GST reforms for MSMEs to fuel growth and employment across India

IANS | September 14, 2025 9:25 AM

New Delhi, Sep 14 (IANS) By lowering GST rates across automobiles, food processing, apparel, logistics and handicrafts, the reforms strengthen supply chains, promote local manufacturing, and boost employment, especially for women, rural entrepreneurs, and informal sector workers, according to the government.

No ITC reversal needed on post-sale discounts: CBIC

IANS | September 13, 2025 7:29 PM

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a clarification on how secondary or post-sale discounts will be treated under the Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Pakistan’s surveillance of its citizens not security but tyranny: Report

IANS | September 13, 2025 4:23 PM

New Delhi, Sep 13 (IANS) The track record of Pakistan’s current civil-military regime paints a bleak picture of the country’s future. It can continue down the Chinese path, perfecting the machinery of digital authoritarianism while hollowing out its democratic promises, or it can confront the reality that surveillance without oversight is not security but tyranny, according to a new report.