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Adhia backs decision to leave corporate tax untouched
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 1 (ANI): Following the Centre's decision to levy 25 percent corporate tax for companies with Rs. 250 crore turnover, Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Thursday while backing this said the decision has been made keeping the welfare of the common man in mind.
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Adhia appeals for improvement in India's global ranking
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 27 (ANI): Finance Secretary Dr Hasmukh Adhia on Saturday called for more stringent reforms in customs facilitation, thereby resulting in a significant improvement in India's Ease of Doing Business ranking.
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Adhia terms e-way bill as efficient use of IT
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 29 (ANI): Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Friday termed the generation of the e-way bill as efficient use of Information Technology and called on to make preparations for its implementation for inter-state transportation of goods from February 1.
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Finance Secretary Adhia, others for fewer GST slabs
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on Saturday said the Goods and Services Tax (GST) needs further simplification and suggested a reduction in the number of slabs if there is any scope to do so.
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National Anti profiteering Authority to be announced within one week: Adhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 25 (ANI): Finance Secretary Hasmukh Adhia said on Saturday that a decision regarding the formation of a National Anti profiteering Authority would be announced next week, amid reports of uneven rates of Goods and Services Taxes (GST) being levied on the consumers. Read More
Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia promoted as Finance Secretary
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], November 6 (ANI): Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia has been designated as the new Finance Secretary, an official order said on Monday.
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Finance Secretary hints at increased capital expenditure by PSUs
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 25 (ANI): Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa on Wednesday highlighted over a possibility by the public sector undertakings (PSUs) to increase their capital expenditure in the current financial year, adding that there could be an upward revision in capital formation in the
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Digital payment up by 55 percent, notes NITI Aayog
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 3 (ANI): An analysis of the current digital payments landscape in the country revealed that during the financial year 2016-17, there has been a 55 percent increase in digital payments, as revealed by Ratan P Watal, Principal Advisor, NITI Aayog and former finance sec
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Union Cabinet to review Pay Commission allowances
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a review meeting with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa to discuss his views on Pay Commission allowances today.
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Lavasa committee submits 7th Pay Commission report on allowances to Arun J
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 28 (ANI): A high-level committee, headed by finance secretary Ashok Lavasa, submitted its report on Thursday, on allowances of 47 lakh government employees, to Finance Minister Arun Jaitely.
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Ashok Lavasa receives cheque by CMD of REC for Swachh Bharat Kosh
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 9 (ANI): The Finance Secretary Ashok Lavasa, who is also the Chairperson of the Swachh Bharat Kosh (SBK) on Thursday received a cheque of Rs. 25 crore towards the SBK by P.V. Ramesh Babu, CMD of Rural Electric Corporation (REC) Limited as part of REC's Corporate S
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Budget is progressive, pragmatic and people-oriented: Finance Secretary
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb. 4 (ANI): The Budget 2017-18 charts a story that is consistent with the policies of government in the last couple of years, predictable in its approach and is shorn of unnecessary surprises for the industry and society, said Ashok Lavasa, Finance and Expenditure Secret
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