India has been consistently getting its Ease of Doing Business priorities wrong. When we think of the World Bank’s signature rankings we view it in
2.2 mn GST returns filed till 6 pm, deadline ends midnight | Business Standard News–21.09.2017
Nearly 2.2 million GST returns have been filed, so far, for August as businesses flocked the GSTN portal to submit their returns on Wednesday —
Transporters yet to shrug off GST blues | Business Standard News
Transporters are under pressure two months after the goods and services tax (GST) was imposed. The immediate problem faced by the truckers is rising diesel
Fight against black money: When the empire strikes back | Business Standard Column
How has the government tightened the screws on illicit flow of funds through use of shell/inactive companies? The ministry of corporate affairs has struck
Why being ‘unreasonable’ is good for 1mg’s health | Business Line–21.09.2017
US State Dept honour for healthcare platform that dispels drug-price opacity Prashant Tandon can at best hazard a guess why digital healthcare platform 1mg was
Will Google’s Tez be a game-changer in the crowded payments space? | Business Line–21.09.2017
The app has features that give it an edge over the competition, say experts The entry of Google into the crowded payment space is
Peer-to-peer lending platforms to be treated as NBFCs | Business Line–21.09.2017
After a year or more of due-diligence, the RBI has notified that peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platforms need to be regulated and treated on par with
Highly objectionable | Business Line–21.09.2017
Linking Aadhaar with bank accounts not in sync with the law Bank customers in India are worried. Most of them have been receiving regular messages
Advance tax payout by top cos grows just 2% in Sept quarter | Business Line–21.09.2017
Uncertainty in GST hits mop-up The advance tax paid by top Mumbai-based companies in the September quarter has gone up by just two per cent
‘Chunk of GST claims ineligible for refunds’ – The Hindu–21.09.2017
A “large part” of the ₹65,000 crore of transitional credit claims received by the government under the Goods and Services Tax regime are ineligible for
RBI: Banks can classify priority loans as standard debt: RBI – The Economic Times–20.09.2017
The Reserve Bank of India has assured banks that they can classify priority loans extended to defaulting companies in the bankruptcy process as standard debt
Arun Jaitley: Modi government finds a fix for India’s big economic worries; remedial measures likely soon – The Economic Times–20.09.2017
The government may soon unveil a package of measures to speed up growth, generate employment, lift exports and step up investment in infrastructure. A broad
Income Tax Department: Companies, HNIs may soon have to specify reason for paying less advance tax than previous year – The Economic Times–20.09.2017
Companies and taxpayers getting their accounts audited will be required to submit income estimates and tax liabilities for six months of the financial year to
Indian Pharma’s sector is losing sheen as prize manufacture–Economic Times–20.09.2017
A serious malady afflicts the Indian pharmaceutical sector. Export growth is virtually flat at $16.8 billion and, in fact, has declined a wee bit last
State Bank of India: How a quashing petition twists loan default case–Economic Times–20.09.2017
The State Bank of IndiaBSE -0.87 %, the leading lender to Shree Ganesh Jewellers, now has to contend with a fresh twist in its criminal
Realty firm: Unitech serious developer, not fly-by-night operator: Chairman – The Economic Times–20.09.2017
Crisis-hit realty firm UnitechBSE -2.09 % today said it is a serious developer and not a fly-by-night operator, while promising that buyers will be compensated
GST disruption grossly underestimated, here’s why India needs simple rule not this ‘imperfect structure’ – The Financial Express–20.09.2017
The disruption caused by the implementation of the GST has been grossly underestimated. While trade and industry are limping back to normalcy, the jury is
Why Modi government must provide sops to encourage digital payments – The Financial Express–20.09.2017
Ahead of RBI’s final guidelines on merchant discount rates (MDR)—the rate that merchants pay credit card companies—the government has indicated to the central bank that
Taken home loan? Here’ why you must buy a home insurance policy as well – The Financial Express–20.09.2017
If you have taken a home loan to buy the house, the home insurance will work as security for your loan. In some cases, banks
Economic slowdown is real, not just technical, says SBI Research – The Financial Express–20.09.2017
Noting that the economy has been on a downslide since September 2016, SBI Research today said the slowdown is real and not technical and called