New Delhi, Faced with a sharp decline in GST collections due to the lockdown and disruptions in economic activities across the country, the Central government may look at paying GST compensation to states using a portion of its borrowings.

Coming out of the first GST Council taking place against the backdrop of Co

New Delhi, During the corona period, lakhs of migrant labourers who returned home from the cities have found support under the MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act). Under the scheme, the daily wage labourers in the villages got 84 per cent more work in June than in the corresponding period last year.<

New Delhi, In a bid to provide relief to small businesses amid the coronavirus pandemic, the GST Council on Friday decided to halve the interest rate on late filing of GSTR-3B returns for the period of February, March and April 2020.

The interest rate on late return filing will be 9 per cent from the usual 18

New Delhi, The GST Council is considering the correction of the inverted duty structure as it has impacted revenue collection, along with resulting in higher outflow of refunds.

On Friday, the council, headed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, discussed extensively on correcting the inverted duty structure fo

Lucknow, More than 500 post offices in Uttar Pradesh will now sell hand sanitizers.

Chief Postmaster General of UP, Kaushalendra Kumar Sinha, said the postal department had signed an MoU with Meghdoot Gramodyog Sewa Sansthan, a cooperative that manufactures an array of products, including hand sanitizers.
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New Delhi, Hearing a PIL on alleged non-payment of salary to doctors during the coronavirus pandemic, the Supreme Court said on Friday that "it is a kind of a war, and you do not keep soldiers unhappy during war".

A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhushan, Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.R. Shah said: "It

New Delhi,   The Central government on Friday said the recovery rate of Covid-19 positive cases has increased to 49.47 per cent and a total of 1,47,194 individuals have recovered from the deadly disease.

India has become the fourth worst-affected country due to the pandemic as it added around 10,000

Chennai, A video on social media has brought to light an act of utmost cruelty meted out to a prized Jallikattu bull that died on June 6. The bull is seen tied to a tree, being taunted by a unidentified person resulting in its death.

The man was seen provoking the bull by throwing mud at it. The heartless act was

Chennai, A 97-year-old Chennai man successfully fought against coronavirus and has returned home, said a private hospital here on Friday.

In a statement issued here, Kauvery Hospital said 97-year-sold Krishna Murti, one of the oldest Covid-19 survivors till date was admitted on May 30. He presented himself with sy

New Delhi, What is the difference between a roti and a Paratha? Apart from the taste, it is 18 per cent GST that can be imposed on Parotas (or Parathas) because these need to be heated before consumption.

Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra took to Twitter on Friday after the Karnataka bench of Authority for Ad