"Accredited news agencies which provide news feed online attract service tax," Mukherjee said presenting the 2010-11 Budget in the Lok Sabha.
"Acknowledging the yeoman services of such news agencies in disseminating news, I propose to exempt such news agencies that meet certain criteria, from service tax," he said.
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