The Centre has projected reining in its fiscal deficit at 3.3 per cent of GDP in FY19.
While the Centre is criticised for not cutting excise duty on petroleum products, it is the states which gain more from the rise in their prices
'The easy availability of funds has enabled us to not only hire the best faculty, but has also made it possible for us to retain them with the best possible infrastructure -- labs, grants etc,' Ashoka University VC Malabika Sarkar tells Geetanjali Krishna.
Panel formed to simplify return-filing process, take feedback from stakeholders, experts
With the rupee slipping to nearly Rs 70 per dollar on Tuesday, most parents with children in the US will feel the pinch
Long-term funding was a requirement for infrastructure projects, and asset-liability mismatch in the banking system, impacts the access to finance for infrastructure projects. One of the key challenges would, however, be to get private sector back into investing.
Government planning to slash the number of days required to start a business in Mumbai, Delhi from the current 26.
Profit from its retail business jumped 77 per cent to Rs 1,923 crore and that from telecom rose by 78.3 per cent to Rs 2,665 crore.
The govt could allow start-ups and e-commerce cos to appropriate initial brand building expenses over several years for accounting benefits
India has historically not had a strong compliance mechanism around insider trading. This is in stark contrast to developed countries.
The incoming government will have to encourage private investments, bring down cost of capital
Leicester City have returned to the Premier League for the first time since 2004 despite not kicking a ball on Saturday after Queens Park Rangers and Derby County both lost.
Experts have flagged issues regarding the levying of new cess/tax, especially those related to complications in administering the cess.
With the United States adopting protectionist policies and hiking import duties, a trade war like situation has emerged.
India's participation in Olympics will be decided only by the general body of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, which in all likelihood won't change its present stance of not taking part as they don't want to follow the Olympic charter.
The clarification comes amid reports that sweet shops have discontinued chocolate barfis and chocolate sandesh.
India studied the Malaysian model, which was scrapped on Wednesday, before implementing the GST and borrowed the anti-profiteering clause to ensure GST benefits are passed on to the end-consumer by the industry
Brazilian striker Neymar Jr is leaving FC Barcelona, the Catalan club confirmed on Wednesday, as a radio report said he was moving to French team Paris Saint-Germain.
The window for registration is open up to September 30
Manchester United expect profits to fall back from last season's record levels after the club splashed out on new players to try to regain its place in Europe's soccer elite.
The price of petrol breached a three-year high on Monday at Rs 74.50 a litre, while the price of diesel was at its highest at Rs 65.75 a litre
Pratt, who joined the firm in 2004, has left the company to start his own entrepreneurial venture.
The move will help address apprehensions as well as potential disputes on various computational and transitional issues such as the loss of input credits and pricing that were bound to arise on account of the change.
Barcelona are concerned about the financial clout of the Premier League when the new English television deal kicks in for top-flight clubs next season, said president Josep Maria Bartomeu.
The National Highways Authority of India will this year witness the highest ever growth out of the last decade. But Gadkari himself admits his biggest failure as India's roads minister has been his inability to curb loss of life in road accidents.
'Significant reductions in the compliance obligations mean businesses earlier struggling to comply will now have enough time to prepare and comply within the extended timelines.'
'There's a huge need for advancements in current security incident logging and monitoring practices.'
The coming Union Budget might give relief to foreign portfolio investors from taxation on indirect transfers.
IIM-A saw 36 per cent jump in maximum domestic salary in 2018 placements this year.
Experts consider Sebi's takeover code in its present form to be on a par with any foreign code governing public mergers and acquisitions.
Analysts on Wednesday welcomed the Reserve Bank's decision to grant bank licences to Bandhan and IDFC, but expressed dismay that only two of the over two dozen aspirants made the cut.
Ruural markets contribute a significant chunk of SUV sales and there was a slowdown in demand from semi-urban and rural areas.
The norms will affect companies in pharma, energy, manufacturing, software sectors.
Agriculture implements that are currently taxed up to 18 per cent may come under the 12 per cent or the 5 per cent bracket.
Customers may lose freebies or have to pay a little more for mobile services in the days ahead as operators try to make up for Rs 61,100 crore they have committed to government in the latest spectrum auction.
The report claims it will take another six months before the government decides precisely what it wants to achieve from Brexit
The bourse's valuations may get a boost, as it gets set for its OFS of about Rs 10,000 crore.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is likely to slash corporate tax rate by about one per cent and may put an end date for certain exemptions availed by the industry.
A well-established tax system would have a predictable buoyancy - how fast the collections grow as a proportion to the growth of the economy. But that is not the case with GST. It is still undergoing substantial changes as the government responds to structural as well as administrative glitches.
