Finance minister Arun Jaitley strongly defended demonetisation against accusations that it hadn’t met its objectives as evidenced by the numbers in the Reserve Bank of
Month: August 2017
Demonetisation: Judging demonetisation on currency returned incorrect: Government officials – The Economic Times–31.08.2017
Top government officials told ET that judging the success or failure of demonetisation on the basis of currency that came back to the system was
e-way bill: Government notifies e-way bill, exempts vegetables, fruits out of its ambit – The Economic Times–31.08.2017
The government has notified the e-way bill keeping some items of mass consumption such as vegetables, fruits, food grains, meat, bread, curd, books and jewellery
Madan Sabnavis: Would be a bit cautious as far as GST collections are concerned: Madan Sabnavis, CARE Ratings – The Economic Times–31.08.2017
“We are still not clear about how this money has really come about, the reason being that we should remember that there were certain collections
Microsoft: Microsoft ready to take 50 million SMBs on ‘intelligent’ Cloud – The Economic Times–31.08.2017
As over 50 million Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in India look to move to a secure Cloud, Microsoft — with its end-to-end offerings with
Was demonetisation a total failure? Read what RBI report says before making your conclusion – The Financial Express–31.08.2017
The Reserve Bank of India’s annual report today revealed that only around 1.4% of scrapped Rs 1,000 notes didn’t come back into the banking system
Chidambaram taunts RBI over noteban data, says economists deserve Nobel Prize – The Financial Express–31.08.2017
After RBI on Wednesday released the annual data for the year FY 16-17, former finance minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram launched a strong
Confusion over shareholders’ approval for resolution plan under IBC | Business Standard News–31.08.2017
Legal fraternity and insolvency professionals appear divided over whether shareholders’ approval under Companies Act, 2013 and the SEBI regulations would be necessary to pass certain
I-T plans 3-pronged strategy to boost tax mop-up, base | Business Standard News–31.08.2017
There has been a 25 per cent increase in e-returns filed this year at 27.9 million Defaulted on your income tax payment? You may have
Forget toxic shortcuts | Business Standard Column–31.08.2017
The Ministry of Labour is clearly more ignorant than the young boy at a job fair in Gwalior who told us: “Give me a monthly
Tax policy of India @ 75 | Business Standard Column–31.08.2017
ncome tax was introduced by the British in 1922 as a supposedly “temporary” measure to augment depleted revenues after World War I. The tax remained
Sterling debut | Business Standard Editorials–31.08.2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his entire team deserve compliments for implementing a very significant and complicated tax reform smoothly and with such fine results.
Right to privacy: SC judgment also makes case for regulating data storage | Business Standard News–31.08.2017
The past decade has seen the initiation of numerous government programmes like Aadhaar and Natgrid. Due to the increased collection of citizen’s information by the
State govts at fiscal risk over medium term, warns RBI | Business Line–31.08.2017
The Reserve Bank of India has warned that State governments are likely to face several challenges to their finances during 2017-18 due to farm-loan waivers,
Forced PSU bank mergers won’t work | Business Line–31.08.2017
An architecture has emerged for the Government to tackle the massive bad loan problem of state-owned banks. There is now a Banks Board Bureau
Economic growth likely to be consumption-led | Business Line
The Reserve Bank of India, in its Annual Report 2016-17, has said strengthening external demand will help support the economy, even while favourable domestic conditions
Arun Jaitley: It pays to be honest, I-T department will go after evaders–Times of India–31.08.2017
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the government will adopt a carrot-and-stick policy on taxation, saying post GST tax authorities will go after evaders
Privacy law please: To actualise privacy as a fundamental right, India needs comprehensive legislation–31.08.2017
A collateral benefit of the Supreme Court verdict which declared privacy as a fundamental right is that a comprehensive legislation on data protection becomes imperative.
Centre must embrace Niti Aayog findings to get manufacturing sector back on track | editorials | Hindustan Times–31.08.2017
The business of India remains to make it hard to do business. A Niti Aayog and IDFC institute survey of formal Indian manufacturing firms has
Instagram overtakes Twitter with 400 million active users | tech | Hindustan Times–31.08.2017
Instagram now has more than 400 million active users, the company announced Tuesday, making it far larger than rival Twitter Inc with around 80 million