With the fiscal deficit exceeding the full-year target in November itself Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has very little room for manoeuvre Will he press the
Month: January 2018
Why we should worry about the fall in bank credit | Business Line–02.01.2018
Growing economies show increasing deployment of bank credit, but in India this has been decreasing for years and is now falling flat. This impacts economy
Busting the myths on tax evasion – The Hindu–02.01.2018
Busting the myths on tax evasion More tax returns filed, among other statistics, show that we are not a country of evaders The Income Tax
Why is the fiscal deficit widening? – The Hindu–02.01.2018
The government’s fiscal deficit up to November came in at 112% of the amount budgeted for the entire financial year ending in March, prompting a
‘Participation of wilful defaulters may weaken IBC’ – The Hindu–02.01.2018
The Lok Sabha passed the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Amendment) Bill, 2017 last Friday. However, we are likely to witness a wave of demands seeking
online sales: MRP, use-by info on all eProducts from today – The Economic Times–01.01.2018
The practice of fake discounting often alleged against many ecommerce companies may stop after the rules to display MRP and expiry details of packaged products
GST refund woes bite exporters | Business Standard News–01.01.2018
Non-payment of tax refunds and last-mile procedural glitches have continued to be the biggest bane of exporters in the new tax regime. The issues have
Six months on, GST still a work in progress | Business Standard News–01.01.2018
The GST Council made a number of course corrections involving the rate structure, making life easier for SMEs, altering the timelines of the e-way Bill and
GST: Knots yet to be untied | Business Standard News–01.01.2018
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has eased procedures to help small and medium industry players, but assessees still face problems in filing returns.
Finance ministry asks PSBs to consider selling, swapping loan assets | business-news | Hindustan Times–01.01.2018
The finance ministry has asked public sector banks (PSBs) to explore options for selling and swapping of loan assets with other lenders with a view