Nitin Sethi And Dilasha Seth

Stories by Nitin Sethi And Dilasha Seth

After all this fuss, I-T may only probe 1% of assessees!

After all this fuss, I-T may only probe 1% of assessees!

Rediff.com   21 Nov 2016

With a staff crunch, it seems the I-T department would now target only the big fish rather than go after small assessees.

'People are withdrawing money and not spending it'

'People are withdrawing money and not spending it'

Rediff.com   19 Nov 2016

'Day by day, the queues will shorten.'

When Bill Gates did a U-turn on demonetisation

When Bill Gates did a U-turn on demonetisation

Rediff.com   18 Nov 2016

We are certainly for digitisation. I do not have opinion about demonetisation. I still don't, says Bill Gates.

Beware, taxmen to watch your posts on social media

Beware, taxmen to watch your posts on social media

Rediff.com   18 Nov 2016

Information gathered from a person's social media account will be matched with his or her declared income.

Draft GST bills from Centre to states have no rates

Draft GST bills from Centre to states have no rates

Rediff.com   17 Nov 2016

The Centre is likely to introduce the Central GST and integrated GST bills in late November or early December in the ongoing session in the form of money Bills.

Much in demand these days: CAs and their creative solutions

Much in demand these days: CAs and their creative solutions

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2016

Amid persistent fear of prosecution and penalty, people across income classes are looking for ways to do away with stacks of higher denomination currency.

'We will keep an eye on all transactions'

'We will keep an eye on all transactions'

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2016

The government will assess how cash deposits after the demonetisation could be brought under the tax net, says Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia.

Experts fear multiple tax slabs and cess will complicate GST

Experts fear multiple tax slabs and cess will complicate GST

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2016

"At present, there are two main rate slabs under which sa majority of goods are covered -- five per cent and 12.5 per cent -- which will now increase to three (five per cent, 12 per cent and 18 per cent).Will this result in multiple litigations is anybody's guess."

Fiscal deficit in Apr-Sep period balloons to 20-year high

Fiscal deficit in Apr-Sep period balloons to 20-year high

Rediff.com   1 Nov 2016

If receipts from disinvestment, tax buoyancy and black money scheme offset shortfall in spectrum sale, higher expenditure due to pay commission's recommendations and capital expenditure, then the government would be able to meet the target of controlling fiscal deficit at 3.5 per cent of GDP this financial year.

Govt curtailed work under MGNREGA through WhatsApp chats

Govt curtailed work under MGNREGA through WhatsApp chats

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2016

Instructions from the Union rural development ministry to the state officials on the WhatsApp group show that the chat was also used as an off-record avenue for the Union government to pass instructions, which it could not have done through formal channels, keeping the law in mind.

How Centre's WhatsApp messages crashed MGNREGA

How Centre's WhatsApp messages crashed MGNREGA

Rediff.com   26 Oct 2016

Centre's off-the-record instructions through WhatsApp and a squeeze on funds brought the rural work programme to collapse after a roaring first half of the year.

Despite India's objection, Pak's climate change project gets approval at GCF

Despite India's objection, Pak's climate change project gets approval at GCF

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2016

India tried to block the project at the fund's board meeting in South Korea, but later agreed to approve it with new condition, reports Nitin Sethi.

GST meet: Inspector Raj with dual-control situation was avoided

GST meet: Inspector Raj with dual-control situation was avoided

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2016

'GST gives a huge relief to small businesses of India and West Bengal.'

This river linking project may cut India's tiger habitats

This river linking project may cut India's tiger habitats

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2016

100 square kilometre of Panna Tiger Reserve could go under water, writes Nitin Sethi.

Why Lamka won't bury its dead

Why Lamka won't bury its dead

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2016

The church bells don't toll in Churachandpur any more. The hill district in Manipur has been in mourning for more than a year.

Muted response to black money disclosure window

Muted response to black money disclosure window

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2016

Assets worth only Rs 4,000 cr declared till mid-August; govt expects pick-up in last 2 weeks

'Do you want the poor to pay even to shit?'

'Do you want the poor to pay even to shit?'

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2016

'We cannot let this country be a place where the poor pay to shit.' 'That is inhuman and unacceptable.'

Draft promises changes in forest and wildlife laws but nothing official about it, yet

Draft promises changes in forest and wildlife laws but nothing official about it, yet

Rediff.com   19 Aug 2016

The proposed changes, as per the draft, could continue some of the existing conflict between wildlife protection regulations with the implementation of Forest Rights Act, 2006, which gives rights to tribals in all kinds of traditional forest lands -- including the wildlife zones, such as national parks. The new proposed law, just as the original one from 1972, does not explicitly recognise these rights in all wildlife areas.

I-T returns: Top 1% earned 18 per cent of income

I-T returns: Top 1% earned 18 per cent of income

Rediff.com   17 Aug 2016

Middle class constituted about 49 per cent of the total tax payees in financial year 2011-12

Why keeping petroleum out of GST is bad news

Why keeping petroleum out of GST is bad news

Rediff.com   10 Aug 2016

Petroleum being out of the goods and services tax initially will create some anomaly as tax credit on some of the inputs to oil industry may not be given, said revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia.