GST collections touched their highest since the single levy was launched in July 2017, coming in at Rs 1.07 lakh crore in March. The goods
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Pie in the sky? Rahul Gandhi will need Rs 17-18 lakh crore to implement Congress manifesto – The Financial Express
Congress Lok Sabha Election Manifesto: Wealth and welfare are the two key promises made by the Congress in its manifesto released on Tuesday by party president Rahul Gandhi.
Need to boost FDI flows – The Financial Express
One of the key takeaways from the Balance of Payments (BoP) data for Q3FY19 is that capital flows, foreign direct investments (FDI) in particular, are
View: Congress’ NYAY isn’t airy-fairy at all – The Economic Times
By Praveen Chakravarty On March 25, Congress president Rahul Gandhi unveiled the Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) — minimum income scheme — an unconditional cash transfer programme for India’s 50
RBI’s challenges | Business Standard Editorials
The main takeaway from the last monetary policy review of the Reserve Bank of India in February was a growing realignment between the financial stability concerns of the central
External stress returns | Business Standard Editorials
The official data is now available for India’s external account in the third quarter of the financial year 2018-19, between October and December 2018. According
NYAY works against jobs | Business Standard Column
Jobs has taken centre-stage in this election. While the government is on the defence (no pun intended), the opposition is gunning hard on the jobs front. The Congress,
Rahul Gandhi’s minimum income plan is fatally flawed – The Economic Times
Rahul’s NYAY will cost almost five times more, Rs 360,000 crore, or 1.8% of GDP. Indira Gandhi’s ‘Garibi Hatao’ swept the polls in 1971. Rahul Gandhi hopes
Junk Route to Active Corporate Bond Market–Economic Times
The lack of guidelines for investment in lower-rated bonds continues to hamper corporate bond market development in India. Sebi’s recent circular, however, has streamlined valuation
Cloudy outlook for our trade | Business Standard Column
Financial year 2019-20 (FY20) begins on a rather sombre note, despite expectation of a rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and buoyancy in the
Yashwant Sinha, BJP’s rebel with a cause, on GST to top BJP leaders | Business Standard
On a cold winter day, Sinha sits snug near an oil heater behind a wooden desk in the small but well-furnished study of his tastefully
Roll-out of new, simplified monthly GST return forms deferred | Business Standard News
The pilot project envisaged for rolling out simplified monthly goods and services tax (GST) return forms from April 1 has been deferred and the new
New welfare paradigm – The Hindu BusinessLine
The Congress’ basic income proposal hasn’t been thought through The Congress’ tall promise of paying ₹72,000 a year into the bank accounts of about five
Fifth Column: If Rahul Gandhi believes his NYAY is going to make a difference, he is wrong | The Indian Express
Rahul Gandhi declared that if the Congress is voted to power, every ‘poor’ Indian will get Rs 72,000 a year ‘delivered straight into his bank
Across the aisle: Nyay for the very poor | The Indian Express
Finally, a political party has found the courage to bite the bullet. For too long we have ducked the issue, declined to face the moral
Low inflation under Modi helping poor, says CEA Subramanian; here’s what he says on RBI’s monetary policy – The Financial Express
Global challenges such as muted exports and slow credit growth posed a challenge for some time, said Chief Economic Advisor Krishnamurthy Subramanian. Inflation has remained
CEA Subramanian counters Raghuram Rajan on GDP data: Controversy baseless; growth best since liberalisation – The Financial Express
He said that GST and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) were transformational reforms by the current government. Responding to the doubts raised by former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan,
NYAY, PM KISAN problematic, target narrow group: Arvind Subramanian | Business Standard News
The Narendra Modi government’s new flagship scheme PM Kisan, as well as the Congress’ NYAY scheme do not meet the criterion of being good, targeted universal basic income (UBI)
View: Congress’ NYAY scheme is neither fair nor feasible – The Economic Times
By Arvind Panagariya Congress’ minimum income scheme, Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY), raises several puzzling questions. Congress president Rahul Gandhi stated his party worked on the scheme for six months and consulted
Debtors need to honour contracts, says chief economic advisor – The Economic Times
If the country has to be disruptor to occupy its place among other developed countries, it has to follow a culture of ensuring debtors honour
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