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While the future, no doubt, belongs to electric vehicles, safety issues plaguing the fledgling industry must be fixed now before penetrating the market. The safety of users is paramount and there should be no compromise on this. A spate of fire accidents, including explosion of batteries, has shaken the industry and could potentially bring down […]

Nirmal: Activists and leaders of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) staged protests against imposition of GST on dairy products across Nirmal district, as per a call given by forest Minister Allola Indrakaran Reddy on Thursday. The leaders said that the tax would cause financial burden on the common public and demanded it be rolled back. They […]

Hyderabad: The TRS MPs staged a walkout in Lok Sabha in protest against the Central government’s stubborn stand on the issue pertaining to hike in prices and GST taxes. TRS leader Nama Nageswara Rao insisted on a debate on the issue in Lok Sabha when the four-day parliamentary session began on Thursday. When the Speaker […]

Adilabad: Activists of Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) took out a rally in protest of the union government’s decision to impose Goods and Service Tax of 5 percent on dairy products, here on Wednesday. Led by Adilabad municipal chairperson Jogu Premender, scores of members of TRS gathered at Telangana Chowk and raised slogans against the Centre […]

Hyderabad: Industries in Telangana will create about five lakh jobs by 2027. The State will be one of the major contributors among the Southern States that are expected to generate about 25 lakh jobs during this period, said Suchitra Ella, Chairperson, CII Southern Region. Addressing a press conference in Hyderabad on Wednesday, Ella said that […]

Karimnagar: Telangana Rashtra Samithi activists on Wednesday staged protest demonstrations across the erstwhile Karimnagar district in protest against the imposition of five percent goods and services tax (GST) on milk and milk based products by the union government led by the BJP. Based on TRS working president KT Rama Rao’s instructions, TRS workers staged dharna […]

Suryapet: The TRS members on Wednesday staged protest demonstrations across the district against the imposition of GST on milk and milk based products by the Centre. Under the leadership of Zilla Parishad Chairperson Deepika Yugender Rao, the TRS members staged a dharna at the main centre of Thungathurthi and raised slogans against the Centre for […]

Hyderabad: TRS MPs on Tuesday staged a protest in Parliament against the rise in prices of essential commodities, GST on food items and inflation besides rising prices of petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder. They staged the demonstration with placards in front of the Gandhi statue on the Parliament premises. Soon after the session began, the […]

New Delhi: The recommendations on Goods and Services Tax rates that were made during the 47th GST Council meeting held in June come into effect today. Following is a list of items that will get costlier: 1. GST on paper knives, spoons, forks, ladles, skimmers, cake-servers increased from 12 per cent to 18 per cent. […]

Hyderabad: He is crisscrossing the length and breadth of the country to seek the support of 100 Members of Parliament (MPs) from all parties to prevail upon the Central government to abolish GST on handlooms. Carrying a huge cotton fabric, Akhila Bharatha Padmashali Sangham chairman Y Venkanna Netha visits the MPs at their residences and […]

New Delhi: The gross revenue collection from goods and services tax (GST) surged to Rs 1,40,885 crore in May 2022, posting a year-on-year increase of 44 per cent, the government data showed on Wednesday. This is the third consecutive month when the gross GST collection is over Rs 1.40 lakh crore mark. The gross GST […]

By Dr Ranjith Reddy The process of formulating one-nation-one-tax started long ago but reached its logical conclusion by bringing the entire country under a unified indirect taxation system and, at the stroke of midnight of June 30/July 1st, GST, the biggest and landmark indirect tax reform in Independent India, became a reality. Prime Minister Narendra […]

The Supreme Court’s ruling that the States and the Centre can equally legislate on matters of Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a welcome development. This upholds the spirit of cooperative federalism, for which the States like Telangana have been steadfastly fighting. In fact, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has been at the forefront […]

Hyderabad: The Centre’s discrimination against Telangana and its persistent refusal to cooperate with the State government for the uplift of weavers’ community in the State is proving to be dangerous for the textiles sector, TRS working president and Textiles Minister KT Rama Rao said on Sunday. He slammed the BJP government for its inefficient administration […]

Hyderabad: The TRS party has demanded withdrawal of GST on handlooms garments and opposed the anti-weavers policies adopted by the Central Government. In the past, no other Government had imposed GST on handloom garments and in 2017 Prime Minister Narendra Modi had imposed five per cent GST and was planning to increase it to 12 […]

Hyderabad: This could be a silent killer. Counterfeit refrigerants, which are being used in place of genuine refrigerants in air conditioners and other cooling processes, are turning out to be an unknown but major threat with many small scale dealers and retailers turning to these, and in the process, ignoring safety. With some going to […]

Hyderabad: Finance Minister T Harish Rao here on Wednesday slammed the Centre for its discrimination against Telangana in sanctioning projects and funds. Stating that the Central government failed to fulfill its promises made to Telangana, he said that latter did not take any steps for setting up of Bayyaram steel plant in Mahabubabad, railway coach […]

Hyderabad: Less than a week before Telangana introduces its budget for 2022-23 in the Assembly on March 7, the GST revenue in the State presented a promising picture with an impressive 18 per cent growth in 2021-22 at the end of February. The State’s cumulative GST collections stood at Rs 28,987.39 crore as on February […]

By Mahitha Lingala A country with a magnitude as much as that of India thrives only when both levels of governments, in the States as well as the Centre, work in tandem towards prosperity. Cooperative federalism is a work in progress in India. Despite powers being divided asymmetrically in the Constitution, India is a Union […]

It rides on rhetoric and has little substance to combat either inflation or facilitate growth