Depreciating rupee a silver lining for some businesses amid the economic downturn.
Officials are relying on both formal and informal methods for reaching non-filers.
Diplomatic channels activated to keep India eligible for soft loans from World Bank affiliate, though rules show it's probably time we made way for the needier others.
For the first time in the last eight years, India would not have any representative for the post of deputy director general.
Finance ministry asks bank, insurance & market regulators to issue notifications
The MFN (Most Favoured Nation, meaning non-discriminatory treatment for each other) issue is of prime importance to India, as it wants to have greater access in the Pakistani markets.
Officials asked what the point was in going through banks when the government has to give guarantees.
However, worries on inadequate import and issues for the FTA pacts.
Taxpayer satisfaction is a part of the matrix of key performance indicators of the administration.
The rise in illegal imports of the yellow metal has caught the eye of the finance ministry.
Concerns over effective control not addressed in the second revised shareholders' agreement, says DIPP; Sebi opposes commercial cooperation pact
The Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers got its new chairman on Monday in Jammu and Kashmir's Abdul Rahim Rather.
The trade deficit makes up an important part of the current account deficit, which had touched an all-time high of 4.8 per cent in 2012-13.
Disgruntled executives are already pinning hopes on the new banks, too.
With new private banks in the play, the going could become more difficult for the old-school state-run banks, already losing business and market position, forcing them to think hard towards consolidating and forming larger entities to garner big-ticket deals.
FDI in brownfield investment has resulted in acquisition of domestic drug-manufacturing firms by multinational companies.
Currently, India imposes 30-45 per cent duty on textile products from Pakistan.
In a meeting with the commerce minister, India Inc hammered Sharma on the collapse of investments, structural nature of the current account deficit and stagnant growth in agriculture.
Penalty can be levied at 100-300 per cent of the tax evaded, while tax is imposed at the highest rate of 30 per cent.
A panel headed by Economic Affairs secretary Arvind Mayaram had suggested FDI limit be raised to 49 per cent in almost all sectors through the automatic route.