The paper says the rate of price rise in food items leads to lower income inequality in rural India.
In the March quarter analysts' presentation, the company had said it was targeting to raise a total of Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) from non-core asset sales in the medium term.
Says invest Rs 1.2 lakh cr or offer special dividend or give surplus cash back.
As finance ministry officials remained glued to news flashes on the LCD screens in their rooms, others were constantly monitoring news on the web. The support staff got its share of the news feed by keeping a close watch on politicians visiting North Block, reports Vrishti Beniwal
However, Bengaluru is on a high with the share of IT/ITeS in the total office space transaction rising from 55 per cent in 2011 to 75 per cent till May 2012, according to data by DTZ, an international real estate research firm.
From second homes and AC rail travel to private tutors, astrologers and marriage-makers come under the tax net
The finance ministry has asked state-run general insurers to increase premiums on health insurance, motor and other policies, and refrain from undercutting each other to get new business.
FDI cap may remain intact at 26% as Cabinet takes up legislation this week.
Tax amount of Rs 10-15 crore may be the threshold above which rule could be invoked
Mumbai land sale part of non-core divestment this year, counters DLF
Venturing into films, music & food biz, cite reasons from personal interest to future market opportunity
After the enactment of retrospective amendments to the Income Tax Act next month, the government may ask Vodafone to pay in excess of Rs 20,000 crore (Rs 200 billion) -- more than two and half times the tax amount the telecom major was "advised to withhold" on its $11-billion deal with Hutchison in 2007.
A finance ministry official said Vodafone had threatened arbitration against something that had not happened. He said the UK-based telecom company was presuming it might happen.
Higher online filing of returns that is expected in the ongoing financial year will enable faster processing of claims and hence a further increase in refunds.
To ensure its financial inclusion drive is not restricted to meeting branch opening targets, the Union finance ministry is to ask banks for a performance report of the 'ultra small' branches set up in the past two years in about 73,000 villages.
This is despite a Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry survey showing more players were optimistic on a recovery in manufacturing in the last quarter of 2011-12.
Developers say an increase in the FSI was long due, given the scarcity of land, but stress the need for stronger infrastructure to support such high-rise buildings.
A senior income tax department official in the know of the discussions to have taken place in the finance ministry said the ministry was looking into the issue as a possible option.
The next time Amitabh Bachchan hosts Kaun Bangea Crorepati or Sachin Tendulkar hits a ton in an Indian Premier League match, the taxmen may come knocking on their doors.
Key Planning Commission official says push from small-scale industries will help reach the figure, but others disagree.
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