Bengaluru, March 6 (IANS) Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the rationalisation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) rates by the Central Government has adversely affected the state’s revenue collections, leading to a significant shortfall in the current financial year.Presenting the state Budget for 2026–27, Siddaramaiah said the rate changes are expected to result in an estimated revenue shortfall of about Rs 10,000 crore for the state in the current financial year, while a sho…
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New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, will lead the 62nd edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle on February 22, 2026, from the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, as the nationwide cycling initiative celebrates India being awarded the hosting rights for the Commonwealth Games 2030.The event will be organised across the country in collaboration with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) and will also mark ESIC’s 75 years of ser…
New Delhi, Feb 5 (IANS) The Goods and Services Tax (GST) exemption of lifesaving cancer drugs and higher taxation on tobacco products are the steps aimed at strengthening public health in the country, according to a new study led by oncologists from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.The GST council, in its 56th meeting in September last year, recommended the total exemption of 33 lifesaving drugs, including those used in cancer care, from GST altogether (from 12 per cent to zero, and t…
Bengaluru, Jan 21 (IANS) To cover up its “zero-development administration”, a series of corruption scams and administrative failures, the Siddaramaiah-led Congress government is misusing the Governor’s speech as a political weapon, alleged Legislative Assembly Leader of Opposition R. Ashoka.In a press statement released on Wednesday, he said: “Governors are not spokespersons of the Congress government; they are protectors of the Constitution. By undermining their dignity, the Congress go…
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Centre has told the Delhi High Court that matters relating to the rate, classification, and reduction of Goods and Services Tax (GST) on air purifiers fall exclusively within the domain of the GST Council, cautioning that any judicial direction in this regard would not only be constitutionally impermissible but would also violate the framework of cooperative federalism.In a detailed counter-affidavit filed in response to a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking redu…
New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) The GST Council may consider cutting goods and services tax on air and water purifiers for domestic use from 18 per cent to 5 per cent, reclassifying them as essential items rather than discretionary consumer goods.It could lower retail prices by about 10-15 per cent, improving affordability for lower‑income families at a time when air quality across the country worsens and access to safe drinking water remains uneven, multiple reports said, citing sources familiar wit…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Taking note of the worsening air quality in the national capital and adjoining NCR areas, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council to convene a meeting at the earliest to consider lowering the 18 per cent GST levied on air purifiers. Considering the functions performed by air purifiers, a Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela observed that it was prima facie of the view that a GST rate of 5 p…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday pulled up the Union government over the worsening air pollution crisis in the national Capital, observing that if clean air cannot be ensured for citizens, at the very least the Goods and Services Tax (GST) on air purifiers should be reduced. A Bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking to declare air purifiers as falling within the category of m…