Mumbai: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley would visit Australia later this month with a high-powered business delegation of CII and speak at the SP Jain School of Global Management in Sydney on on M...
In a move that will hit common man, the government on Friday slashed interest rates on all small savings schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF), Kisan Vikas Patra (KVP) and senior citizen depo...
NEW DELHI: The government hopes that the biennial elections in the Rajya Sabha will give it enough seats in the upper house of Parliament to pass the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill, finance ministe...
BEIJING: India cannot surpass China's GDP despite the "potential" to become a big power, a state-run Chinese daily said today, underlining that "unrealistic" praise and forecasts f...
New Delhi: Many prominent people are being probed for allegedly concealing taxable income as agricultural earnings, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday and told the Opposition not to term it...
New Delhi: Under attack for not passing on benefits of fall in crude prices to consumers, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday said the savings are being used for developing infrastructure to push ...
Asian Development Bank (ADB) president Takehiko Nakao has pitched for roll out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) saying that its introduction will integrate India as “truly one single economy&...
New Delhi: Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has exhorted the affluent class to be more liberal in giving up their LPG subsidy as a study draws a grim picture of their contribution towards the scheme.&q...;
New Delhi: India's retail inflation is expected to have eased in February helped by falls in prices of some food items, after edging up for six straight months, raising expectations of a central bank ...
The government is expected to sign agreements worth over Rs. 72,000 crore with private players on port-related projects at the Indian Maritime Summit to be held in Mumbai next month.The Ministry of Sh...
Bengaluru: Indian inflation was expected to cool in February as food prices rose more slowly, a Reuters poll found, which could strengthen calls for more monetary policy easing.The Reserve Bank of Ind...
New Delhi: Railways has suffered a loss of Rs 55.92 crore due to damage to property, cancellation of 2,314 trains and tickets were cancelled during the recent Jat agitation, Railway Minister Suresh Pr...
New Delhi: The government has approved 285 FDI proposals worth Rs 48,902.76 crore till January this fiscal, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) supplements the domestic ...
New Delhi/Kolkata: In the face of all round attack, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday completely rolled back the controversial proposal to tax the employees' provident fund (EPF) at the time of...
New Delhi: The Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) today cleared 16 FDI proposals worth Rs 14,000 crore including that of Japan's Nippon hiking stake in Reliance Life Insurance to 49 per cent, a...
New Delhi: Taking forward its decision to open up the coal sector for commercial mining, the government may allot more than 10 coal blocks to PSUs in the current fiscal for production and sale of the ...
New Delhi: The government is likely to gain the votes it needs to pass the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill this year which could have far reaching macroeconomic and earnings implications, says a Mor...
The government has earmarked Rs 1,400 crore for development of the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) in the Budget for 2016-17.However, in case of Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor (AKIC) pro...
New Delhi: Railways on March 1 launched bar coding system for unreserved tickets to prevent revenue leakage and bring transparency in the ticketing system. Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said bar codi...
Clearing the air on taxing provident fund withdrawals, the government on Tuesday said PPF withdrawals will continue to be fully exempt from tax and only interest accruing after April 1 on 60 per cent ...