GST : List of items in the 28% slab

List of items in 28% slab of Goods and Services Tax (GST):

• Sugar and sugar confectionery
• Cocoa and cocoa preparations
• Preparations of cereals, flour, starch or milk; pastrycooks’ products
• Miscellaneous edible preparations
• Pan masala
• Beverages, spirit and vinegar
• Tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes
• Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement
• Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation; bituminous substances; mineral waxes
• Tanning or dyeing extracts; tannins and their derivatives; dyes, pigments and other colouring matter; paints and varnishes; putty and other mastics; inks.
• Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations
• Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating preparations
• Artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing or scouring preparations
• Explosives; pyrotechnic products; matches; pyrophoric alloys; certain combustible preparations
• Chemical products
• Plastics and articles thereof
• Rubber and articles thereof
• Articles of leather; saddlery and harness; travel goods, handbags and similar containers; articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)
• Furskin and artificial fur
• Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal
• Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
• Headgear and parts thereof
• Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feather or of down – artificial flowers; articles of human hair
• Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar material
• Ceramic products
• Glass and glassware
• Articles of iron or steel
• Copper and articles thereof
• Aluminium and articles thereof
• Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks of base metal; parts thereof of base metal
• Miscellaneous articles of base metal
• Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof
• Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and re-producers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles
• Vehicles other than railway or tramway rollingstocks, and parts and accessories thereof
• Aircraft; spacecraft and parts thereof
• Ships, boats and floating structures
• Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof
• Clocks and watches and parts thereof
• Musical instruments; parts and accessories of such articles
• Arms and ammunition; parts and accessories
• Furniture; bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; lamps and lighting fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; illuminated signs, illuminated name-plates and the like; prefabricated buildings
• Toys, games and sports requisites; parts and accessories thereof
• Miscellaneous manufactured articles
• Project imports, laboratory chemicals, passengers’ baggage, personal importation, ship stores.

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GST : List of items in the 18% slab

List of items in the 18% slab

The list of items in the 18% slab will be divided into two sections. The first section is the goods section and will name the various items that will be in this slab. However, the second section shall include the names of the various services that will be affected and has been put in the 18% slab.

Goods

The products under the 18% slab are:

• Trademark
• Bidi Patta
• Goodwill
• Software
• Biscuits (all categories)
• flavoured refined sugar
• pasta
• pastries and cakes
• preserved vegetables
• jams and sauces
• soups
• ice cream
• instant food mixes
• mineral water
• tissues
• envelopes
• tampons
• notebooks
• steel products
• printed circuits
• camera
• speakers and monitors
• Kajal pencil sticks
• Headgear and parts thereof,
• Aluminium foil,
• Weighing Machinery [other than electric or electronic weighing machinery],
• Printers [other than multifunction printers],
• Electrical Transformer,
• CCTV,
• Optical Fiber,
• Bamboo furniture
• Swimming pools and padding pools
• Curry paste;
• mayonnaise
• salad dressings;
• mixed condiments and
• mixed seasonings
• Footwear costing more than RS. 500

Now coming to the Services part, the top service to be taxed in accordance with the 18 percent slab are:

• AC hotels that serve alcohol
• telecom services
• IT services
• branded garments
• financial services

Notably, Rooms with tariff between Rs 2,500 and Rs 7,500 will attract 18 percent of GST, while restaurants in Five-star hotels will also be charged according to the 18 percent slab.

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ASEAN meet at New Delhi with Keynote address by EAM Sushma Swaraj

Asean India meet and Keynote address by EAM Sushma Swaraj with delegates from USA, Canada, Vietnam, Burma, Laos, Nigeria etc.

House Of Card - Season 5

Frank Underwood is coming to India with the television premiere of House Of Cards Season 5 on Saturday, 3rd June, 5 PM onwards, only on Zee Café!”

