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Seven states that are not ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party have demanded that the Centre should compensate tax losses under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act at the earliest, reported
The Hindu on Thursday.
The states’ finance ministers also sought to increase the borrowing limit to 5% of the Gross State Domestic Product – the total value of goods and services produced within a state in a financial year. The demands were made during a meeting held by Rajasthan Urban Development and Housing Minister Shanti Dhariwal on Wednesday, ahead of the GST council meeting on May 28.
COVID mishandling foretold in the Budget
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That the government did not come up with a detailed ‘COVID-19 Emergency’ Budget for the year 2021-22 is telling
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That the government did not come up with a detailed ‘COVID-19 Emergency’ Budget for the year 2021-22 is telling
“India has begun medically safeguarding not only her own citizens against COVID-19 but also those of 100 or more countries. I have provided ₹35,000 crores for Covid-19 vaccine in BE 2021-22.,” was the bombastic claim made by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget speech to the nation on February 1, 2021.
Ms. Sitharaman assured the nation that her government at the Centre was protecting not only Indians but also people of other countries against COVID-19 and that she had provided enough money. She also boasted that the overall Budget for health had been increased substantially and pointed to details in Annexure I of the Budget speec
Wall Street banker sworn in as Tamil Nadu finance minister faces trial by fire in new job Â
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is an alumnus of MIT Sloan School of Management. He takes over as TN finance minister at a time when the state is reeling under high debt and huge fiscal deficit.
Aananth Daksnamurthy 10 May, 2021 7:30 am IST Text Size:
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Chennai: For nearly two decades, Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, or PTR as he is better known, has dabbled in the finance sector.  Â
An alumnus of the prestigious MIT Sloan School of Management, PTR has worked with global financial institutions such as Standard Chartered and Lehman Brothers.Â