In talks for several years, companies probably did not expect GST to come into force from July, 2017, which meant many were not prepared for
Author: Anil R Tikotekar
Watch out for these problems while filing returns on GST portal; you won’t get to edit it – The Financial Express–02.12.2017
Businesses continue to face problems in the GST returns filing even as a slew of measures were announced to ease the process last month. It
Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia for review of import duty on gold – The Financial Express–02.12.2017
Commerce Secretary Rita Teaotia today made a case for reviewing the import duty on gold with a view to curb arbitrage opportunities resulting from FTAs
Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code paints all promoters with same brush – The Financial Express–02.12.2017
By Abir Roy The recently promulgated ordinance relating to the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has generated a lot of buzz, and has evoked mixed responses
Resale curbs likely in toxic asset auctions | Business Standard News–02.12.2017
The government is in discussions as to whether it should put in reasonable restrictions for a limited period of time on the successful bidder of
Q2 GDP growth data raises some hope, but meeting FY18 forecast still not easy | Business Standard News–02.12.2017
The trend over the last few quarters suggests there has been a consistent fall in GDP growth The Indian economy has to grow by at
‘The full benefit of GST is still to be realised’ | Business Line–02.12.2017
Chief Statistician Anant says note-ban impact has worn off, inflation not a cause for concern The revival in the economy is expected to continue due
The perils of lowering interest rates | Business Line–02.12.2017
There is a constant call to lower interest rates, with the Reserve Bank of India, at the receiving end, branded as being too conservative. It
Latest GDP numbers appear to have slain the demon of DeMon, but economic fundamentals remain a challenge–Times of India–02.12.2017
From Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s made-for-TV ‘Gabbar Singh Tax’ jibe to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s retort on the ‘Grand Stupid Thought’ of an 18% cap
Miles to go: GDP rebounds, but higher growth needs reform–02.12.2017
The most heartening aspect of the July-September gross domestic product (GDP) data was that the worst effects of the disruption catalysed by demonetisation and transition
Give accountability a chance | The Indian Express–02.12.2017
In our previous article, ‘Making RBI Accountable’ (IE, November 25), I had presented data on Indian inflation over the past year, and concluded that neither
Fragile momentum: India’s economic growth – The Hindu–02.12.2017
Turning around a large ship is never easy. So it must give policymakers a measure of satisfaction that the slowdown seen during the last fiscal
GDP rise is good, but reforms must not stop–Deccan Chronicle–03.12.2017
The rise in economic growth for the July-September quarter is good news amid the sea of gloom and doom that followed the demonetisation of high-value
Fiscal Deficit: India’s April-October fiscal deficit at 96% of full year’s target–01.12.2017
The government’s fiscal deficit touched 96% of the full-year estimate at the end of October, raising concerns of slippage in the current financial year. Higher
Bankruptcy Code: Different treatment likely for SMEs facing insolvency – The Economic Times–01.12.2017
Government may consider giving different treatment to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) since they usually have limited number
indian economy: Manufacturing back in business, shrugs off GST, demonetisation blues – The Economic Times–01.12.2017
Small businesses still facing demonetisation after-effects suffered even more and that was fully reflected in the data captured by government’s statisticians. Stunning. That was the
Bitcoin Price: Bitcoin will hit $40,000 in a year! But beware, have small exposure–01.12.2017
Bitcoin hits $10,000 mark: Cryptocurrency at an all time high Leveraging for bitcoin in anticipation of humungous return indicates heightened greed in the crypto-currency market.
Modi: IBC Ordinance: Modi government just walked into a trap that it unwittingly laid for itself – The Economic Times–01.12.2017
‘Defaults’, ‘wilful defaults’, ‘big corporate’, ‘Vijay Mallya’, ‘NPAs’, ‘nexus with banks’, ‘60 years of bad loans’, ‘bailout’ — phrases liberally used to score political points,
Economy out of woods, growth to hit 6.5-7% for FY18, says Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar – The Financial Express–01.12.2017
The September quarter growth rebound shows that the economy has come out of the woods and economic expansion for the full year will come in
A pensioner’s nightmare and monetary policy: When interest rates are lowered, this class gets affected sharply – The Financial Express–01.12.2017
Every monetary policy review is a pensioners’ nightmare as the constant call for lowering of interest rates to spur the economy is not good news