August 21, 2026
  • August 21, 2026

No GST on hostels, rail platform ticket, waiting room, ESOPs

by on June 23, 2024 0

GST Council exempts hostel fees, platform tickets, and more from GST. Hostels under Rs 20,000/month are exempt. Nirmala Sitharaman announces tax exemptions for employee stock options. System reworked to prevent fraud by bogus entities. The move will also benefit thousands of students and working people staying in paying guest accommodations.

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Andhra, Chhattisgarh seek funds for new capitals, Kerala a special grant of Rs 24k crore

by on June 23, 2024 0

Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Tamil Nadu seek assistance for developing new state capitals and project-specific support in a meeting with Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Kerala demands a Rs 24,000 crore special package to overcome a liquidity crisis. Similarly, Tamil Nadu FM Thangam Thenarasu sought budgetary provision of Rs 63,000 crore Chennai metro rail’s...

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Hafeez slams Buttler’s IPL remark. Vaughan says…

by on June 22, 2024 0

Former Pakistan captain Mohammad Hafeez criticized England skipper Jos Buttler for suggesting no international cricket should be scheduled during the IPL. Buttler, who left IPL 2024 early for an England T20I series, argued that prioritizing national duty before the World Cup is essential. Michael Vaughan and Adam Gilchrist supported Buttler, highlighting the IPL’s significance...

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‘Who was the Einstein?’: Akhtar slams PCB

by on June 22, 2024 0

Pakistan’s disastrous T20 World Cup campaign in the USA has expectedly triggered a backlash against the players, who are being criticised for taking their families along, even as their beleaguered cricket board mulled invoking a new defamation law to tackle ‘unsubstantiated claims and reports’. Babar, who earlier relinquished captaincy, was brought back as skipper...

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