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  All powerful GST Council will consider bringing electricity, petroleum products and some other items under the ambit of GST in future, Bihar Finance Minister

After reducing tax rates on over 200 items in the last meeting, the goods and services tax (GST) Council is set to meet again on

Job creation is considered to be the most serious development challenge that India faces. It is a major source of contention in the political space.

The government has signalled that it will leave no stone unturned in cleaning up the banking system. It has now asked banks to disclose the

The Centre’s bid to dispel the pall of gloom over the economy has been helped in recent weeks by a sovereign rating upgrade from a

The GST Council in its 20th meeting held in August had recommended an increase of 10 per cent to 25 per cent in the maximum

Media reports suggest the government may remove the blanket ban on corporate guarantors of failed businesses bidding for stressed assets during the resolution process; the

The recent mid-term review of foreign trade policy (FTP) promises to scale up exports, as the government believes exports are the engine of growth, and

India’s exports rose 30.55% to $26.19 billion in November, reversing the decline witnessed in October, helped by robust growth in shipments of gems and jewellery

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Income growth rates are also low in the Eurozone and the UK. The US seems to be in a state of full employment, low inflation

Given how wafer-thin retailer margins are—often 3-4%—it is not surprising retailers are up in arms against the central bank’s latest guidelines on merchant discount rates,

At the WTO Ministerial in Buenos Aires, India is reportedly blocking moves to put in place rules for e-commerce. This is wrong. Global e-commerce rules

Programmes of financial inclusion are part of the larger financial system, the stability of which is essential to the success of the inclusive initiatives, a

With the farm loan waiver pitch getting shriller by the day, former RBI governor Y V Reddy today said the practice is not good for

Transfer of shares of unlisted stressed companies at a price below its fair market value might soon be exempt from the tax net, according to

Many lenders and several companies, which figure in the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) second list for the resolution of non-performing assets (NPAs) are reportedly

Micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the machine tools industry need to enhance their production capabilities if they are to grab a higher market

At a discussion on policy, two former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governors were critical of the farm debt waiver announcements by some state governments.

The Delhi High Court has given relief to those asking for tax credits on pre-GST stocks lying for more than 12 months. Importers of fast-moving