The panel discussion that followed the meeting of the ET Awards jury on Wednesday concluded that much still remains to be done to convert the
Category: Economy
Don’t kill e-commerce | Business Standard Editorials
E-commerce companies will come under intense regulatory watch as they head out for the biggest annual shopping carnival starting next week. The Competition Commission of India
Big bang steps | Business Standard Column–
The finance minister surprised almost everyone on Friday with her announcements on corporate taxation. The government has taken the decisive step of reducing tax rates
Flipkart: No slump, growth’s the talk of the town: Kalyan Krishnamurthy – The Economic Times
Consumption is growing in markets beyond the bigger cities and Flipkart has not witnessed any perceptible sign of a slowdown before the crucial festive season sales, Kalyan Krishnamurthy,
***Reviewing 59-minute loan scheme to boost efficiency: Nitin Gadkari – The Economic Times–
The government is reviewing the 59-minute loan scheme launched last year for the benefit of micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) to make it more effective, minister
View: Cutting corporate tax to accelerate growth could be the first step to structural change – The Economic Times
Bravo, Nirmala Sitharaman. After becoming finance minister and presenting a second-rate Budget, you have seemed a timid tinkerer, making dozens of marginal changes to try and
As NPA resolution crawls, banks stare at spike in credit cost – The Economic Times
With slower pace of resolution of bad loans, banks are staring at a spike in their credit cost, which is set to rise in the range of
Corporate tax cut: India sends up the monetary helicopters but will the gamble work?
By Andy Mukherjee India is making a second big fiscal gamble. The first – a switch from sales to consumption taxes – has failed to
Stimulus will take GDP growth to over 7.5% in second-half: NITI Aayog chief – The Economic Times
“The lowering of MAT will once again make SEZs a preferred place for export-oriented units. I am sure therefore that units already in SEZs will
Forget 8% growth, but expect recovery in H2 and also next year: Pranjul Bhandari, HSBC – The Economic Times
Highlights By our own estimates, fiscal deficit could go up to about 3.7% of GDP and on the back of this fear, we had the
Economic slowdown due to structural changes: Amit Mitra – The Economic Times
The collapse of IL&FS crippled the NBFC sector which is now facing huge liquidity crunch. West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra on Monday said that the current
Beware dollar glut, not fiscal deficit–Economic Times
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has ruled out any expenditure cuts following the recent tax giveaways. This is welcome. Lower spending would be the wrong policy
Blackstone Group: Lower rates not effective way to stimulate growth: Stephen A Schwarzman Cofounder, Blackstone Group
“No one is a born manager. Managing is a learned skill.” US President Donald Trump‘s go-to-guy on Wall Street for talking to Beijing is known as
Government expects Rs 40,000 crore GST shortfall – The Economic Times
The government is expecting a shortfall of around Rs 40,000 crore in the GST collections over what has been budgeted for 2019-20. This could put pressure on
Structural reforms in agri,exports must to revive growth: Amitabh Kant – The Economic Times
WASHINGTON: Call it the art of the minideal. The Trump administration is on the cusp of announcing a new trade deal with India, potentially within the next
Corporate tax rate cut may not help much to boost economy; Macquarie tells what govt could have done – The Financial Express
The economic growth has fallen to a six-year low of 5 per cent in the June quarter of fiscal year 2020. Even as the government
After the tax cut | Business Standard Editorials
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman surprised everyone on Friday by slashing the corporate tax rate. Indian companies not availing of any exemption can now pay 22 per cent tax.
Over half the SME universe in the red: Here’re the top losers since 2012 | Business Standard News–
One in every two small and medium enterprises (SMEs) listed on the SME platform of exchanges since 2012 is trading in the red. On Thursday, the BSE
Houston rally of Modi and Trump signals areas of strategic convergence–Times of India
The extraordinary rally yesterday in Houston, US, which was addressed by both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump, signalled the path ahead
Booster shot: Corporate tax is cut; now cut personal taxes–Times of India
The headline corporate tax rate was cut yesterday through an ordinance by eight percentage points, to 22%. It’s a bold step that seeks to unleash