Recent slide in inflation no consolation amid exceptional shrinkage in industrial growth.
Mop-up trends hint at major slippage; CBDT braces to meet Budget target.
Clients picky on various heads; vendors need to maintain share.
The FDI floodgates have opened mega opportunities for not only brick-and-mortar retailers, but for their virtual peers as well.
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.
Indiagames is a leading developer and publisher of mobile and online games.
BT has been associated with Tech Mahindra since the latter's inception and contributes 40 per cent to the firm's revenue but it has been looking at divesting its stake.
The ministry was expecting savings this year to be around Rs 20,000 crore.
Mumbai-based business process outsourcing firm Firstsource plans to sell US-based MedAssist, a health care business it acquired in 2007. Firstsource had paid $330 million for the acquisition.
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.
According to two independent sources in the know, the group is exploring the possibility of tapping private equity investors for a significant minority stake in the company or may even exit the business, provided it gets a significant exit premium.
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.