The new e-commerce policy betrays a muddled view of online and offline retail The Centre’s curiously timed attempt to ‘clarify’ foreign direct investment norms for e-commerce players
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Ecommerce Policy: Modi’s e-commerce policy: Here are the winners and losers
The new dispensation seeks to ensure that these platforms are truly impartial marketplaces. The recent tightening of norms for online marketplaces with foreign investment are
April-November fiscal deficit touches nearly 115 per cent of FY target – The Economic Times
The government’s fiscal deficit touched 114.8 per cent of the full-year estimates at the end of November, stoking concerns that the gap between the target set for
DIPP: Faster patents for women, small business – The Economic Times
The government has proposed to fast-track patent applications from women and small businesses in its latest bid to encourage innovation from new category of innovators. Currently, the benefit of
डिजिटल विरोधाभास |अग्रलेख – Maharashtra Times
डिजिटल विरोधाभास एकीकडे डिजिटल इंडियाची स्वप्ने पडत असताना आणि तशा प्रयत्नांची द्वाही अहोरात्र फिरवली जात असताना केंद्र सरकारने ई व्यापारावर मात्र नवे निर्बंध लागू केले
ईकॉमर्स –अग्रलेख –लोकसत्ता
दूरसंचार क्षेत्रातील कंपन्यांनी सवलतींचा वर्षांव केल्यास ती खासगी बाब आणि ईकॉमर्स कंपन्यांनी तेच केले की सरकारी दखलपात्र घटना, हे तर्कसंगत नव्हे.. तर्क आणि सातत्य याचे
GST impact on real estate builders, buyers: All you need to know about pre vs post-GST rates – The Financial Express
Tejas Goenka Real Estate has been one of the sectors which were majorly impacted by GST. One of the immediate effects was that the overall
Rs 3 trn loan waiver among 3 options Modi considering for farmers: Report | Business Standard News
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is considering three options for a relief package to help farmers suffering because of low crop prices at a cost of as much as Rs
E-Commerce–Regressive step | Business Standard Editorials
The new guidelines for e-commerce companies will make life even more difficult for online retailers, who are already hemmed in by restrictions. Online marketplaces with foreign shareholders will not
Economy–Why the Indian Person of the Year has just got to be the Little Guy | Business Standard Column
If there has to be an Indian person of the year for 2018, it is the little guy. The message of the recent state elections
Decoding the retail FDI tweaks | Business Standard Column
The tweaks announced on Wednesday in the government’s policy on foreign direct investment in e-commerce have been described as a Boxing Day sucker punch for the likes of Amazon and Flipkart. The moot
Modi govt readies 3-point formula to end farmer woes ahead of 2019 – -India Today
HIGHLIGHTS After a high-level ng was held between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and top ministers including Union agriculture minister Radha Mohan Singh, sources told news
Modi s Clampdown On E commerce In India May Not Win Back Votes Of Small Retailers – BW Businessworld
India’s new curbs on e-commerce companies may not be enough to win over small store owners and traders in next year’s general election, with the
‘The best option is direct benefit transfer to farmers … We want the government monkey off our backs’–Times of India
Why are we seeing agricultural distress? All governments first try to control cost to consumers. We have seen governments fall on account of onion prices.
US oil prices rise to claw back some ground, but oversupply worries persist | business news | Hindustan Times
US oil prices rose on Friday to claw back some of the ground they lost in the previous session, but growth in U.S. crude stockpiles
A double-edge sword for farmers – Loan waivers shrink credit supply to the farm sector – The Financial Express
By Kushankur Dey Farm loan waivers—of more than Rs 850 billion in FY18 and FY19, announced by various state governments—are the flavour of the season.
An outstanding alternative to farm loan waiver – The Economic Times
Helping farmers to manage their unviable debt is definitely not a moral hazard, as has been advocated in some quarters. The world is no stranger
US Monetary Policy: The Fed should be congratulated for its steadfast commitment to policy normalisation – The Financial Express
Are were increasingly compelling reasons to question the Fed’s stewardship of the US economy. That now appears to be changing. Notwithstanding howls of protest from
Rural distress 2018: False cures galore | Business Standard Column
After the new Congress state governments announced the promised agriculture loan waivers, party president Rahul Gandhi thundered that he will not let the prime minister sleep until
India’s exports are steadily rising, but import bill hurts much more | Business Standard News
Indian exports have grown steadily in the last three years. And as Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu recently said, the country’s export performance has been extremely good