Amit Mitra

Swedish furniture retail company IKEA has evinced interest in sourcing products from West Bengal, state Finance Minister Amit Mitra. According to a PTI report: The multinational retail chain recently opened its first store in India at Hyderabad. Mitra, addressing the concluding...

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council at its 16th meeting here on Sunday revised the rates of 66 items out of the 133 for which representations had been received seeking change from the fitments originally made in the...

The GST Council on Saturday completed the work of bringing all items under a 4-slab tax structure with gold attracting 3 per cent rate, ending suspense on the item dear to Indians, even as all states barring West Bengal...

The rapidly expanding e-commerce companies have made a strong case for keeping them out of the proposed GST net but the state finance ministers appeared in no mood to oblige. According to a PTI report: At the first meeting of...

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime will benefit micro, small and medium enterprises as it provides for a single-tax system across India, West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said on Wednesday. "The GST's primary focus is to benefit micro,...

All purchases made online will attract a uniform Goods and Services Tax, likely to take effect from April next year, according to the model GST law approved by state finance ministers headed by West Bengal finance minister, Dr Amit...