago "Finally Wisdom Dawned": P Chidambaram To NDTV On GST Rationalisation

P Chidambaram -- Congress's former Union Minister who handled the finance portfolio -- said today that while the rationalisation of the Goods and Services Tax law is welcome, it is eight years too...

Politics

24 h. ago "Biggest Reform Of Independent India": PM Modi Applauds GST Rationalisation

The rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax is the "biggest reform since Independence," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today

Politics

37 h. ago "Big Diwali Gift": Businessman Harsh Goenka On GST Rates Revision

Industrialist Harsh Goenka has called the recent Centre's decision to slash and rationalise Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates under the NextGen GST framework a "big Diwali gift" for every Indian.

Politics

39 h. ago "Welcome But Too Late": Congress's P Chidambaram On GST Reforms

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP P Chidambaram has welcomed the Centre's recent GST rationalisation and rate cuts but criticised the move as being "8 years too late".

Politics

46 h. ago GST Reforms Structural, Will Benefit Middle Class: Nirmala Sitharaman

GST reforms are not just for rationalising rates but structural too, Nirmala Sitharaman said on Wednesday, adding that the decision of the GST Council has been taken with full consensus and all...

Politics

3 d. ago Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale: Deals on Smartphones, Laptops Teased

Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale 2025 will commence soon, as the company recently announced. Recently, the e-commerce platform also revealed that it will offer an instant 10 percent discount on SBI...

Economics

3 d. ago Flipkart, Amazon Mega Sales 2025 Coming Soon: Offers And Discounts

Flipkart and Amazon have teased their 2025 mega festival sales, the Big Billion Days and Great Indian Festival, promising hefty discounts on premium electronics like Samsung Galaxy and iPhone models,...

Politics

4 d. ago Opinion: Nifty In Technical Charts: Too Many Balls In The Air To Juggle

Nifty In Technical Charts: The focus area for the week widens a bit to 24,000 on the lower side and 24,900 at the higher side. The GST rationalisations could trigger a rally.

Politics

5 d. ago Online Shoppers Press Pause Button Ahead Of GST Changes; Festivities To Boost Sales: Analysts

Goods and services are currently charged under a four-tier system with rates ranging from 5% to 28%.

Politics

8 d. ago Urban Sentiment Up, Online Festive Spend To Hit Rs 1.2 Lakh Crore In 2025

Customers preferred Amazon over other online shopping platforms like Flipkart, Myntra and Blinkit.

Events

1 week ago GST Waiver On Health Insurance To Cost Bengal Rs 900 Crore Annually: Mamata Banerjee

In a major GST rate rationalisation move, a proposal to exempt health insurance and a bulk of goods from GST is expected to come up when the GST Council meets early next month.

Politics

1 week ago GST Rationalisation: FADA Writes To Government To Expedite Proposed Reforms For Festive Sales

FADA has requested preponing the GST Council meeting, reportedly scheduled in September.

Politics

2 w. ago Key Panel Accepts Centre's Proposal To Move To 2 GST Slabs, Down From 4

A key meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on GST rate rationalisation on Thursday ended with state finance minister accepting the Centre's plan to reduce the number of tax slabs.

Politics

2 w. ago GST Reforms: Nomura Retains India's GDP Growth Forecast At 6.2%, Inflation At 2.7% For FY26

GST Reforms: The centre has also proposed to introduce a 40% slab for sin and luxury goods. In theory, removing 12% and 18% tax slab would lead to a loss of 0.19% of the GDP growth.

Politics

2 w. ago GST Rationalisation Expected To Reduce Cement Prices By Rs 30

The chairman of Shree Cement cautioned that the market enthusiasm may be premature, as the government is yet to announce specific rate cuts.

Politics

2 w. ago FM Sitharaman To Present GST Rate Rationalisation Proposal Before GoM On Aug 20

A six-member state panel will discuss the Union government's proposal to shift to a two-slab goods-and-services-tax structure.

Politics