Finance ministry gives bank boards the flexibility to decide whether the stipulated tenure of rural/semi-urban experience should be continuous or in parts.
There is eight per cent quota for former defence personnel and employees of central and state public-sector undertakings.
The project involves dredging the stretch of water between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka to make it navigable for ships.
I-T dept plans a different set of parameters to identify more people not paying dues properly.
Finance, oil ministry tussle over exports.
This time, Finance Minister P Chidambaram, who attended the first such retreat in 2008, would be present.
While eyeing inorganic growth, the company is considering setting up skilling centres in Africa, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Looks at sovereign funds and Fortune 500 firms.
Tax department plans to link PAN with the bank account number to eliminate the scope of the amount being transferred to a wrong account number.
Govt moves to bring in more clarity on definition of 'control'.
May emphasise that the country is back on the fiscal consolidation path by reining in fiscal deficit at 5.2%.
The official added though this would be the last batch of letters this year, more PAN card holders would receive such notices from the income tax department next year.
That bliss is set to end soon, with the finance ministry planning to make it mandatory for individuals and Hindu undivided families to report assets and liabilities in income-tax return forms.
According to an official source, the Rs 8,000-crore (Rs 80-billion) capacity expansion plan by Chennai Petroleum Corporation Ltd may get hit as European companies are reluctant to give technology licensing for the upcoming six-million tonne units.
Underrecovery from sensitive petroleum products seen at Rs 1,55,000 cr in current fiscal.
Separate investment limits have been proposed for life and health insurance premium.
Under the current agreement, a dealer of a state-owned firm is allowed to sell only that OMC's products
Under the current agreement, a dealer of a state-owned firm is allowed to sell only that OMC's products.
Move seen as prelude to GST rollout; rules for Cenvat credit also likely to be simplified.
As part of Budget 2013-14 proposals, it is considering widening the scope of source-based taxation to more areas to improve reporting mechanism for transactions.
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