Aayog feels expansion of the lowest base will enable more people to pay taxes.
'The service charge is given to the employees as a part of their salary. Now, employees have been calling to negotiate their salaries to balance the loss that they will face personally. In which case, we won't be able to retain some of them.'
As many as 4,291 farmers in Maharashtra killed themselves in 2015 topping the list of states with the highest number of suicides in the farm sector followed by Karnataka (1,559), Telangana (1,400), Madhya Pradesh (1,290), Chhattisgarh (954), and Andhra Pradesh (916).
Sops for middle class, poor and farmers on cards.
Nivedita Mookerji finds out how Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma is handling his soaring popularity after the note ban as well as the criticism that comes as a package deal.
IDS-2 and raids to uncover black money stash keep receipts flowing
'Saying that Snapdeal is not doing well is beyond premature. Suggesting that someone has won or lost is myopic.'
Eco affairs secretary says double counting possible; cash availability to improve in three weeks.
Cash withdrawal limits likely to continue
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
Paytm has, since November 8, been on an overdrive, rolling out a series of features on its app including multi-language options for a no-holds barred access across the country. The company is now planning to make Paytm available on all types of mobile phones, going much beyond smartphones.
Through this mobile application, the handset will be used for authenticating biometrics of customers making Aadhaar enabled payment.
Not just Tesco, Auchan, Walmart, even Biyani & Reliance keen on food FDI: Harsimrat Kaur Badal
Revised draft model Bill clearly says an agriculturist for the purpose of agriculture won't be liable for registration under GST.
A senior finance ministry source said making the use of debit cards and e-wallets compulsory across the board is legally untenable, but banks have been asked to insist their account holders use these instruments
Experts claim impact of breather limited as most hybrid vegetable seeds are sold by private companies.
Budget announcements will come right before five states, with population of around 250 million, go to polls.
Work in mandis across UP and in northern India which till Tuesday, witnessed heavy arrivals of newly harvested paddy, saw a steep decline.