After the initial glitches, the indirect tax regime is on a consolidation mode All is well that ends well and that is what exactly happened
Day: December 29, 2018
Modi govt readies 3-point formula to end farmer woes ahead of 2019 – -India Today
HIGHLIGHTS After a high-level ng was held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top ministers including Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, sources told news
Modi s Clampdown On E commerce In India May Not Win Back Votes Of Small Retailers – BW Businessworld
India’s new curbs on e-commerce companies may not be enough to win over small store owners and traders in next year’s general election, with the
‘The best option is direct benefit transfer to farmers … We want the government monkey off our backs’–Times of India
Why are we seeing agricultural distress? All governments first try to control cost to consumers. We have seen governments fall on account of onion prices.
AADHAR–The numbers don’t add up | Opinion News, The Indian Express
We have 29 states and seven union territories (UT), which together have 707 districts, about six lakh villages and 5,000 cities, and a total population
US oil prices rise to claw back some ground, but oversupply worries persist | business news | Hindustan Times
US oil prices rose on Friday to claw back some of the ground they lost in the previous session, but growth in U.S. crude stockpiles
Focus on RBI reserves, as govt stares at tax shortfall | Deccan Herald
Even as the government is staring at a tax shortfall in fiscal 2019, the focus seems to have shifted towards the Reserve Bank of India-appointed
RBI warns on easing banking norms in haste | Deccan Herald
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that any kind of decision to ease the regulations on capital adequacy and risk weights at a
Trump threatens to entirely shut the US-Mexico border over impasse on wall funding | World News, The Indian Express
US President Donald Trump Saturday threatened to close the US-Mexico border if his demands for money to fund the border wall is not approved. He tweeted
RBI–Committee Holds Out Promise of Sense–Economic Times
The composition of the committee appointed to determine the adequate level of reserves for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), along with the three-month period
A double-edge sword for farmers – Loan waivers shrink credit supply to the farm sector – The Financial Express
By Kushankur Dey Farm loan waivers—of more than Rs 850 billion in FY18 and FY19, announced by various state governments—are the flavour of the season.
‘GST data should be available to lenders to vet loan proposals’ – The Hindu BusinessLine
K Ram Kumar The banking sector is expected to continue its focus on retail loans due to the relatively lower risks involved and expand MSME
Payments banks continue to struggle; losses double to ₹516 crore – The Hindu BusinessLine
via The consolidated net loss of all the PBs in India has more than doubled The financial health of ‘payments banks’, a concept championed