India Inc is facing threat from non-traditional sources.
Preliminary investigations conducted by capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India and inputs from other regulators and government departments suggest that some brokers were offering structured financial products to their HNI clients under some portfolio investments schemes for high returns of 10-20 per cent.
An exchange which preaches others on governance must start practising it first, says Shyamal Majumdar.
Arun Jaitley said he would put the DTC Bill in cold storage.
The companies experienced a drop of 5,436 approved petitions (37 per cent) in 2016 as compared to previous year, a report by the National Foundation for American Policy, a Washington-based non-profit think-tank, said.
Maruti Suzuki posted a marginal increase in January and the likes of Hyundai, Ford and Mahindra & Mahindra reporting a single-digit growth.
With the demand for lower costs in process driven activities and a move away from the high rate, billable hours of legal services, AI platforms are being used internationally in many legal tasks.
The country may propose pipeline via China when Putin visits this year.
The government cleared the proposal despite opposition from the petroleum ministry, which says this is not the right time for divestment as the sector is moving from trade parity to export parity pricing.
Has the rail ministry taken care to draw up a transparent framework?
Freight earnings accounted for 65 per cent of IR's total earnings of Rs 144,167 crore (Rs 1,441.67 billion) in 2013-14.
If you are looking to stay in the property, unnecessary delays will only increase the cost.
Ministry to propose a new subsidy mechanism to cap upstream firms' share.
Fees paid by Premier League clubs passed one billion pounds for the first time, according to financial analysts Deloitte. That was inflated by the world record 89 million pounds ($115.98 million) that Manchester United paid Juventus for France midfielder Paul Pogba.
Measures may include tax slab and rate revisions for individuals, companies.
Under the amended treaty with Mauritius, for two years beginning April 1, 2017, capital gains tax will be imposed at 50 per cent of the prevailing domestic rate.
TCS, Infosys and others are banking on automation to protect their turf in the US, but building a successful revenue model around it may prove difficult
Room for rise of up to 2 percentage points, move to help meet higher expenditure need in FY17
An analysis of year-wise movements of average global crude oil prices versus India's GDP reveals no inverse correlation, contrary to wide belief.
GAAR will not override the recently revised double taxation avoidance agreements with Mauritius and Singapore.
The profit boost for studios will in large part be driven by the rush for local-language content from platforms like Netflix Inc
A parliamentary panel termed the government's proposed 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products as "too harsh" and recommended a drastic reduction in size.
When Taragauri Doshi's husband died, an assessing officer wanted to tax the proceeds from a life insurance policy that had been bought abroad. Homi Mistry, Mousami Nagarsenkar & Hiral Tanna explain why such proceeds are not taxable in India.
Last Saturday, USL board asked its Chairman Vijay Mallya to quit.
Among the greatest mistakes women make in their career is losing track of their career goals, not taking additional responsibilities and learning new skills and technology.
Bharti to spend Rs 1,600 cr for spectrum payout over 10 yrs; Telenor to service its own debt.
Cooperative societies get more tax benefits as compared to individual house owners.
Goa, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya will initiate schemes to enable 24x7 power to consumers.
Private consumption is looking up and will get better as the full effect of the good monsoon is felt on rural income, and the effect of the payout from the Seventh Pay Commission is felt on urban income, say Anis Chakravarty & Rishi Shah.
The broader markets ended in line with the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices ended higher by 1.3% and 0.9% each.
The development is expected to pave way for greater transfer pricing cooperation between the two countries, enhance investment flow
The top court last week gave Sahara a final chance to raise funds.
In the past four months, launches of luxury and super luxury cars have sped ahead of non-luxury ones.
Coal India achieved a staggering production of 536.51 million tonnes during the financial year ended March 31, 2016
A slew of challenges that are yet to be resolved include the lack of consensus between the Centre and states over the GST exemption threshold limit, dual control over scrutiny and assessment
The stipulation that new front-end stores will have to be set up will impact M&A in the sector.
The list of exempted goods from central excise duty has shrunk from 400 items in 2011-12 to 300 now.
Arun Jaitley had proposed in the Budget to double the rate of capital gains tax on debt MFs to 20%.
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