Its officers would wear black bands on Monday, which is also Martyrs day, the IRS Association (Customs and Central Excise) has said.
It was better to first build a single-rate GST with a low rate, achieve full mastery of this, and then consider more complex possibilities such as high rates and multiple rates.
India has a huge trade surplus with US - over $20 billion a year in the past five years.
NITI Aayog wants the prime minister's flagship initiative should focus on labour-intensive sectors and policies that impede their growth to get special attention.
Axis Bank's loan portfolio quality deteriorated, with gross NPAs rising to 5.22% of gross advances.
The cell was formed after attacks on the Bangladesh central bank by international hacker groups siphoned off millions of dollars.
CBDT circular issued last month had raised multiple taxation concerns.
The sharp rise was also due to a statistical illusion -- low industrial numbers in November 2015, and sharp reversal of a 12-month declining trend in capital goods.
'For the RBI, for a central bank, reputational risk is the worst risk.' 'Credibility is the worst risk,'
'RBI is taking all steps to complete the process expeditiously so as to release firm figures at an early date.'
The mismatch between PMI and core sector could also be due to the fact that while core sector is calculated year-on-year, PMI is calculated month-on-month.
The prime minister's sop is expected to give a massive boost to priority-sector housing loans, thereby pulling the entire housing loan portfolio of banks.
Hopefully, the grey world of central banking in a nation hit by demonetisation, will lighten up with some of his notes soon.
If a risk taker and young, NPS would suit her/him. Otherwise, s/he should go for EPF.
'Nobody will wait now. Everyone will come to deposit their old notes. The confidence is shaken.'
There is not much bank employees can do, but some words of encouragement from the management would have helped. Stretched working hours and the tense atmosphere is taking a toll on their health.
Hawkish guidance by the US Fed raises concerns it could tie the hands of RBI from trimming rates.
Pronab Sen, the government's former chief statistician, says contrary to perception, GDP growth won't be drastically hit in the present quarter.
A large number of people using cards at PoS Cards being used more frequently Small-ticket transactions Mastercard South Asia head Porush Singh calls these the three key trends for a cashless future. And post-demonetization India, he believes, is steadily moving towards it.
RBI said the outlook for economic growth for 2016-17 has turned uncertain after the unexpected loss of momentum by 50 basis points in Q2 and the effects of the withdrawal of banned notes
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