Tag: Vat Exemption

Bhubaneswar: Bringing temporary solace to the consumers, the Federation of All Odisha Traders’ Association (FAOTA), which was on strike demanding exemption of VAT on pulses, wheat and wheat products, today postponed the agitation for two months and resumed import of essential commodities following an assurance of the government to consider the matter. In a letter […]

Cuttack: With talks on exemption of value added tax (VAT) on food items like wheat products and pulses between the State government and the traders yielding no results, import of these essential commodities was stopped by the traders from today raising concerns of a price rise. Import of all pulses, rava, flour, maida, oil, and […]

Bhubaneswar: A high-level meeting between Government and traders to resolve the row over value added tax (VAT) on essential commodities, originally scheduled for Tuesday, will be held today at Secretariat today. The meeting will be chaired by Finance Minister Pradeep Amat. Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Minister Sanjay Dasburma, Chief Secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi, Secretary […]

A high-level meeting chaired by Odisha Finance Minister Pradip Amat to sort out the VAT issue raised by the traders’ association on Saturday did not reach any conclusion and decided to meet again on Tuesday