The first phase of National Cyber Coordination Centre, set up to scan the country’s web traffic to detect cyber security threats, has been made operational
Month: August 2017
India’s gender chasm retards the economy–Economic Times–10.08.2017
Women hold up half the sky. This is not a moral or social argument — it is essentially an economic fact. But women are largely
Multiplicity of GST rates is a challenge, says former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan – The Financial Express–10.08.2017
Former RBI Deputy Governor Rakesh Mohan on Wednesday said the GST rollout was a colossal task achieved after over a decade but the multiplicity of
GST Shiksha: A learning hub for MSMEs – The Financial Express
The GST Shiksha hub will aim to provide relevant information on GST to all MSMEs on a real-time basis and help them to be updated
IGST exemption: Small exporters face uncertainty | Business Line–10.08.2017
Customs officials use discretion to demand bank guarantees in absence of guidelines Small exporters continue to face problems in securing exemption from paying Integrated Goods
Economic slowdown and revival | Business Standard–10.08.2017
Over the past year, the evidence has mounted of a significant slowdown in the growth of national economic output, investment and employment and raised the
Monetary policy dilemmas | Business Standard–10.08.2017
My first reaction to last week’s rate cut was that it was too little, too late. But I later felt that there are more serious
Bank of India back in black in Q1 at Rs 88 cr on better asset quality | Business Standard–10.08.2017
Aided by a rise in fees, commissions and a fall in provisions for bad loans, public sector lender Bank of India (BOI) is back in
Textile exporters seek GST exemption to boost presence in global markets | Business Standard–10.08.2017
Textile exporters have urged the government to exempt the sector from the integrated goods and services tax (IGST) to boost the country’s exports as they
रिझर्व्ह बँकेचे न ऐकता सरकारी बँका ग्राहकांना इतके कमी व्याज का देतात–महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स मधील लेख –09.08.2017
डॉ. अभिजित फडणीस रिझर्व्ह बँकेचे न ऐकता सरकारी बँका ग्राहकांना इतके कमी व्याज का देतात, असा प्रश्न आपल्याला नेहमी पडतो. याचे उत्तर या बँकांच्या हजारो
अनुनयाचा सापळा–महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स मधील अग्रलेख –09.08.2017
अनुनयाचा सापळा ‘कर्जमाफीने शेतकऱ्यांचे प्रश्न सुटणार आहेत का,’ असा प्रश्न काही दिवसांपूर्वी विचारणाऱ्या मुख्यमंत्री देवेंद्र फडणवीस यांच्या सरकारवर आता कर्जमाफीमुळे सरकारपुढेच निर्माण झालेले प्रश्न सोडविण्याची
SBI: A look at the factors behind banks not passing benefits of RBI’s rate cut to customers–Economic Times–09.08.2017
Two days after State Bank of India chairman Arundhati Bhattacharya slashed savings bank deposit rates in an unprecedented fashion, Kotak Mahindra Bank executive vice chairman
Bankruptcy Court: Commercial realty buyer can drag company to bankruptcy court–Economic Times–09.08.2017
You can now initiate bankruptcy proceedings against the developer in certain cases if you don’t get your commercial property or service apartment on time. A
Nandan Nilekani: Security will be big concern in Aadhaar system: Nandan Nilekani–Economic Times–09.08.2017
Former chairman of Unique Identity Development Authority of India (UIDAI) Nandan Nilekani said the Aadhaar system has not been breached but going forward, security was
Q1 profit: Tata Chemicals Q1 profit down 53% at Rs 298 crore–Economic Times–09.08.2017
NEW DELHI: Tata ChemicalsBSE -1.69 % today reported 53 per cent decline in consolidated profit at Rs 298.23 crore for the first quarter ended June
Arvind Panagariya: NITI Aayog is now up & running: Arvind Panagariya, Outgoing Vice Chairman–Economic Times–09.08.2017
As Panagariya leaves the institution he helped build, the economist says India urgently needs coastal employment zones and trade reforms for speedy growth. NITI Aayog’s
Bengaluru startup launches app to store medical records–Economic Times–09.08.2017
Wrizto Healthcare, a Bengaluru-based startup, has launched an app by the name Wrizto which aims at helping the user manage current and past health records
GST: How to apply for a new GST registration–Economic Times–09.08.2017
Coming under the ambit of indirect tax for the first time? Follow these simple steps and get yourself registered for GST today. There are no
JSW Steel-Bhushan Steel deal? Revival of like-by-like a decent prospect–Economic Times–09.08.2017
JSW Steel, which has big brownfield expansion plans, is reportedly making a bid for Bhushan Steel, in tie-up with Piramal Enterprises’ stressed assets fund with
Consolidation may not be a panacea for banks’ woes–Economic Times–09.08.2017
By Karthik Srinivasan The asset quality of Indian banks deteriorated significantly over the last three years, with gross non-performing advances (GNPAs) increasing to 9.5% as