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Man Gets Rs 33 Refund For Cancelled Railway Ticket After Two-Year Battle
After two years of arduous attempts, a Kota-based engineer received Rs 33 as refund from the Indian Railways which charged him the amount as service tax despite him cancelling the ticket prior to the implementation of GST.
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"It Was A Bad Idea": Raghuram Rajan To NDTV On Demonetisation
Raghuram Rajan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, says the lack of jobs in India is a very serious issue. In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Prannoy Roy, Mr Rajan cites the example of how 2.5 crore people in the country applied for 90,000 Railway jobs. Calling demonetisation a bad idea, Mr Rajan said India suffered because of it ...
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GST, A Great Unifying Factor: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today termed the Goods and Services Tax as a great unifying factor, both in societal and political spheres in the country.
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Union Budget 2017: On IRCTC, No Service Charge When Booking Rail Tickets
The finance minister announced that service charge on booking rail tickets on the Indian Railways website IRCTC.com is now withdrawn.
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Union Budget 2017: No Service Charge On Train Tickets Booked On IRCTC Website
The booking of railway tickets online through the IRCTC website has just become cheaper. In the Union Budget 2017 presented today, finance minister Arun Jaitley said railways will no longer levy service charge on train tickets booked online through the IRCTC website. Earlier, a service tax of Rs 20 had to paid while booking Sleeper Class tickets an...
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Railways Waives Off Service Tax For Booking Online Tickets
The Indian Railways on Tuesday announced that it would waive off service charges for E-tickets and I-tickets booked through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) in a bid to encourage cashless transactions from November 23 to December 31, officials said.
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Budget Session Of Parliament: Live Updates
The Budget Session of Parliament will discuss issues related to Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU controversy, Jat reservation protests in Haryana,suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad and Pathankot terror attack on priority. The Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill which is crucial to the government's reforms plans will also be discu...
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E-Business Modernising Rail Travel in India
Gazing at the far-away tracks searching for signs of train arrivals might bring in nostalgic memories as a host of e-companies are providing everything from tracking minute-by-minute locomotive locations to details of taxi availability or the best deals at hotels to make rail journey in India a more pleasant and less taxing experience.
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Shooting films on trains to cost more
Shooting films on trains will be costlier now as Railways has levied 3.7 per cent service tax in this regard in AC classes and first class coaches.
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AC, first class rail fares may rise from July
Railway passenger fares in all AC classes and first class may rise by 3.6 per cent from July 1 as there are little indications that Finance Ministry would extend service tax exemption to Railways beyond this month.
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Mamata angry over service tax on Railways
Mamata Banerjee is also not happy with the decision to levy service tax on Railways. She is reportedly angry because the matter was not even discussed with her Ministry.
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Man Gets Rs 33 Refund For Cancelled Railway Ticket After Two-Year Battle
After two years of arduous attempts, a Kota-based engineer received Rs 33 as refund from the Indian Railways which charged him the amount as service tax despite him cancelling the ticket prior to the implementation of GST.
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"It Was A Bad Idea": Raghuram Rajan To NDTV On Demonetisation
Raghuram Rajan, the former Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, says the lack of jobs in India is a very serious issue. In an exclusive interview with NDTV's Prannoy Roy, Mr Rajan cites the example of how 2.5 crore people in the country applied for 90,000 Railway jobs. Calling demonetisation a bad idea, Mr Rajan said India suffered because of it ...
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GST, A Great Unifying Factor: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu today termed the Goods and Services Tax as a great unifying factor, both in societal and political spheres in the country.
-
Union Budget 2017: On IRCTC, No Service Charge When Booking Rail Tickets
The finance minister announced that service charge on booking rail tickets on the Indian Railways website IRCTC.com is now withdrawn.
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Union Budget 2017: No Service Charge On Train Tickets Booked On IRCTC Website
The booking of railway tickets online through the IRCTC website has just become cheaper. In the Union Budget 2017 presented today, finance minister Arun Jaitley said railways will no longer levy service charge on train tickets booked online through the IRCTC website. Earlier, a service tax of Rs 20 had to paid while booking Sleeper Class tickets an...
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Railways Waives Off Service Tax For Booking Online Tickets
The Indian Railways on Tuesday announced that it would waive off service charges for E-tickets and I-tickets booked through Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd (IRCTC) in a bid to encourage cashless transactions from November 23 to December 31, officials said.
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Budget Session Of Parliament: Live Updates
The Budget Session of Parliament will discuss issues related to Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU controversy, Jat reservation protests in Haryana,suicide of Dalit scholar Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad and Pathankot terror attack on priority. The Goods and Services Tax or GST Bill which is crucial to the government's reforms plans will also be discu...
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E-Business Modernising Rail Travel in India
Gazing at the far-away tracks searching for signs of train arrivals might bring in nostalgic memories as a host of e-companies are providing everything from tracking minute-by-minute locomotive locations to details of taxi availability or the best deals at hotels to make rail journey in India a more pleasant and less taxing experience.
-
Shooting films on trains to cost more
Shooting films on trains will be costlier now as Railways has levied 3.7 per cent service tax in this regard in AC classes and first class coaches.
-
AC, first class rail fares may rise from July
Railway passenger fares in all AC classes and first class may rise by 3.6 per cent from July 1 as there are little indications that Finance Ministry would extend service tax exemption to Railways beyond this month.
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Mamata angry over service tax on Railways
Mamata Banerjee is also not happy with the decision to levy service tax on Railways. She is reportedly angry because the matter was not even discussed with her Ministry.
