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GST Collections in May 2022

In the month of May 2022, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue stood at around Rs 1.41 lakh crore. This is a 44 percent increase in comparison...

June 2, 2022

Agricultural Infrastructure and Development Cess

The Finance Minister of India, Nirmala Sitharaman, announced an agricultural infrastructure and development cess (AIDC) on some goods while presenting Union Budget 2021. AIDC was announced to provide...

February 2, 2021

42nd GST Council Meet held

On October 5, 2020, Finance Minister Smt Nirmala Sitaraman chaired the 42nd GST Council Meet. Key Highlights The GST Council could not finalize borrowing plans of states to...

October 5, 2020

Nagaland has imposed a COVID-19 Cess on Petroleum

States are starting to target petroleum for revenue. Nagaland recently imposed a cess on petrol and diesel sales. Cess Cess is a type of tax that is charged...

May 1, 2020

Labour Ministry transfers Cess Funds for the Construction Workers to fight against COVID-19

On March 24, 2020, the Ministry of Labour and Employment transferred funds to the account of construction workers in the backdrop of outbreak of COVID-19. Highlights The Labour...

March 24, 2020

GST Revenue Collection Report for November 2019

According to a report published by the Ministry of Finance, Gross Goods and Services Tax(GST) revenue collected in November was Rs 1,03,492 crore out of which  Central GST...

December 2, 2019

Cess for Disaster Relief

The rapidly changing climate and the rising temperatures have led to a spate of floods, droughts, and other natural disasters. Not only do the natural disasters cause the...

August 1, 2019

Budget 2019 : Petrol/Diesel Prices

The Union Budget has made the following changes to its hydrocarbon policy for better revenue realization- The Union Budget 2019 has raised the excise duty and the road...

July 5, 2019

1 July: GST Day

1st July 2019 is being celebrated as GST (Goods & Services Tax) Day. This year marks the 2nd anniversary of implementation of historic tax reform of Goods &...

July 1, 2019

GST collection increases to one lakh crore in January

The data from the Ministry of Finance shows that goods and services tax collections stood at Rs. 1,02,503 crore in the month of January. Of the Rs. 1,02,503 crore GST revenue,...

February 4, 2019

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