On January 30, two days before the Narendra Modi government announced a rural and agriculture centric Union Budget, the NDA governments fourth Economic Survey for
[Budget–Agriculture] Joining Forces- Business Today–01.03.2018—–*****
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has achieved a remarkable feat by announcing a slew of measures for rural and agriculture sectors in the Union Budget 2018/19.
Tax Changes [ Income Tax-Corporate Tax–Stamp Duty –LTCG ] : A Balancing Act- Business Today–28.02.2018
The recent buzz about Union Budget 2018 likely to be an election Budget, seems to be somewhat true. The Finance Minister, in his speech, paid
Mr. Rajiv Kumar-Niti Aayog–] All Geared to boost farm income- Business Today–28.02.2018—–*****
This is perhaps the first budget which brings the farmer and rural India to the centre of economic policy and fiscal allocations. It lays the
IBC 2016: Clearing the Air- Business Today–28.02.2018—–*****
Enacted in 2016, the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) has witnessed a lot of action in the last six months. However, there were many
Anti-People, Anti-Farmer- Business Today–Capt Amarinder Singh–Chief Minister Punjab–28.02.2018
To expect the Opposition party to praise any government policy, especially the Union Budget, is quite unthinkable. In fact, political expediency necessitates open and hard-hitting
Taxing times?–LTCG–India Today–28.02.2018
The reimposition of long-term capital gains tax (LTCG) on equity investments elicited mixed reactions, but most industry experts believe it will not have a significant
Narendra Modi: View: Sorry Mr Modi, yours is a good but incomplete report card – The Economic Times–28.02.2018—–*****
Modi declared his ‘Make in India’ programme was a success, even as job creation is nowhere near the promised 100 million. At the Economic Times
GST refunds: View: The more things change, the more they remain the same. Just look at GST’s whipping boys – The Economic Times–28.02.2018—–*****
By Ajay Sahai Exporters have been made the whipping boy for delays in goods and services tax (GST)-related exports refund. An exporter who is hard-pressed
GST collection for January comes in at Rs 86,318 crore – The Economic Times–28.02.2018
The Centre today said that the total revenue collection under GST for the month of January, till February 25, stood at Rs 86,318 crore. Rs
Capitalworld launches new product to help MSMEs – The Economic Times–28.02.2018—–*****
CapitaWorld a digital platform that automates the entire loan value chain has rolled out the first version of a ‘Smart Loan -Disintermediation Ecosystem’, a fully
Sweet melody of distressed assets–Economic Times–28.02.2018
The first resolution of a large non-performing asset has taken place under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, with Monnet Ispat, which has an integrated steel
IBC: Amendment debarring defaulting promoters may be challenged in court | Business Standard Column–28.02.2018
The insolvency and bankruptcy process is entering the decisive phase where some big-ticket stressed assets are up for grabs. However, the recent amendment to the
‘Value of goods cleared from SEZ to DTA must follow Customs laws’ | Business Standard News–28.02.2018
We want to send goods from our SEZ unit to our own DTA unit on stock transfer. Do we have to file bill of entry
Contract farming Bill to also cover services, marketing – Business Line–28.02.2018
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
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
I-T e-assessment: CBDT notifies new communication scheme – Business Line–28.02.2018—–*****
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has notified a new centralised communication scheme for serving e-notices to income tax-payers as part of the government’s
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
No discrimination: on health insurance in India – The Hindu–28.02.2018—–*****
The Delhi High Court’s order striking down a discriminatory exclusion clause in a health insurance policy, and upholding the claim of a patient, should have
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