The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Finance Bill 2024 after the central government relaxed the freshly-introduced new capital gains tax on real estate, allowing taxpayers an option to switch to a new lower tax rate or stay with the old regime that had higher rate with indexation benefit.
“Several suggestions have come up and I shall take up with the GST Council,” Sitharaman said on the withdrawal of 18% goods and services tax (GST) on life and health insurance premiums