The government kept its nerve in the face of a massive shock. It chose not to resort to a massive fiscal stimulus. It focused instead on providing liquidity support and easing restrictions on movement in stages, observes T T Ram Mohan.
'The prime minister did not think that COVID-19 was a serious challenge as late as March 20.'
Disclose foreign assets, redesignate NRO a/c and open a Resident Foreign Currency a/c to park forex earnings
This is the Centre's highest-ever budgeted capital outlay.
If you are one of those who is now staring at your credit card bill and wondering how to go about it, here is the way out.
Yogi Adityanath on Monday completed 100 days in office as Uttar Pradesh chief minister but it was a low-key anniversary with no big event to showcase the achievements of the government.
NDA government has shunned populism.
Union Budget 2015 cuold have included few smaller reforms.
Lakhs of people were rendered homeless as cyclone Amphan cut a path of destruction through half a dozen districts of West Bengal, including state capital Kolkata, Wednesday night, blowing away shanties, uprooting thousands of trees besides swamping low-lying areas.
Hard and unpopular decisions are needed - not just another round of financial repackaging to sort out the discom mess.
'SC and ST entrepreneurs are showing promise in starting and running businesses'.
A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and Justice D Y Chandrachud said, "We will examine both aspects (inconvenience and constitutional validity) of the matter. Come on Friday at 2 pm".
Around 81 per cent of the workers constitute the unorganised sector - devoid of any social security cover and outside the purview of a complex set of labour laws.
Fund managers weren't too worried in 2014, as it was a year of positive surprises.
The scam has offered Lalu Prasad an opportunity to point fingers at Nitish Kumar and Sushil Kumar Modi.
The Budget touches a few highs and lows as far as personal finance is concerned, and one needs to be aware of them in order to optimise on one's investment plans.
Over the last two years, despite an amnesty scheme, only about Rs 2,500 crore of taxes have been recovered.
To redevelop cities as 'smart', investment of at least $10 billion is required. For 100 cities, it works out to $1 trillion
ISRO needs next generation launchers and new facilities to manufacture and launch them.
Economists have asked Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to lower interest rate, rationalise subsidies, remove all cess and surcharge, do away with the retrospective tax amendments and scrap dividend distribution tax to revive investment cycle and promote growth.
Finance minister attempts a clean-up job, keeps projected expenditure growth low.
The forthcoming budget is an excellent opportunity for the Government to fulfill its promise of high economic growth.
With clouds of storm hovering over Parliament's budget session, President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday sought the "cooperation" of all MPs in the smooth conduct of legislative business but gave no indication of plans to bring changes in the controversial land acquisition ordinance.
If banks won't lend, seek a loan from fintech lenders or P2P platforms to help you get out of a debt trap.
If your account is idle for over five years, there could be issues with acquiring EPF details.
The new Companies Bill will boost such spending by both public and private companies. Praful Patel, Union minister for heavy industries & public enterprises, speaks to Business Standard on the issue.
Drishti, an affordable eye care chain has lit up the lives of scores of people in rural areas.
Indian economy about to take-off
The government can seek details from sellers such as sources of funds while buying.
Formidable challenges including funds for the farm loan-waiver, and law and order stare him at his face, with the opposition claiming the misses have outnumbered the hits.
'Look at the number of billionaires, the number of new billionaires in India.' 'Adani and Ambani are not the only ones.' 'What's wrong with people making money as long as it benefits us?'
Arun Jaitley had a tough fiscal hill to climb.
The ministry, under Ravi Shankar Prasad, will soon prepare a Cabinet note for bringing Aadhaar under its administrative jurisdiction.
Though launched in 1996, the slum replacement scheme has more or less bombed. Builders have not found the slum spaces attractive enough to build, harvest extra FSI for sale in open market thereby subsidising the rehabilitation, says Mahesh Vijapurkar.
Unless they have capital gains or assets abroad, most individuals will need to file ITR-1 or ITR-2A.
It's high time we now turn the popular question on its head -- when there is no growth in jobs for several years, how can the real GDP grow at 7 per cent per annum, says Mahesh Vyas.
The biggest disappointment was the compromise on the promised corporate tax reduction path.
But earnings of main private holding firm get a booster dose from RIL dividend
Declining crude price translates into lower under-recoveries for OMCs
Keep at least one family member in the know of all your investments
