By Animesh Misra With the advent of technology and new channels of communication, the classical approach to marketing products and services at a local level has undergone
Month: February 2019
How to safeguard your data, money while travelling: Create a throwaway email id, avoid public WiFi – The Economic Times
By Jane L. Levere Travel companies were hit by one data breach after another last year — firms including Marriott, British Airways, Delta Air Lines and travel booking
Rid Budget Math of Fuzzy Numbers–Economic Times
The Centre’s fiscal deficit has been understated in the interim budget with the government keeping some of the debt serviced out of the Consolidated Fund
Banks may have to shell out another up to $5.6 billion for bad debt – India Ratings – The Financial Express
The Indian banking sector has been under massive stress in the last few years as lenders have struggled with about 0 billion of bad loans
Developed states are showing lowest growth in GST revenue collection | Business Standard News
The most urbanised and industrialised states in India are showing the lowest growth in state goods and services tax (GST) revenue collection in 2018-19, data
Managing the stimulus | The Indian Express
Like in each of the previous two years, the run-up to the budget this year was rife with fears of significant fiscal slippage if the
Timely review: On start-up tax – The Hindu
Start-ups troubled by the so-called angel tax may soon receive some concession from the government. On Monday, the Centre set up a five-member working committee
Statistician: Unpalatable numbers: Statistician who rocked Indian government had to take a stand–Economic Times
P.C. Mohanan grew up in a village without electricity, studied statistics at a public university, and then spent more than three decades crunching numbers for
Budget 2019: View: Why this Budget is unethical and iniquitous–Economic Times
This is also a hugely unequal budget. This is an election budget that strays far beyond the remit of an interim budget, whose only concession
Moody: Budget gives no clarity on how to improve credit profile: William Foster, Moody’s–Economic Times
We had not expected 3.4% fiscal deficit target in FY20, The original target had been 3.1%. In FY21, the target is 3%. It is going
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code: Govt submits resolution plan for IL&FS, suggests name of Justice D K Jain to supervise process – The Economic Times
The government Monday submitted the debt resolution plan for crisis-hit IL&FS to the NCLAT and also suggested the name of retired Supreme Court judge Justice D K Jain to
Small Business: Money matters: How to arrange funds for your small business–Economic Times
y Rishi Mehra Money is the most critical element in starting and running a business and an entrepreneur has to find ways to get funding for his small
Telcos seek GST waiver on payments to government, Rs 35K-cr input credit adjustment – The Financial Express
Telecom operators adjust input credit in GST that they collect from customers. Telecom firms, barring Reliance Jio, have asked the government to waive GST on
NCLAT asks govt for list of IL&FS firms categorised by financial position | Business Standard News
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday directed the central government to submit a list of subsidiaries of the Infrastructure Leasing & Financial
Zee group’s Subhash Chandra gives personal guarantee to mutual funds | Business Standard News
Lenders have driven a hard bargain with Subhash Chandra, asking the Zee group chairman to provide a personal guarantee for payment obligations on an “irrevocable and unconditional”
Setback for Tata Steel as NCLAT upholds creditors decision on Bhushan Power | Business Standard News
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday upheld the Committee of Creditors’ (CoC) decision to approve JSW Steel Limited’s resolution plan for Bhushan
Ruia, Essar Steel directors move NCLT to quash ArcelorMittal’s takeover bid | Business Standard News
In an attempt to get back into the Essar Steel game, Essar Group director Prashant Ruia has moved a fresh application before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) Ahmedabad
Welfarism and bias | Business Standard Editorials
Two of the major new initiatives in the interim Budget presented last week have met with sharply different reactions even though both were fiscally expansionary
Implementation worries | Business Standard Editorials
In the interim Budget, the government has unveiled two programmes providing economic assistance to the needy sections of society. These include the income support scheme
Govt’s shrinking fiscal space | Business Standard Column
Election year should be a time when we seriously reflect on the medium-term structure of fiscal policy. But election year also involves an interim Budget