The Reserve Bank tilted in favour of growth at its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for 2018-19 on Thursday, while maintaining it would monitor the
Author: Anil R Tikotekar
In India, it took 335 Facebook users to compromise the privacy of 5 lakh–The Print In–06.04.2018
The privacy of more than 5 lakh Indian users of Facebook was compromised by a company that later sold the data to Cambridge Analytica. And
Standard deduction of Rs 40,000 allowed on pension from ex-employers, says I-T Department–Business Today–06.04.2018
Pensioners can also avail the standard deduction of Rs 40,000 that was extended to salaried persons under Budget 2018-19, the taxman has clarified. The Central
RBI: RBI paints a ‘Goldilocks’ economy as trade war looms – The Economic Times–06.04.2018
By Anirban Nag India’s central bank is optimistic the economy would outpace China to become the world’s fastest growing major market this year and help
e-way bill | gst: Watch: All you need to know about e-way bill | The Economic Times Video | ET Now–06.04.2018
Watch: All you need to know about e-way bill Watch: All you need to know about e-way bill via e-way bill | gst: Watch: All
Income Tax Return: Income tax return forms for FY 2017-18 released–Economic Times–06.04.2018
CBDT has released the new income tax return forms for filing returns for the financial year 2017-18. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has
Cautious on rates, sanguine on prices: Caution warranted in a year of assured volatility–Economic Times–06.04.2018
The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) retained the repo rate at 6% but the yield on government bonds has moved down sharply. This shows that it
FIEO, PayPal join hands to simplify international trade for Indian exporters and SMEs – The Economic Times–06.04.2018
“We are very confident of the potential that this partnership has and we look forward to channelising it,” said Richard Nash, Vice President, PayPal. The
Why MSMEs need more than mere promises on ‘ease of doing business’ and slogans such a ‘Make in India’ – The Financial Express–06.04.2018
After the agriculture sector, the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector is the second-largest employment generator, providing 80% of jobs with just 20% of
RBI to stipulate ‘loan component’ for working capital risk management – The Financial Express–06.04.2018
In what could be a possible fallout of the Punjab National Bank (PNB)-Nirav Modi episode, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday said banks
Lenders get one more year to adopt new accounting system – The Financial Express–06.04.2018
The Reserve Bank of India on Thursday relaxed the requirement for banks to implement the Indian Accounting Standards (Ind AS) from April 1, 2018 by
One step back: IBC must not encourage out-of-court settlements | Business Standard Editorials–06.04.2018
The central issue is: How can efficient and equitable price discovery be enabled for a stressed asset? A high-level panel set up to review the
RBI’s monetary policy review: Central bank’s stance signals positive change | Business Standard News–06.04.2018
The Reserve bank of India’s (RBI’s) monetary policy committee (MPC), in its first bi-monthly monetary policy review of 2018-19 on Thursday, decided to maintain the status quo on key
RBI’s puzzling inflation projection – Business Line–06.04.2018
Governor Urjit Patel has delivered a dovish policy that will make the bankers smile The risks to inflation are higher than they have been for
Less than interesting – Business Line–06.04.2018
The first bi-monthly monetary policy for 2018-19 was a largely desultory exercise As expected, the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has chosen to keep repo rates
[ RBI-MPC] Benevolent and balanced approach – Business Line–06.04.2018
The MPC move signals that monetary policy-making under an inflation-targeting framework is finally taking root in India The decision of the Monetary Policy Committee to
Dovish surprise – Business Line–06.04.2018
Despite the status quo, bond markets rallied In its first bi-monthly monetary policy statement for FY2018-19, the Reserve Bank of India expectedly kept the policy
Cut fuel taxes: RBI policy statement suggests government has an opportunity to step on the gas–Times of India–06.04.2018
Reserve Bank of India’s monetary policy committee (MPC) on Wednesday played it safe by keeping the central bank’s policy rate unchanged at 6%. This was
[RBI-MPC] Steady hand | The Indian Express–06.04.2018
The sobering fact is even after taking a projected growth of 7.4 per cent this fiscal, the average growth over the last five years is
In 3 years, RBI switches back to GDP-based measure to calculate growth of Indian economy | business news | Hindustan Times–06.04.2018
The Reserve Bank on Thursday switched back to the gross domestic product (GDP)-based measure to offer its growth estimates from the gross value added (GVA)