A review of the political series, "Home Coming of Terror", a tale of a pragmatic principal character who is freaking obsessed to achieve the zenith of success even by embracing immoral means. The scene commences, where a journalist is killed, while Frank (Kevin Spacey) and Claire Underwood (Robin Wright), try to manipulate the attack to quench the thirst of his narcissistic lust.  

In a broaden horizon, it begins with a telecast, where Claire is saying, “You have nothing to be Afraid of. We are here to protect you”.  She continues, “There’s a lot of noise out there, a noisy press that’s choosing to dwell on the past instead of what’s happening right now,”. But as soon as the story succeeds, it is revealed, that it was the deliberate recording of an election telecast.

The scene shifts to the American Congress, where a senate wants a debate on the actions of the President and his declaration of war on terror. But the reply he gets from the Frank was, “ I am on my way to the funeral of an American patriot. A good man. A husband. A father who was beheaded on American soil. And this chamber chooses to debate me.”

Even though the creator of the series, Beau Willimon is no more connected with the series, the first episode of the, House of Cards,  season 5, still looks as smart as earlier. It shows the President of the United States of America, as a strong and angry person, with no regard to the political values. The show almost matches with the working style of Donald Trump, the existing president of America.

Frank tries to overcome the growing popularity of his Republican rival Will Conway (Joel Kinnaman), and manipulates the situation, by waging a war against the terrorist organization ICO / ISIS, with the sole aim of creating fear in the general public so that he could retain his presidency in the coming elections.

It is a manipulative story of Frank Underwood's political passion and his longing to conquer presidency at any cost, alike Donald Trump. Deceitful traits of his inner self has caught the centre of attraction. He is truly an opportunity seeker, and much more concerned with his own reelection as the President. He notably exploits the issue of the insecurity of the people, in his own favour, just to repossess his popularity as well to keep on holding the power.

“Frank Underwood is coming to India with the television premiere of House Of Cards Season 5 on Saturday, 3rd June, 5 PM onwards, only on Zee Café!” You can view more details about the new series at  https://www.facebook.com/ZeeCafe.  #HOConZCafe

Panel Discussion : Times Now : Mirror Now : Major issues of Delhi : B S Vohra

Thanks : Times Now - Mirror Now

Panel Discussion : Times Now - Mirror Now - Major issues of Delhi

Thanks : Times Now - Mirror Now

India TV Mega Conclave – Samvaad 2017

It was truly a great day. A mega conclave – Samvaad 2017 was held at Taj Palace. It was organized by Mr. Rajat Sharma, of India TV. Time was just flying away in the presence of all the top and prominent leaders of the Bhartiya Janta Party. The occasion was the completion of three years of Modi Government.

No, I am not a member of BJP – not even a primary member. I try to remain absolutely apolitical and so never attend any of the political meets. But this event was organized by INDIA TV News channel and being widely connected with MEDIA, I got the invite.

It was a great opportunity to listen Rajat Sharma and many other top rated anchors while talking to Vijay Goel, Oweisi, Subramanyam Swami, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani, Nitin Gatkari, Rajnath Singh as well Amit Shah. It was my first time to view most of these leading personalities, face to face.

A great experience indeed. Smriti irani was too good in speaking with a whole lot of data. Nitin Gatkari was quite impressive. Though Rajnath Singh was a bit hesitant in speaking on certain issues related to Pakistan, Amit shah was truly comfortable and in complete charge.

One of the greatest information was shared by Mr Nitin Gatkari that by the 15th of August, both the outer ring roads, i.e. being constructed at the outskirts of Delhi, will be completed and Delhi will have the Pollution & Traffic congestion, lesser by almost half.

Enjoyed the Event, though it looked very difficult at the initial stages as the timings were 10am to 9pm, i.e. 11 hours at a stretch. But there was ample arrangement for Food as well Tea, coffee and so, everyone was enjoying the event with a great smile.

Panel Discussion - Times Now - Mirror Now - B S Vohra - AAP Govt in Delhi

Drive against Dengue & Chikungunya in Delhi

Live on HT DELHI on the MCD ELECTIONS - Video