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Congressional millionaires
Compared with the overall population, Congress is made up of a disproportionate share of millionaires. But determining the number of wealthy people in Congress is more complicated.
Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate are required to file financial disclosure forms that are publicly available, but they do not report a precise accounting of their wealth. Instead, they report the value of assets and liabilities in ranges.
Personal residences not held for investment purposes and some other large assets also don t have to be disclosed.
The Center for Responsive Politics compiles those reports in a list to determine the wealthiest members of Congress, based on the average between the high- and low-end estimates of their net worth.
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June 09, 2021 22:13 IST
The GST Council, that met on May 28, had formed a Ministerial group to review demands for slashing the tax rates or exempting COVID-19 supplies from the GST regime.
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First step: A group of Ministers has submitted a report to Ms. Sitharaman on exempting COVID supplies from GST. REUTERS
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The GST Council, that met on May 28, had formed a Ministerial group to review demands for slashing the tax rates or exempting COVID-19 supplies from the GST regime.
The BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh government is in favour of reducing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) levied on COVID-19 essentials to minimise the costs borne by people to cope with the pandemic, State Finance Minister Suresh Kumar Khanna said on Wednesday.
UPDATED: June 4, 2021 17:09 IST
Mamata Banerjee and chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay (to her right) in Digha on May 28, to survey the damage caused by Cyclone Yaas
It has been a stormy first month in office for Mamata Banerjee in her third term as West Bengal chief minister. The BJP top leadership seems to have taken the election defeat to heart and has kept up the pressure on her government. Multiple central teams have descended on the state to “review the law and order situation” and investigating agencies seem to have suddenly woken up to scams that have dragged on for years.