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Stock market today: Sensex, Nifty jump 1% each as GST reforms lifts insurance, FMCG, auto stocks
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Stock market today: Sensex, Nifty jump 1% each as GST reforms lifts insurance, FMCG, auto stocks

India’s stock market surged today, taking cues from GST reforms that’s set to make soaps to small cars cheaper for the “common man”. A screen…

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GST Council approves 2-slab structure: What gets cheaper, what gets costlier | Details | Latest News India
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GST Council approves 2-slab structure: What gets cheaper, what gets costlier | Details | Latest News India

Published on: Sept 04, 2025 07:10 am IST PM Narendra Modi hailed the GST reform, saying it will benefit farmers, MSMEs, traders, and the middle…

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Tax cut bonanza cleared in GST regime overhaul | Latest News India
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Tax cut bonanza cleared in GST regime overhaul | Latest News India

Taxes on goods spanning household essentials, medicines, small cars and appliances will be slashed from September 22 as the GST Council on Wednesday approved the…

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New GST rates: Cigarettes to SUVs and some motorcycles land it highest tax slab
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New GST rates: Cigarettes to SUVs and some motorcycles land it highest tax slab

A new 40% slab of GST will come into effect on September 22, along with all new rates. The 12% and 28% slabs are gone,…

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New GST rates: All you need to know about what happens next, and when | FAQs
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New GST rates: All you need to know about what happens next, and when | FAQs

After the GST rates were changed on Wednesday, to come into effect on September 22, here are some of the major questions being asked, and…

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GST rate cut: Individual health, life insurance policies exempt from GST
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GST rate cut: Individual health, life insurance policies exempt from GST

The GST Council has exempt individual life insurance and health insurance policies from GST as part of broader reforms for the indirect tax regime. Finance…

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New GST rates: Full list of items that have received rate cut
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New GST rates: Full list of items that have received rate cut

The GST Council on Wednesday approved a two-tier rate structure of 5 and 18 per cent, which will be implemented from September 22. New GST…

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Small cars, some motorcycles to get cheaper after GST rate cut. Check details
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Small cars, some motorcycles to get cheaper after GST rate cut. Check details

In the GST rate rejig announced on Wednesday, bikes under 350cc engine capacity and small cars get a tax cut of 10 percentage points. They…

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India delivers tax bonanza ‘for common man’, new GST rates from 22 September
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India delivers tax bonanza ‘for common man’, new GST rates from 22 September

India has cut GST rates on hundreds of consumer items,—ranging from soaps to small cars—to spur demand in the world’s fourth largest economy in the…

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Simpler GST regime with two rates from September 22
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Simpler GST regime with two rates from September 22

An overhauled and simplified goods and services tax (GST) regime with only two main rates rates, 5% and 12%, will be implemented from September 22….

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