« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  ITR Filing 2025: These individuals are exempt from paying tax. Do they need to file returns?  Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced Wednesday  Top 5 tax-saving investment options for salaried individuals to consider before March 31, 2025  5 lesser lesser-known avenues of tax saving you can use to save income tax before March 31, 2025  March 15 is deadline for last advance tax installment: Know if you must pay «  FinMin notifies rules for foreign currency exchangeable... Dismantle tax on house construction: Urban Housing Ministry... » UP Vidhan Sabha passes VAT Bill February, 19th 2008 The Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha on Friday passed the UP Value Added Tax Bill 2008 by a voice vote amid stiff opposition by BJP and Samajwadi Party members. The bill was tabled in the house by Urban Development and Institutional Finance Minister Nakul Dubey. BJP and SP members opposed the bill saying that implementation of VAT in the state would result in increase in the prices of essential commodities. The members of the two parties later staged a walkout from the house in protest against passage of the bill.