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By Dillip Kumar and Pratik Patra 2017 brought many new things. It also renewed, reformed and shed some. The year saw new policies, announcements and reforms. Here’s a list of some big, bold & boastful ones. VAT, GST rollout Preparing the ground for transition to a new taxation regime, the Odisha Assembly unanimously passed the […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Assembly will have a special session today to ratify the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill. The session would begin with chief minister Naveen Patnaik moving a resolution for a discussion on the Bill in which all members would participate. The Bill, which has been passed in the Lok Sabha and Rajya […]

Bhubaneswar: The State Cabinet today approved the new start-up policy of the Odisha government to promote entrepreneurship in the state through provision of incentives for start-up ventures. Briefing media persons after the meeting, chief secretary Aditya Prasad Padhi said the policy would chart a road map to place Odisha among the top three investment destinations […]

Bhubaneswar: Four proposals, including the Odisha Start-up Policy- 2016, are likely to be approved at the cabinet meeting scheduled to take place at the Secretariat here today, officials said. The policy would seek to promote entrepreneurship in the state through provision of incentives to start-up ventures. The policy would chart a roadmap to place Odisha […]

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: The BJD will raise Odisha’s concerns on tax during the discussion on the Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill – India’s biggest tax reform ever – which is set to be ratified by the Lok Sabha today, party leader in the Lower House Bhartruhari Mahatab said. Sources said the ruling party in […]

New Delhi: The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed an amendment bill that seeks to replace an ordinance in which tax rates on motor vehicles was hiked to a maximum of 25 per cent under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. The House took up for discussion the GST (Compensation to States) Amendment Bill, 2017 […]

New Delhi: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday unanimously passed the relevant Constitution amendment bill to pave the way for the introduction of a pan-India Goods and Services Tax regime. The upper house passed what is called the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-Second Amendment) Bill, 2014, with 203 ayes in the final vote. The AIADMK had […]