The CII on Monday recommended raising personal income tax exemption limit by Rs 50,000, removal of Fringe Benefit Tax and surcharge on corporate tax along with measures to promote investment in the full budget to be presented by the new government in July.
Shane Watson has gone from fringe Test candidate to one of the most important cricketers in the country within a month.
Images from football friendlies played on Wednesday.
The video clips showed some terrorists being killed, besides destruction of bunkers and other military constructions.
Direct tax expert Vikas Gandhi offers some valuable tax-saving tips.
In a chat on rediff.com, direct tax expert Vikas M Gandhi offered some valuable tax-saving tips.
It will pay salary-earners to be tax-smart so that they can get to keep more of the hard-earned money.
In an hour-long chat on Thursday, direct tax expert Vikas Gandhi offered some valuable tips.
There's something about the fringe.
'Modi's finest political legacy ought to be a border settlement with Beijing,' asserts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Under the 2009-10 Budget, FBT has been abolished. While this is going to be received very favourably by the finance departments at companies, the impact on your personal finances might not be the most optimal for you.
The Union Budget 2009-10 has proposed to extend the terminal date for starting the power generation by cogen plant by one more year.
The dyestuff industry is at a threshold of momentous change.
Hailing the Budget 2009-10 as "growth oriented", Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Monday said there would be no need for another stimulus in the current fiscal.
Unveiling the Budget for 2009-10, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, "MAT was introduced to address inequity in taxation of corporate taxpayers. In the quest for greater equity, I propose to increase the rate of MAT to 15 per cent of book profit from the present rate of 10 per cent."
Pranab presents his fourth Budget.
It will be a crucial couple of weeks for Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey, who are back in the mix after being sidelined from India's 50-over World Cup plans.
Though the situation in Tamil Nadu is normal now, there is underlying tension about the possible reactions that will be evoked once Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam chief Velupillai Prabhakaran's death is confirmed."Though the common man will not turn to violence, there are still fringe elements that are pro-LTTE, which will try to whip up the sentiments of the people. But this can be brought under control if the state is alert," security analyst B Raman said.
Earlier, two women devotees could not proceed to the shrine after protesters forced them to return. Protesters pelted police with stones and the latter hit right back with vengeance wielding batons with telling effect, leaving many fallen and writhing in pain on the road.
'The Dancing Girl is only one of the many symbols they threaten today.' 'Our country is changing.' 'Elements that ought to have remained on the fringes have been handed power and control of a state on a platter.' 'With this, the party that persistently wooed us with its development agenda has arrogantly taken its mask off,' says Veenu Sandhu.
With Muthappa Rai's death ended a life that highlighted the dark side of Bengaluru's often delirious growth to become India's IT capital
The thrust on agriculture, removal of Fringe Benefit Tax etc should help improve the earnings of the FMCG sector
The budget has increased the outlay for the Ministry of Civil Aviation by 21% at Rs 12165 crore from Rs 10031 crore for FY2008-09. However, the revised estimate for FY2008-09 was at Rs 7490 crore against the outlay of Rs 10031 crore.
Corporate India shelled out Rs 1,75,428 crore (Rs 1.75 trillion) as taxes, including corporate tax and the Fringe Benefit Tax, in 2007-08 financial year.
Some chlor alkali producers using naphtha as feedstock for captive power plant will benefit from cut in the excise duty on naphtha from 16% to 14%.
Nasscom President Som Mittal welcomed the extension and said that though the industry had asked for a five-year break, for short term, the one-year tax holiday is well-timed to tide over the slowdown. The country's second largest software exporter Infosys, however, said, the impact is limited as most STPs would have come out of tax holidays but it is a good gesture of the government.
The tax rates for Indian firms, including surcharge, education cess and a fringe benefit tax ranging between four to six per cent amounts to 38 per cent. This again is without considering the dividend distribution tax which Indian firms are liable to pay on dividends declared.
As Barbie is set to turn 60 on March 9, we take a trip down memory lane and look at some interesting creations.
South Africa will rest key players for the remainder of the one-day international series against West Indies as they rotate their squad with one eye on the World Cup.
The stylish actor showcased her maiden collection for Vero Moda.
Despite the slowdown and the poll debacle state IT minister is still upbeat about attracting investments in the IT sector.
India would be aiming to ensure that a plucky Bangladesh don't run away with the momentum when the two sides clash in the second T20 International, which is facing a cyclonic threat, in Rajkot, on Thursday.
The viability of star English players Kevin Pietersen and Andrew Flintoff in the February 6 auction might be jeopardised because of the fact that the players have been allowed only a limited period of time to take part in the Indian Premier League, according to reports in London.
He made an announcement in this regard at an election rally in Chennai on Saturday.
Shilpa Shet talks to a few youngsters who volunteer at NGOs about why they do what they do and how it helps further their career prospects.
The reason, he said, was the external environment was weak.
Trump, 74, in his acceptance speech from the South Lawns of the White House amidst cheers from his supporters on Thursday night, said: "My fellow Americans, tonight, with a heart full of gratitude and boundless optimism, I proudly accept this nomination for President of the United States".
Reaching out to the Muslim world, United States President Barack Obama on Monday said that America "is not and will never be at war with Islam" as he sought to rope in close ally Turkey in the critical fight against terrorism. "The United States is not and never will be at war with Islam. In fact, our partnership with the Muslim world is critical ... in rolling back a fringe ideology that people of all faiths reject," Obama said during his first state visit to a Muslim nation
'Though the RSS honours Sardar Patel, who actually banned it, the real hero in the story of its rise is Jayaprakash Narayan,' says Vir Sanghvi.
'And so, despite demonetisation, people in business feel safe with Mr Modi,' points out T N Ninan.
