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Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu on Tuesday unveiled more incentives to boost labour-intensive and employment-oriented merchandise and services exports while releasing the much-awaited mid-term review of

In a substantial dilution of its earlier stand that listed companies should make public any loan default within 24 hours of missing the repayment obligation,

Disruption caused by demonetisation and the economic slowdown seems to have complicated banks’ efforts to recover their dues from financially stressed companies. There was a

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s fifth Budget is being prepared under the most unusual circumstances. Estimating the tax revenue collections has always been a challenging task

A whopping 62 per cent of Indians paid from their own pockets for their medical expenses in 2016, an annual study by global health services

Success of anti-profiteering measures crucial for bringing down prices The Goods and Services Tax is being touted as a non-inflationary tax as it is expected

Shouldn’t go higher: With interest rates While the monetary policy panel would be justified in being cautious, it should set at rest apprehensions on a

Bank lending has suffered due to NPAs, rather than interest rates being high. A cut may only worsen the debt situation In September 2016, with

When Sachin Kishore, Somy Sridas and Varun Moorthy were casting about for a base for their bicycle startup Scolarian in 2014, Coimbatore seemed like the

It is high time the regulatory authorities laid down a clear definition and tax norms for the new asset class of virtual currencies. Runaway appreciation

One lakh rupees invested in bitcoin in 2010 would be worth a few hundred crore rupees today. That is the kind of extraordinary return the

After an initial burst of exuberance in startups, the industry is beginning to moult. Risks are better understood, founders focus on unit economics instead of

5 reasons why you should not get swayed by bitcoin’s sky-high returns Here’s a primer on Bitcoins. Read this and a lot more, prior to

Bitcoin hits $10,000 mark: Cryptocurrency at an all time high Leveraging for bitcoin in anticipation of humungous return indicates heightened greed in the crypto-currency market.

The success of a company’s IT security does not depend on trying to prevent a cyber attack, but in the ability to predict, detect and

With virtual currency gaining traction among investors, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said India does not recognise crypto currency as legal tender. Yesterday, virtual currency

In October this year, billionaire Warren Buffet had described Bitcoin as a “real bubble”, and said that one couldn’t value it considering it was not

Bitcoin zoomed past $11,000 to hit a record high for the sixth day in a row on Wednesday after gaining more than $1,000 in just

The key economic parameters of Gujarat show the state has done well with capital-intensive industries but needs to focus more on small enterprises and some