Amendments in the e-way bill by the government recently will significantly address concerns of e-commerce logistics, courier and cargo companies, a report said today. The
Month: March 2018
Imports– ‘GST evasion taking place via black marketing, undervaluing imports’ – The Economic Times–13.03.2018
Less than nine months into the GST regime, revenue authorities have detected rampant tax evasion through black market and under-valuing of imports. Big data analytics
MSME’s most attractive segment in commercial credit with fastest growth, low NPAs: Report – The Economic Times–13.03.2018
https://youtu.be/GG4BFPD073Q SIDBI in association with TransUnion CIBIL launched “MSME Pulse”, a quarterly report on MSME credit activity, for closely tracking and monitoring the MSME segment
GST: The Rs 34,000 cr GST riddle: Why the differences in GSTR-3B and GSTR-1 should not alarm the Government–13.03.2018
By Archit Gupta The GST Council in its meeting on March 10 decided to continue with relief for exporters, defer reverse charge mechanism as well
This is agricultural emergency! Ashok Gulati explains why higher MSP, loan waiver won’t help farmers – The Financial Express–13.03.2018
While over 35,000 farmers have gathered in Mumbai to demand an unconditional loan waiver after crop loss due to unseasonal rains among other issues, noted
3 crore plus cases pending: Here’s why Commercial courts and arbitration bills are just a start – The Financial Express–13.03.2018
Given the 3-crore-plus cases clogging India’s courts, the government has done well to clear two Bills—one for arbitration/conciliation and the other for the setting up
Insolvency pangs: More transparency and tweaking of the IBC will help | Business Standard Editorials–13.03.2018
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, or IBC, has made some smart progress towards reconciling India’s humongous bad debt problem. Of the 12 indebted companies that
Opportunity in crisis: Judiciary should initiate reforms from within | Business Standard Editorials–13.03.2018
Speaking at the B G Verghese Memorial Lecture last week, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court A P Shah called for the higher judiciary
From ground rent at ports to arbitration, here are the key court orders | Business Standard Column–13.03.2018
Redemption of mortgage only before sale The Supreme Court ruled last week that a mortgage can be redeemed before the date fixed for sale or
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code left far too much room for interpretation | Business Standard Column–13.03.2018—–*****
To understand how protracted recovering money through sale of assets has become for banks, read some of the newspaper headlines relating to the insolvency cases
Govt blames UPA II FM Chidambaram for relaxing 80:20 gold import scheme | Business Standard News–13.03.2018
The central government blamed ex-Union finance minister P Chidambaram for deciding to relax the 80:20 gold import scheme three days before the 2014 general election,
State-run banks must be privatised | Nandan Nilekani | analysis | Hindustan Times–13.03.2018
From 1947 to 1955, 361 private banks in India had failed, leaving depositors in the lurch. On the midnight of July 19, 1969, 14 of
Arun Kumar’s book “Demonetisation and Black Economy” talks about the futility of such the exercise, which brought no gain, but caused massive pain–The Print–12.03.2018
Arun Kumar’s book “Demonetisation and Black Economy” talks about the futility of such an exercise which brought no gains but caused massive pains. “We have
PSBs recapitalisation should be part of broader package of financial reforms: IMF | business news |- Hindustan Times–12.03.2018
The IMF has said that the recapitalisation of public sector banks (PSBs) should be part of a broader package of financial reforms to speed up
Mr. P Chidambaram–Across the aisle: The hole in the budget | The Indian Express–12.03.2018
The Budget seems to have assumed that crude oil price will remain below USD 70 per barrel. If that number goes up, there will be
To tackle evasion, officials propose checks in GST return filing system – Business Line–12.03.2018
Worried about tax evasion under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), officials are keen that the new returns filing system should ensure that the tax
Growth through high deficits not healthy | Business Standard Column–12.03.2018
The recent data on GDP/GVA growth in the third quarter of 2017-18 has again revived expectations that the deceleration in economic activity because of GST
Cloud tech can increase SMB cash flows by up to 308 per cent: Microsoft survey – The Economic Times–12.03.2018
Small and medium businesses (SMB) can improve cash flows by up to 308 per cent as a result of the “dexterity and flexibility” enabled by
As India celebrates GDP growth, it must focus on growing economic inequalities–11.03.2018———-**********
Our all-time low private investment rates indicate that the greater part of this income sits as idle savings, ensuing minimal productivity. The third-quarter GDP growth
War of words over state of economy–The Telegraph–11.03.2018
The state of the economy came in for sharp criticism from the Congress-led Opposition, which blamed the government’s handling of the economy for the fall