The Agriculture Ministry has broadened the scope of the proposed Contract Farming Bill by bringing marketing and services into its ambit and cutting back on
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India to insist on delinking MSMEs from e-commerce at BRICS meet – Business Line–28.02.2018
With China pushing for greater cooperation in e-commerce amongst the BRICS group, New Delhi will stress on keeping issues of micro small and medium enterprises
Crop insurance revisited – Business Line–28.02.2018—–*****
Earlier this month, unseasonal rain ravaged 11 districts of Maharashtra, damaging crops such as green gram, jowar, onion and wheat, grape and cotton planted over
With rates low, Fed officials fret over next U.S. recession – The Hindu–28.02.2018—–*****
Federal Reserve policymakers are fretting that they could face the next U.S. recession with an arsenal of policies little different from that used in the
Why each state of India needs an MSME university – The Financial Express–Mr. Charan Singh–27.02.2018—–*****
The government, in continuation of its earlier efforts, has initiated numerous measures to encourage MSMEs in this year’s Union Budget. The Union minister for MSME
Would have resigned if I was in Arun Jaitley’s position: Chidambaram | Business Standard News–27.02.2018—–*****
Congress leader and former finance minister P. Chidambaram on Monday lashed out at Finance Minister Arun Jaitley over the Union Budget 2018-19. “If I was
Incipient recovery – Business Line–26.02.2018
India Inc’s earnings scorecard for the latest September-December quarter offers light at the end of the tunnel for stock market investors. Thirty-six of the Nifty50
Is the endgame for NPAs in sight? – The Hindu–26.02.2018
Of late, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) attempt to purge the banking system of bad loans has begun to resemble the spring-cleaning of a
NDA govt incompetent managers of programmes Chidambaram – BW Businessworld–25.02.2018
Former Union minister P Chidambaram today advised the NDA government to appoint “good managers” to implement its various welfare programmes. The government is “good owners
Benefits Of Strong Rupee-Minhaz Merchant – BW Businessworld–25.02.2018—–*****
Over the past six months, the Indian rupee has appreciated by nearly seven per cent against the US dollar. According to conventional wisdom, exports should
Pushing up investment growth: Conditions ripe for private investment to revive – The Financial Express–25.02.2018—–*****
The Economic Survey for 2016-17 noted that around 40% of India’s corporate debt was held by corporates with an interest coverage ratio of less than
RBI MPC minutes: Michael Patra called for series of rate hikes to counter inflation | business news | Hindustan Times–25.02.2018—–*****
One member of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) said a series of rate hikes may be warranted because of
IGST rules change again for export | Business Standard Column–24.02.2018
Last month, the government amended Rules 89 and 96 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Rules, 2017, through notification 3/2018-GST dated January 23,
Worrying trend: India’s export woes have little to do with global demand | Business Standard Editorials–24.02.2018
Worrying signals are flashing for Indian exports, as growth slowed to 9 per cent in January 2018 from 12.3 per cent in December 2017, even
Worrying trend: India’s export woes have little to do with global demand | Business Standard Editorials–24.02.2018
Worrying signals are flashing for Indian exports, as growth slowed to 9 per cent in January 2018 from 12.3 per cent in December 2017, even
PNB fraud fallout: Govt may revive plan for real-time default disclosures | Business Standard News–24.02.2018
India’s finance ministry is in talks with the market regulator about requiring publicly traded companies to promptly report any missed interest or installment payments on
‘People willing to pay tax, if they feel getting worth their money’ – Business Line–24.02.2018
India needs more tax payers. Countries where people paid more income taxes are ones that developed for various reasons. The relationship between State and the
Across the aisle: More voices against Budget provisions | The Indian Express–24.02.2018
February 2018 taught me — and I hope many others — a lesson in politics: that 25 years are long enough to erase memories of
Exports up 9 pct in January; trade deficit widens to over 3 yr high – The Financial Express–16.02.2018
India’s exports grew by 9 per cent to USD 24.38 billion in January, helped by a healthy growth in shipments of chemicals, engineering goods and
Crude pricing: Politically-motivated tinkering of oil could prove costlier | Business Standard News–16.02.2018
Oil prices on Thursday extended gains, pushed up by a weak dollar and by comments from Saudi Arabia that it would rather see an undersupplied
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