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Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey explains agri cess, says agriculture
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): Surprising many, in the recent Union Budget government came up with an Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC) instead of COVID-19 cess. Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey in an exclusive interview to ANI explains the reason behind it
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Agri cess will not impact alcoholic beverages, hike in customs duty not to
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Agriculture Infrastructure and Development Cess (AIDC), a new cess announced in union budget 2020-21 will not lead to increase in the price of alcoholic beverages, Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said on Wednesday.
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Over 180 people arrested for tax evasion in past 2 months
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 4 (ANI): In the last 1.5 to 2 months over 180 people including managing directors of companies and chartered accountants have been arrested for tax evasion, said Union Finance Secretary Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Monday.
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GST collection for December shows economy is on fast track recovery, says
Updated : 2 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 3 (ANI): Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection for the month of December shows that the economy is on fast track recovery, and the country is witnessing positive growth, said Finance Secretary Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey.
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Govt working on another stimulus package: Finance secretary
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 2 (ANI): Finance secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Sunday hinted that the government is working on another stimulus package but he refrained from giving a timeframe.
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I-T Dept refunded nearly Rs 1.27 lakh crores through automated refund syst
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 30 (ANI): Finance Secretary Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey today said that the income tax refund of about Rs 1,27,000 crore has been sent to bank accounts of individuals and businesses in this financial year.
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E-invoicing is a major GST reform for ease of doing business: Finance Secr
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): Finance and Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said the e-invoicing implementation B2B transactions from October 1 has been encouraging and is getting progressively robust.
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5.74 crore e-way bills generated in Sept; signs of economic growth: Financ
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): Finance Secretary Dr Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Thursday said more than 5.74 crore e-way bills have been generated in September and these are affirmative signs of economic growth as the business activities are unlocking gradually and despite the adverse impact
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Retired civil servants issue statement in support of farm sector laws
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 28 (ANI): A group of former public servants on Monday lent its support to the farm reform laws enacted by the Centre government and condemned the "surreptitious practices of vested interests" which it claimed were misleading and misguiding the farmers and discred
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Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar to take charge as Election Commission
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 22 (ANI): Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar, who was appointed as Election Commissioner on Friday following the resignation of Ashok Lavasa, will take charge of the office on September 1.
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Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar appointed Election Commissioner
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): Former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar was on Friday appointed as Election Commissioner following the resignation of Ashok Lavasa.
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GST rates can be reduced further as tax base increases: Finance Secretary
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 23 (ANI): GST rates can be reduced further once the tax base increases and everyone pays taxes properly, Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said on Thursday.
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