'Modi had not discussed demonetisation with me prior to his announcement on 8 November 2016.'I learnt of it along with the rest of the country.'I was not surprised when he did not discuss the issue......
'How do we explain that on the economic, internal security and strategic fronts, India's unstable coalitions have acted more decisively and boldly than all our full-majority governments yet?' asks......
Adjusted for inflation, the earlier scheme would have collected Rs 25,000 crore. Dilasha Seth/Business Standard reports.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's......
The government plans to slap a 40 per cent flat tax on black money disclosed. According to a scheme that may be announced in the Budget, the balance 60 per cent will have to be parked in a special......
A huge sum of Rs 65,250 crore in black money was declared through the one-time declaration window, marking the biggest-ever disclosure of hidden wealth that will rake in Rs 29,362 crore in taxes......
There was a lot of hope abroad that Mr Jaitley's first Budget would be known as the 'Rollback Retrospective', says Devangshu Datta. Landmark budgets, good or bad, are associated with buzzwords, or......