Vrishti Beniwal And Surabhi Agarwal

Stories by Vrishti Beniwal And Surabhi Agarwal

Service tax dept may disrupt your grand party

Service tax dept may disrupt your grand party

Rediff.com   13 Aug 2014

To get what it thinks are its dues, its brass have directed; construction, realty, renting of property, personnel supply, security & goods transport among those under lens

Govt mulls law to give banks more muscle

Govt mulls law to give banks more muscle

Rediff.com   12 Aug 2014

At a time when the asset quality of state-owned banks is deteriorating, the Reserve Bank of India is also planning harsher penalties for wealthy promoters of wilful defaulters.

Syndicate Bank fiasco: A lesson for PSU banks

Syndicate Bank fiasco: A lesson for PSU banks

Rediff.com   6 Aug 2014

This comes after the arrest of Syndicate Bank Chairman S K jain.

I feel pretty satisfied with what we've done: HCL CEO

I feel pretty satisfied with what we've done: HCL CEO

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2014

Interview with Anant Gupta, HCL Tech's president and chief executive officer.

Aadhaar-linked gas subsidy caught in legal tangle

Aadhaar-linked gas subsidy caught in legal tangle

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2014

According to officials aware of the matter, restarting the project could mean inviting the court's 'contempt' as the case -- in which the Supreme Court has held that biometric identification cannot be a criterion for a citizen's access to welfare -- has still not been closed yet.

Govt may link food subsidy with Aadhaar

Govt may link food subsidy with Aadhaar

Rediff.com   29 Jul 2014

In other welfare schemes, such as those for cooking gas, pension and scholarships, which are linked to DBT, cash is transferred directly into the bank accounts of beneficiaries.

Govt's stake sale plans set for a Diwali boost

Govt's stake sale plans set for a Diwali boost

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2014

The government's disinvestment programme is set to get a boost this Diwali, with the finance ministry planning to hit the market to sell a five per cent stake in Steel Authority of India Ltd (SAIL) by October.

India may sign tax sharing pact with Japanese MNCs

India may sign tax sharing pact with Japanese MNCs

Rediff.com   22 Jul 2014

Move to address MNCs' taxation woes; UK likely to be the next.

'Subsidies cannot be eliminated from the Budget'

'Subsidies cannot be eliminated from the Budget'

Rediff.com   12 Jul 2014

All these measures will revitalise the manufacturing sector, which has been in doldrums.

Govt clears confusion on date of debt MF tax hike

Govt clears confusion on date of debt MF tax hike

Rediff.com   12 Jul 2014

Rules applicable from April 1, 2014; investors who have already redeemed will also have to pay tax

Jaitley unlikely to re-impose Inheritance tax

Jaitley unlikely to re-impose Inheritance tax

Rediff.com   7 Jul 2014

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is unlikely to heed economists' suggestion that an inheritance tax be introduced in Budget 201415 as an additional revenue stream.

Jaitley unlikely to re-impose Inheritance tax

Jaitley unlikely to re-impose Inheritance tax

Rediff.com   5 Jul 2014

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is unlikely to heed economists' suggestion that an inheritance tax be introduced in Budget 201415 as an additional revenue stream.

Companies may get to borrow more abroad

Companies may get to borrow more abroad

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2014

The ministry is likely to go by the recommendations of a committee on liberalising external commercial borrowings, headed by M S Sahoo, a former director with the Securities and Exchange Board of India.

Nokia's tax dispute with India may get bitter

Nokia's tax dispute with India may get bitter

Rediff.com   25 Jun 2014

The company moved the income-tax appellate tribunal and its appeal is pending there.

Govt banks: Higher NPAs to pinch senior management's pocket

Govt banks: Higher NPAs to pinch senior management's pocket

Rediff.com   23 Jun 2014

FinMin plans tougher targets for bad loans, Casa and others in performance-linked pay for senior management.

Mundra likely to be next RBI deputy governor

Mundra likely to be next RBI deputy governor

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2014

Green signal from Jaitley; CVC okays Hemant Contractor for head of PFRDA

Govt to set health rider for 49% FDI in insurance

Govt to set health rider for 49% FDI in insurance

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2014

Finance ministry considers tax sops, regulation of hospitals to make health care affordable.

Govt mulls common law for all financial-sector regulators

Govt mulls common law for all financial-sector regulators

Rediff.com   4 Jun 2014

The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission had in a report last year proposed a unified regulator for the entire financial sector -- markets, insurance, commodities and pension. It had, however, proposed to keep banking out of its purview for now.

FinMin may drop retro tax law to end Voda row

FinMin may drop retro tax law to end Voda row

Rediff.com   3 Jun 2014

Vodafone's long-pending tax dispute with the government might be heading for a resolution, with the finance ministry considering changing the Income-Tax Act's retrospective amendment and taxing indirect transfer of assets prospectively from 2012, the year the law was clarified.

Industry lauds govt's move to promote e-auction

Industry lauds govt's move to promote e-auction

Rediff.com   30 May 2014

E-auction or e-tendering moves the process of bidding for government contracts completely online, removing most manual procedures and, therefore, creating an accountability trail.