April 1 deadline for GST a stiff target: Jaitley

April 1 deadline for GST a stiff target: Jaitley

Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the April 1, 2017, deadline to roll out the goods and services tax (GST) was stiff, as there were a few hurdles ahead.

He added the Centre and states were “running against time”, and there were issues, which the proposed GST Council needed to address.

“After the notification and constitution of the GST Council, there are obviously some pending issues, which the council will have to resolve. So we have September and October, and, parts of November to do that,” said Jaitley at the The Economist India Summit in the national Capital.

Later, a senior finance ministry official said there were three issues — GST rates, dual control over assessment and scrutiny of assessees, and geographical or area-based exemptions.

“If we are able to successfully transact those issues, the pieces of legislation would be introduced in Parliament in the winter session. Looking ahead, it’s very stiff. We are running against time,” said Jaitley.

More than half the states have ratified the Constitution amendment Bill, passed by Parliament on August 6. Only the President’s assent is left to make it a law.(more)

SBI clerk prelims results & main exam call letters released

SBI clerk prelims results & main exam call letters released

The SBI Clerk Results have been announced after a long wait for the prelims exam held in the month of May & JUNE.IT was part of the clerk recruitment to fill Junior associate & Junior agriculture associate posts in State bank of India.SBI had advertised to fill 17000+ clerk vacancies across various states in the month of April 2016.

The results for preliminary exams held on May 22, 28, 29 & June 4, 5 have been released now.

Normally, candidates are provided a website link to login using their registration number & password/ date of birth to check result Status will display whether the specific person has qualified qualified or not.

But this year, you cannot check SBI clerk result status online.Because there is no such link on their website.

Instead, the bank has activated the link to download call letters for main exams.Only those who clear the prelims are eligible to appear for mains.

• Click here to visit the SBI mains call letter page
• Enter your registration no & date of birth to login

Candidates who have cleared prelims will be able to see their main exam date, time & location in the call letter.

Incase you are not able to login in the above call letter page even after entering the correct registration details, you will see the below message: You have not qualified for the main examination"

Date of main exam: Click Here.