Ishan Bakshi And Nikhat Hetavkar

Stories by Ishan Bakshi And Nikhat Hetavkar

Govt to mop up Rs 3.02 trn from cess, surcharges

Govt to mop up Rs 3.02 trn from cess, surcharges

Rediff.com   8 Feb 2018

The 14th Finance Commission had recommended that states' share in the divisible tax pool be raised to 42 per cent, from 32 per cent earlier.

Why govt's indirect tax collection target looks impossible

Why govt's indirect tax collection target looks impossible

Rediff.com   22 Jan 2018

The budgeted indirect tax collection target is Rs 9.26 trillion, and the Centre has collected around Rs 5 trillion in the first 8 months. So it needs another Rs 4.2 trn in the last four months

Run-up to Budget 2018-19: India's medium-term fiscal outlook looks grim

Run-up to Budget 2018-19: India's medium-term fiscal outlook looks grim

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2018

Lower revenue collection puts upward pressure on government borrowing, ensuring that it deviates from the glided path of debt reduction

Budget 2018: What the real estate sector wants from FM Jaitley

Budget 2018: What the real estate sector wants from FM Jaitley

Rediff.com   12 Jan 2018

The year 2018 is likely to be steady in terms of institutional investment into real estate

Digital push slows down banks' branch expansion plans

Digital push slows down banks' branch expansion plans

Rediff.com   7 Jan 2018

Branch additions for most major banks in the current financial year do not correspond to the number of the past two years.

HDFC Bank plans mega fundraising exercise

HDFC Bank plans mega fundraising exercise

Rediff.com   21 Dec 2017

If the entire amount of Rs 24,000 crore is raised, then it would be the biggest fundraising exercise by any Indian company ever.

This is Moody's advice for Modi

This is Moody's advice for Modi

Rediff.com   8 Dec 2017

'We forecast real GDP growth to moderate to 6.7 per cent in the year ending March 2018.' 'However, as disruption fades, we expect to see a rebound in real GDP growth to 7.5 per cent in the next fiscal year.'

Prabhu's new trade policy mum on achieving exports target

Prabhu's new trade policy mum on achieving exports target

Rediff.com   6 Dec 2017

Foreign Trade Policy: More incentives for exports, focus on ease of trading

Why govt's digital payment app has lost steam

Why govt's digital payment app has lost steam

Rediff.com   4 Dec 2017

The start of BHIM's declining share coincided with the launch of Google Tez in mid-Septem

Achche din eludes both Centre and states

Achche din eludes both Centre and states

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2017

Data released earlier by CAG shows capital expenditure by the Centre had contracted 9.2 per cent in Q2

Why banking transaction tax may not be evasion-proof

Why banking transaction tax may not be evasion-proof

Rediff.com   20 Nov 2017

According to the NIPFP, there is the possibility that even if the banking system matures over time, some transactions could bypass the system so as not to pay the BTT.

DeMo@1: Banks happy as digital activity picks up

DeMo@1: Banks happy as digital activity picks up

Rediff.com   8 Nov 2017

While digitisation and automation have made internal processes more efficient, front-end products are being enhanced digitally through robotics, artificial intelligence and botchats.

Emotions are the new celebrities of advertising

Emotions are the new celebrities of advertising

Rediff.com   1 Nov 2017

Advertisers take to pitching family values and social causes, giving celebrity endorsers and flamboyance a miss. Nikhat Hetavkar reports.

800,000 super-rich Indians account for 8.6% of national income

800,000 super-rich Indians account for 8.6% of national income

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2017

From 1980 to 2014, the top 1 per cent captured 29 per cent of total growth, as much as the bottom 84 per cent put together.

Keeping Cadbury relevant: 'Chocolate is not all about sugar'

Keeping Cadbury relevant: 'Chocolate is not all about sugar'

Rediff.com   5 Sep 2017

The Mondelez portfolio in India also includes brands like Bournvita, 5-Star. Nikhat Hetavkar finds out how it stays relevant amid strong pushback from millennials over health effects of its products.

Early Diwali for SBI borrowers

Early Diwali for SBI borrowers

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2017

Processing fee waived on car, gold and personal loans till December

'Modi is in the top 3 leaders I've ever seen!'

'Modi is in the top 3 leaders I've ever seen!'

Rediff.com   7 Aug 2017

Says CISCO executive chairman John Chambers, who's 'met every leader in the world, and got to know them very well.'

Babus divided over government's new promotion policy

Babus divided over government's new promotion policy

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2017

The new policy would create more vacancies at the Centre, as some who were denied promotions are thinking of returning to their home state, report Sahil Makkar and Ishan Bakshi.

Will GDP suffer from GST hiccups?

Will GDP suffer from GST hiccups?

Rediff.com   1 Jul 2017

'A broad-based revival of private sector investment was likely in 2018-19 after businesses had successfully made the switch to the GST.'

DeMo: How much cash was deposited? 'Unprecedented challenge': Ex-RBI gov

DeMo: How much cash was deposited? 'Unprecedented challenge': Ex-RBI gov

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2017

'Normally, the system is geared towards counting notes -- it is equipped to do x amount of work and one day you are asking them to do 20 x.' 'The processes involved are very complex.'