In the second half of April, the discount on gold came down to $3 an ounce.
For debt-laden companies, asset sales is an obvious solution.
Only three or four tonnes is estimated to have been mobilised under the scheme.
Not all NPAs are treated as wilful defaulters.
This could change the way diamonds are traded.
Now, government is also contracting imports.
Recent recovery in the white metal was reflected in a falling gold to silver price ratio.
The Bill to amend the Bureau of Indian Standards Act has been passed.
Agricultural incomes can be taxed without hurting farmers, as a substantial section - the small and marginal ones - will remain outside the tax net simply because their incomes are likely to be below the basic exemption limit of Rs 250,000 per annum that is extended to all taxpayers in India, finds out Ishan Bakshi.
Duty changes in the Budget make refining unviable.
Cases across the country against defaulters who owe over Rs 1 crore each, reveal CIBIL data.
Ishan Bakshi studies the Budgets of six states, their expenditure priorities and outlays to understand the trend.
The GIFT City management is in talks with Hong Kong, London, and Singapore arbitration centres
While an import duty is ruled out, a small excise duty on jewellery manufacturing can be on the cards.
The greatest disconnect lies in the estimates of industrial growth.
A new paper by blames 'jobs deficit' for the decline in female labour force.
In the past 18 months, the department of revenue intelligence has seized 50 containers of cigarettes, valued at nearly Rs 200 crore
He is widely admired for maintaining an almost military like discipline and is not known to smoke or drink
The scheme is yet to take off.
Silver prices have fallen by eight per cent in 2015 to Rs 34,290 a kg.
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