GST Reforms: The Goods and Services tax Council, headed by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will rollout the new GST tax slabs by around Sept 22 to boost India's festive demand, government sources ...

New GST tax rates soon! Come this Diwali, you will have to pay much lower indirect taxes on several items of daily use, thanks to next-generation Goods and Services Tax (GST) reforms set to be ...

An additional excise duty on cigarettes and tobacco products, and a health cess on pan masala, will come into effect from February 1.

The Tribunal held that increasing base prices after a GST rate reduction defeated the statutory mandate of Section 171. Profiteering was confirmed as the benefit of tax reduction was not passed on to ...

Income tax and corporate tax collections set to climb, but GST collections will decline after the rates were rationalised in September to boost consumption ...

To provide clarity to the drone tech industry, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council is reportedly looking to finalise a uniform 5% GST rate on all commercial-use drones. A Business Standard report ...

Despite revenue pressures caused by the Centre's GST 2.0 rate rationalisation, Punjab has recorded a strong rise in GST collections in January 2026, signalling improved compliance, focused enforcement ...

Andhra Pradesh recorded its highest-ever January GST collections since the rollout of the tax in 2017, with net GST revenue rising 6.72 per cent year-on-year to Rs 3,073 crore in January 2026, even as ...