Aayog feels expansion of the lowest base will enable more people to pay taxes.
India processes around 90% of the world's supply of rough diamonds.
'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).
Saudi Arabia is the second largest importer of poultry products from India and exporters fear other importing countries might follow suit.
Sops for middle class, poor and farmers on cards.
IDS-2 and raids to uncover black money stash keep receipts flowing
Eco affairs secretary says double counting possible; cash availability to improve in three weeks.
Cash withdrawal limits likely to continue
Dealers anticipated a sharp rise in jewellery demand this wedding season, but then came demonetisation.
The economy could return to 8% growth by the end of 2017-2018, says Arvind Panagariya, vice-chairman NITI Aayog.
Through this mobile application, the handset will be used for authenticating biometrics of customers making Aadhaar enabled payment.
Revised draft model Bill clearly says an agriculturist for the purpose of agriculture won't be liable for registration under GST.
Despite the onset of wedding season, the situation in apparel retail market remained unchanged and saw sharp decline in sales
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
A sharp decline in sales and prospects of a grim future have resulted in a fall in jewellery stocks.
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.
Jewellers sold huge quantities of precious ornaments at a premium of up to 50%.