NEW DELHI: Amazon and Walmart’s Flipkart are among online retailers demanding that India scale back a proposed tax on third-party sellers on their platforms, saying the burden of compliance will hurt the fledgling
Day: February 16, 2020
Malls: Never mind the Internet. Here’s what’s killing malls – The Economic Times
By Austan Goolsbee It has been a tough decade for brick-and-mortar retailers, and matters seem only to be getting worse. Despite a strong consumer economy,
covid-19: Importers of Chinese goods face supply constraints, unable to pay via hawala routes – The Economic Times
MUMBAI: Brijesh Doshi, a trader based in Mumbai who deals in electronic false ceiling lights, was supposed to fly to Hong Kong this week on
insurance: Do you have enough insurance? Use this thumb rule to find out – The Economic Times
By Ajit Menon The most important question to address while creating a financial plan is that if something untoward was to happen to an earning
Budget 2020: Credit growth momentum picking up; Budget proposals not to stoke inflation: RBI chief Shaktikanta Das – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over economic slowdown, RBI chief Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said credit growth momentum is picking up and ruled out any possible spike in inflation due
With AGR ruling, banks fear surge in bad loans – The Economic Times
MUMBAI: Bankers fear a possible collapse of Vodafone IdeaNSE -24.44 % will increase bad loans and spark a rerun of the crisis that gripped the banking sector a few years ago.
Vodafone Idea: For Vodafone Idea, the choice now is equity infusion or bankruptcy: Analysts – The Economic Times
KOLKATA | MUMBAI: Vodafone IdeaNSE -24.44 %’s promoters — UK-based Vodafone Group and the Aditya Birla Group of India — may need to infuse fresh capital urgently, else
Banks will have to pay price if any telco files for bankruptcy: SBI Chairman – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: SBI Chairman Rajnish Kumar on Saturday said banks will “have to pay the price” in case any telecom firm files for bankruptcy, a day after
RBI board recommends aligning accounting year with fiscal year from 2020-21 – The Economic Times
The Reserve Bank board on Saturday recommended aligning the central bank’s accounting year, beginning July, with the financial year from 2020-21, an official statement said. The Central Board
Public Credit Registry to catalyse MSMEs’ financial inclusion: Enkash – The Economic Times
Public credit registry (PCR) – being pushed by the Reserve Bank of India is aimed at capturing the details of all borrowers and willful defaulters.
Lenders set to recover 43.1% from insolvency proceedings – The Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Successful resolutions of corporate insolvency proceedings till the end of 2019 are set to result in recoveries of Rs 1.52 lakh crore for lenders, averaging
Coronavirus hits cash circulation! China quarantines bank notes to stop virus spread – The Financial Express
Stepping up efforts to contain the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, China has begun to quarantine large quantity of bank notes in
Budget 2020 does not address objective of kick-starting economic growth: Former finance secretary SC Garg – The Financial Express
The Budget for 2020-21 does not ‘effectively’ address the objective of kick-starting economic growth and building momentum, former finance secretary Subhash Chandra Garg has said.
Day after SC slams Bharti Airtel, Vodafone Idea, other telcos on AGR dues, RBI says this – The Financial Express
RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said it will have internal discussions in case there are any issues arising out of the Supreme Court order regarding
Nearly half the economy is not running: P Chidambaram | Business Standard Column
So, what is the state of the economy? I mentioned already six quarters of declining growth rate. Agriculture is growing at two per cent. Consumer
Why there may be few takers for the Budget’s tax amnesty scheme | Business Standard Column
In her Budget speech on February 1, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman adumbrated the salient features of the Direct Tax Vivad se Vishwas Bill, 2020: Cough up the
Key data that shows the progress IBC has made in saving a firm in distress | Business Standard News
Three years of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code(IBC) have seen the law evolve at every step. The latest data shows while the number of cases admitted
Take it easy parents and students–Times of India
February and March are probably the most tensed months in India. Over one crore students appear for CBSE, ICSE and state Board exams across the
Dissent is ‘safety valve’ of democracy: Justice Chandrachud | India News,The Indian Express
Written by Sohini Ghosh | Ahmedabad | Updated: February 15, 2020 9:12:08 pm Justice D Y Chandrachud was delivering a lecture on “The hues that make India:
Supreme court on criminality in politics–Indian Express
Undoubtedly, criminality in politics exists, and that it flourishes so many decades after Independence is certainly a disgrace. The Supreme Court is the conscience-keeper of