Guilty until proven innocent’ — this was the situation that bank customers found themselves in when they reported any fraud. The Reserve Bank of India
Author: Anil R Tikotekar
More complications in filing income tax returns–Business Standard–10.07.2017
Until recently, a person didn’t need to file a return if his taxable income was below Rs 2.5 lakh. But this year onwards, it doesn’t
No leader needed | Business Standard Editorials–10.07.2017
The leaders of the G20 group of nations met in the German port city of Hamburg this weekend, and while elements of the summit were
Courting irrelevance | Business Standard Editorials–10.07.2017
The Supreme Court has chosen to uphold Chandigarh’s decision to denotify local and state highways and turn them into district roads. The city administration’s decision
Bad loans: The bungling and farce continues | Business Standard Column–10.07.2017
Just over a year ago in mid-May 2016 I had written a column pointing basic flaws in the new architecture set up to handle bad
GST: Storm clouds and some bright spots–Business Standard–10.07.2017
The goods and services tax (GST) roll-out has gone reasonably smoothly in the first week and the market is optimistic that the initial confusion will
Despite global output surplus, chronic food shortage a reality for millions | Business Standard Blog–10.07.2017
The world today again stands on the precipice of a global humanitarian disaster. Despite a surplus in global food production, chronic food insecurity is a
online consumers: MRP, other details must for items sold online from next year: Government – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
To protect online consumers, the government has made it mandatory for e-commerce companies from January 2018 to print not only the MRP on goods but
India new global growth pole, to keep lead over China: Harvard study–Economic Times–09-07.2017
India has emerged as the economic pole of global growth by surpassing China and is expected to maintain its lead over the coming decade, says
Goods and Services Tax: Unplanned GST will cause untold misery to common man: Congress – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
The BJP government has a penchant for catchy slogans, taglines and acronyms but it turns to UPA schemes to lend some credibility to itself with
GST: E-way bill system in GST to come from October – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
The GST provision, requiring any good more than Rs 50,000 in value to be pre-registered online before it can be moved, is likely to kick
GST: Supply chain intermediaries not ready for transparency, accountability–Business Standard–09.07.2017
With most of the goods transport associations not having their members registered under the Carriage by Road Act, 2007 and its rules under Carriage by
RBI: NCLT priority for insolvency: RBI partially retracts statement – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
RBI today withdrew a portion of its earlier statement in which it had said that 12 cases identified by it for insolvency proceedings would be
GST on Real Estate: 7 things you should know–Economic Times–09.07.2017
Stamp duty and registration charges are outside the ambit of GST now because these are state levies while property tax is a municipal levy. Being
GST: No GST official authorised to visit traders without permission: Government – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
In view of reports that some people posing as GST officials were demanding money from traders, the government on Saturday said that no officer of
GST: Submit documents by September 22, traders with provisional GST ID told – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
Traders with Provisional Identity for Registration (PID) under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) system should submit the required documents by September 22 to get
Farm Insurance: Who’s benefitting from farm insurance? – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
Continuing suicides and intermittent protests by farmers across the country prompted the Supreme Court on Thursday to ask why the much publicised Pradhan Mantri Fasal
GST: Why GST is akin to driving a car in traffic – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
By MS Mani When a person is driving a car and is in traffic, what does the speed of their car depend on? The traffic
GST: Anti-profiteering sleuths visit retailers, wholesalers, malls – The Economic Times–09.07.2017
The government has deputed top officials across cities and small towns as sleuths to identify businessmen, wholesalers and retailers violating the anti-profiteering rule that lies
Lost your mobile? You may soon block all services even if SIM is removed | Business Standard News–09.07.2017
The government is putting in place a new system that will block all services on stolen or lost mobile phones on any network even if