Corporate governance has rarely been India’s strong point, and the recent past has reminded investors of this weakness with startling frequency. Especially noticeable is the failure
Month: October 2019
Consumption blues | Business Standard Editorials
An examination of the second-quarter results released to date indicates that the slowdown continues, though the corporate tax cut has helped boost profitability. A total of 316
Govt owed Rs 5L crore to industry at FY19-end: Niti Aayog estimate – The Financial Express
The government wants to give a cash booster to Corporate India and small businesses to invigorate the investment cycle but the Centre itself and assorted
Probe business models of Amazon, Flipkart as deep discounts causing GST loss, CAIT asks FM Nirmala Sitharaman – The Financial Express
Traders’ body CAIT on Monday urged the government to probe the business model of e-commerce majors like Amazon and Flipkart, alleging that deep discounts on products were causing
पुनर्वसन गतीने होण्यासाठी “एसआरए’च्या मोहिमेला प्रतिसाद | eSakal
झोपडपट्टी पुनर्वसन प्राधिकरणाने (एसआरए) मोहीम हाती घेतली आहे. या मोहिमेला झोपडीधारकांकडून प्रतिसाद मिळू लागला आहे. आतापर्यंत चार ते पाच झोपडपट्ट्यांतील झोपडीधारकांनी पुढे येत सोसायटी स्थापन
सावधान इंटरनेट! – | महाराष्ट्र टाइम्स
सावधान इंटरनेट! सोशल मीडिया आणि इंटरनेटमुळे देशाच्या लोकशाही चौकटीला धोका निर्माण होऊ शकतो काय? केंद्र सरकारचे या प्रश्नावरील उत्तर होकारार्थी असून त्याविषयीची स्पष्ट भूमिका सर्वोच्च न्यायालयात
How safe is your money with Indian banks? | Business Standard Column
Till Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd and Diwan Housing Finance Corp. Ltd stole the limelight in the second half of 2018 for all the
Opening bell for class-action suits | Business Standard Column
A steep sudden fall in share price can now trigger much more than uncomfortable investor calls for the management of a listed company. Recent moves
Lessons from PMC: Why govt is responsible for co-operative bank crises | Business Standard Column
It is a month now that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has suspended the fraud-ridden normal functioning of the Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC)
More reforms, innovation to spur Indian growth: World Bank president – The Economic Times
India must undertake financial reforms in three key areas — sound regulations for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), allow private sector banks in a big way
Ease of doing business: Creditable progress, but now comes the hard part | Business Standard Editorials
India has made creditable progress in the World Bank’s Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) rankings, clocking in at number 63 in 2019 from 77 in 2018, and
Gujarat HC serves notices on govt, GST council for breach of refund norms | Business Standard News
The Gujarat High Court has issued notices to the union government and the GST Council over the alleged breach of refund norms by field officers under the goods and
India remains vulnerable to credit and debit card frauds despite measures | Business Standard News
Despite strong measures taken by the Reserve Bank of India to prevent credit and debit card fraud, the National Crime Records Bureau — in its
Online test for independent directors may be counterproductive, say experts | Business Standard News
Independent directors will soon have to return to the books to qualify for a seat on the board of companies. Come December, the government will
Why Highly Sensitive People are a boon to humanity – The Financial Express
Sensitive people have depth in thinking and, therefore, take their work seriously; their nervous systems are fine-tuned, therefore they outstand whatever task they have at
slowdown: Modi needs more than tax breaks to make India factory for the world – The Economic Times
By Vrishti Beniwal and Atul Prakash India needs to remove trade barriers and improve infrastructure if it wants to benefit from movement of supply chains from China,
Gujarat NRE Coke former promoter to be ineligible to negotiate with creditors: NCLAT – The Economic Times
Allowing the appeal of Jindal Steel and PowerNSE 1.99 %, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has held Arun Kumar Jagatramka, the former promotor of Gujarat NRE
Credit culture needs to change – The Economic Times
The fraud at Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative (PMC) Bank shows that there is a rot in the system and not the bank. If unchecked, it
Memory issues to weight loss: Signs that show your ageing parents need help | Business Standard News
An ageing parent, who lives alone also faces social issues such as difficulty in grocery shopping Elderly family members deserve utmost care within the comfort of their
How to reform fiscal deficit | Business Standard Column
e are now well into the Great Indian Slump. To reverse it, the main contours of the reforms that are required are clear. Some of