The question is which tool it should use to shift gear.
Bankers and industry analysts say a number of public and private sector banks have expressed willingness to offer fresh loans to Indian companies to help them repay their overseas dues maturing in the near term.
The idea is to save customers the inconvenience of opening and closing bank accounts or keeping multiple accounts if they have to shift to a new location or find their bank's services unsatisfactory.
More than one-third of this amount (Rs 6,000 crore or Rs 60 billion) is likely to go to the country's largest lender, State Bank of India, while the demand for most other banks is less than Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) each.
Pay healthy advance tax, but can't make up for large companies' volumes.
Bank will charge floating rates of interest from January.
Wants all services included in tax, with a negative list.
Higher returns, more liquidity draw individual investors to savings accounts.
The much-awaited talks between India and Mauritius over renegotiation of their tax treaty may begin soon, with India pushing for changes in the clause on the treatment of the capital gains tax.
A couple of options are on the table, from buyback, cross-holding, selective public offers of only big companies to residual stake in companies with minority government ownership.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is likely to oppose suggestions to introduce a financial transaction tax, commonly known as tobin tax.
CDR amount jumps six times in first half; bankers expect things to worsen.
The slowdown fear, as substantiated by various parameters like the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index as well as the Index of Industrial Production, has gripped large companies but the smaller entities still seem hopeful of excellent growth. At least, tax collection figures show this trend.
Kejriwal's supporters have bombarded Income Tax offices with cheques and demand drafts, offering to pay his tax dues.
Under pressure on the black money issue, the government plans to monitor high-value savings and investments more closely to net tax evaders.
Budget documents in the future may give a preview of the government's finances for the next few years. The finance ministry is considering moving to a multi-year approach in budgeting to utilise resources better and bring in more transparency in accounting, according to official sources.
E-filing through the Centre's online tax payment application Automation of Central Excise and Service Tax will be a must not only for returns due after October 1, but also for returns of past periods which have not been filed yet or are to be revised.
Proposed scheme will not provide immunity to tax defaulters.
Prompted by the Reserve Bank of India's increase in the key rate, the repo, banks have raised interest rates by 325-350 basis points.
The four-day tour, beginning September 21, includes World Bank-International Monetary Fund meetings, as well as interactions with investors.
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