The frontline indices traded with modest gains in the early-afternoon trade, extending their five-day rally on hopes of a potential GST rate cut. However, investors remained cautious ahead of the US ...

Although faceting diamonds for export began in Surat in 1910 and gathered pace in the 1950s–60s, international trade in gems and jewellery had flourished here even before the fifteenth century. Surat ...

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India’s Online Gaming Bill 2025 permits e-sports but prohibits real-money games, enforcing strict penalties and transaction restrictions.

As the Centre prepares to revamp GST rates, the Federation of Hotel & Restaurant Associations of India (FHRAI) has urged Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to implement a uniform 5 ...

A request was made to reduce the GST rate on areca nuts from 5% to 2% ... it was said that there is a need to conduct a scientific study in India and provide appropriate information. The delegation ...

A Group of Ministers has proposed a full exemption of 18% GST on life and health insurance premiums for individuals in India. While this could lower costs for policyholders, insurers' loss of input ...

Monetary policy committee member Saugata Bhattacharya said the proposed GST revamp will likely lower prices initially, but ...

GoM approves two-slab GST structure at 5% and 18%, simplifying tax regime under Nirmala Sitharaman's leadership for household savings and business ease.

Since its launch in 2017, GST has achieved much of its intended purpose—simplifying compliance, reducing the cascading effect of taxes, and creating a unified national market.

The sustained rally in the Indian stock market made investors richer by about ₹12 lakh crore in six sessions as the overall market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies rose to ₹456.27 lakh crore, ...

Experts said the move to exempt GST on health and life insurance premiums would provide significant relief to households.