Mop-up trends hint at major slippage; CBDT braces to meet Budget target.
The board has decided to expand into all financial services for the rural population. SKS would, however, continue to be a strong player in the microfinance business. Financial inclusion would continue to be in the centre of our activities.
Decks have been cleared for acting chairman D K Mehrotra to become the regular chairman of Life Insurance Corporation, as the finance ministry has decided to send his name to the Appointment Committee of Cabinet (ACC) for final approval.
A senior Central Board of Direct Taxes official told Business Standard the department had initiated an extensive exercise under which it was sending notices on money kept abroad on the basis of tips/leads from tax authorities in various countries and also transaction data over recent years.
Tax returns of 100,000 entities under scanner, as preparation for DTC, say officials.
The petroleum ministry has asked for a total compensation of Rs 60,000 crore (Rs 600 billion) to cover the subsidy portion till the third quarter of the current financial year.
Sebi panel to revisit norms for IPOs, mutual funds.
The ministry was expecting savings this year to be around Rs 20,000 crore.
Apart from consent orders, it has been decided to take fast and stringent action in surveillance and investigative cases in the coming months.
User and live accounts test done, software to roll out country-wide in a year.
From April onwards, the government have sensitised the ministries to live within the Budget.
Those conducting their businesses predominantly in cash and evading income tax have reasons to worry.
Leaving behind apprehensions of a rise in interest rates and petro duty cut impacting budget numbers, the officials are now confident of keeping the fiscal deficit within the targeted 4.6 per cent of the gross domestic product.
Empowered CIB to play lead role in recovering tax evaded.
Empowered CIB to play lead role in recovering tax evaded.
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) have returned with a bang. Over the last seven trading sessions, they have pumped in close to $2 billion into Indian equities. Most market players expect this to continue as they see macro headwinds easing.
"It is felt there should be an arm's-length distance between the fund manager and the custodian of securities. There should be separation between fund manager, banker and the custodian," a senior labour ministry official said.
A senior CBDT official said the idea was to use TDS as a major driver to meet the stiff direct tax collection target of Rs 5.33 lakh crore in the current financial year.
India is pushing for speedy implementation of a globally networked customs (GNC) platform, which envisages an interconnected customs-to-customs information sharing system.
Implementation of GST demands full support from all states.
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