Mentioning that increased consumption has boosted production and brought relief to consumers during the festive season, the Chief Minister said that after the implementation of GST, national collection has increased from Rs 7 lakh crore to Rs 22 lakh crore, while it has increased from Rs 49,000 crore to over Rs 1.15 lakh crore in Uttar Pradesh.
Speaking at the Outreach and Interaction Programme on next-gen GST reforms in Visakhapatnam, Sitharaman said, the reforms are a "big step for the Indian economy."
The reduced prices will come into effect from Monday next when the new GST slabs will apply on products
Additionally, the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) have called for strict enforcement against the manufacture or sale of helmets without BIS certification.
Convenience beats consciousness! Consumers in Kolkata continue to use plastic bags to carry articles of daily needs from local markets despite being aware of the menace brought by it.
Undeclared power cuts and frequent tripping have become a routine in the Union Territory (UT), particularly in the rural areas, even as summer is at its peak.
The government on Thursday directed the edible oil industry to pass on to consumers, the benefits of low prices, with immediate effect.
Google-owned YouTube is the most popular platform for Indian language digital news consumers, with a whopping 93 per cent using it to access news, a report revealed on Thursday.
A natural shapeshifter, technology is rewriting the history again. It is causing a similar disruptive revolution in the mobility sector. The current green mobility revolution has the potential to transform transportation and mitigate the impacts of climate change by reducing dependence on fossil fuels.
According to a new study in the Journal of Marketing Research co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Miranda Goode, consumers who are honest about their level of debt and join peer-supported debt counselling groups are more likely to get their finances in order than those who keep it a secret.
