The reported move by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money to probe possible misuse of the Liberalised Remittance Scheme (LRS) by wealthy individuals
Category: Economy
Time to press the pedal on the bond market–Economic Times
News that the central bank would release Rs 1,76,000 crore to the central government led to a rise in bond price and a fall in
Debt Distress 2.0: Total stressed assets now exceed gross NPA peaks of 2018 – The Economic Times
The role of the RBI as well as the government will become key as the nature of India’s NPA problem has undergone a change over
Trump accuses India of imposing tariffs on American products; says ‘no longer acceptable’ – The Economic Times
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has long had a “field day” imposing tariffs on American products, which is “no longer acceptable” to the US.
MSME: Budget 2019: 15 key takeaways for the MSME sector–Economic Times
Presenting the Budget 2019-20 in Parliament, Nirmala Sitharaman unveiled a slew of initiatives and new provisions to tackle issues related to the MSME sector in the country. From widening
Protection sits Ill with globalisation–Economic Times
Stone walls do not a prison make, versified the poet, but the budgetary move to jack up protectionist tariff barriers for dozens of goods across
budget 2019: Budget 2019: Decoding Nirmala Sitharaman’s budgetary allocation for MSMEs – The Economic Times
Interest Subvention Scheme for Incremental Credit to MSMEs, whose revised estimates for FY 2018-19 stood at Rs 275 crore, has now been increased to Rs
More protectionism | Business Standard Editorials
The Union Budget for 2019-20 continued the recent tradition of having a long section in which import tariffs were arbitrarily changed. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Financial creditors recover more under IBC, says Economic Survey | Business Standard News
The Economic Survey said while the sustainable impact of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) would be known in due course, green shoots had already emerged and
Accelerating growth | Business Standard Column
The Economic Survey and the Budget speech have both focused attention on the need to boost the growth rate beyond its current 6-7 per cent
Market mayhem – The Hindu BusinessLine
Chopping and changing tax proposals should be avoided Markets tanked on Monday in response to the Budget’s tax proposals, being spooked in particular by the
Manufacturing sector: Struggling to take off – The Hindu BusinessLine
Addressing the credit needs of MSMEs and hiking public investments are crucial for the revival of manufacturing For the past decade and a half, revival
All you need to know about…Buyback tax – The Hindu BusinessLine
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her maiden Budget, proposed to levy a tax on buybacks by listed companies. The tax, at 20 per cent, may
Budget unlikely to lift the farm sector – The Hindu BusinessLine
Budget 2019-20 must have been somewhat of a dampener for those expecting significant proposals or a roadmap to bring about a resurgence in the beleaguered
Simple prescriptions – The Hindu BusinessLine
India’s annual Economic Surveys once pedantic tomes that very few folks read, have received a fresh lease of life in recent years. Chief Economic Advisors
A business-like approach – The Hindu BusinessLine
For an economy that is undeniably in slowdown mode, it does come as a surprise that the first Budget of the Modi 2.0 government has
How far did Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget advance the goal set by the Economic Survey? | The Indian Express
Five years ago, when Dr Arvind Subramanian, then Chief Economic Adviser, presented his first Economic Survey (2014-15), he said, “India has reached a sweet spot — rare
Welcome initiative on rental housing–Economic Times
The Budget announcement to unveil reforms to promote rental housing is welcome. Rental housing is of paramount importance in rapidly urbanising India. Millions of migrants
The name is bond, corporate bond–Economic Times
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech contains several welcome policy measures to induce an active and thriving corporate bond market. A functional bond market is
MSME: Budget 2019: Government’s continued commitment to help MSMEs–Economic Times
A major one in the Budget is the announcement of pension for traders with turnover less than Rs 1.5 crore with a potential to impact