Govt must introduce automated investment scheme for poor.
A glance back at some of the important ups and down Indian Inc faced in 2018.
'On the tax front, most of the Budget proposals are sensible'.
There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled.
The Survey projected growth rate of 7-7.75 per cent for 2016-17 with downside risks due to weak global economic scenario.
But do not expect the finance minister to fulfil all these wishes
Most top industrialists rate PM's first 100 days in office as 'good', primarily due to his intentions, not concrete policy measures.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who envisioned Make In India last September was at his eloquent best as he made a fervent plea to global businesses to come Make In India.
Taxpayers might face several issues while filing returns this year.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the inflation index would determine the nominal growth figure, and it is better to set modest targets and outperform them.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Union Budget.
As many as seven retail shops on Lanka Road in Varanasi are owned and run by the extended family of the Kejriwals in the holy town.
Indians are the biggest non-Arab investors in Dubai's real estate market.
FM should avoid proposals such as to tax financial transactions and fringe benefits
'If my understanding is correct, one has to file not less than 37 returns per year for every ordinary business, and that too per state.' 'If you are doing businesses in Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad, you have to file 37x3 returns every year!' 'The consequence of GST will be chaos, confusion and possibly economic crisis.'
'I think investors see a lot of positives happening in India now.'
Indian economy about to take-off
The Centre needs to have dialogue with the Opposition instead of letting politics come in the way; it needs to stoop to conquer, says Aditi Phadnis.
In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more.
Bringing in the untapped informal sector into the formal one will benefit business.
Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.
'I feel that since they know the problems, in the next 2 to 3 quarters, these problems could be resolved.' 'But they should realise that things are not working well right now.'demonetisation did not have a huge negative impact on the economy. But when it comes to GST, those who are looking for loopholes find it difficult to adapt.
Financial assets make a comeback as returns on physical assets falter.
With Jaitley preferring continuity over change, good days might take a little longer to arrive, says Shankar Acharya.
Mohandas Pai took part in an hour-long chat on rediff.com
To provide similar extended time limit for payment of tax deducted from payments made to non-residents, it is proposed that the deductor shall be allowed to claim deduction for payments made to non-residents in the previous year of payment.
'The finance minister and the government have met the immediate challenge. The wine this time is new and also in a new bottle, which, though not full, is less than half empty.'
Indeed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who as Gujarat chief minister was considered close to certain business groups and industrialists, has hardly been seen with any Indian business head.
The verdict in the right to privacy case is historic and of global significance because it establishes dharma, righteousness and destroys adharma.
The verdict in the right to privacy case is historic and of global significance because it establishes dharma, righteousness and destroys adharma.
Belgian-born Rich, whose trading group eventually became the global commodities powerhouse Glencore Xstrata, died in hospital from a stroke.
Depending on your liquidity requirement, invest in the right debt instruments.
The Budget is remarkably coherent.
'I feel now we have a leader who is non-corruptible.' 'But he needs time as corruption is deep-rooted in our society, and people have no shame about being corrupt.' 'It will take at least 7 years to make some changes.'
The government has provided a long-term vision.
Election manifestos may have lost their earlier importance. But a closer look at them does reveal a lot about a political party's own assessment of where it went wrong and what its future policy directions will look like, says A K Bhattacharya.
Why do I want to bring corporate tax from 30 per cent to 25 per cent? I have to attract investment in this country -- not just international but domestic.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visit to India will enhance economic and military ties between the two countries and give the relationship a strategic dimension, says Jiye Kim.
It, however, lags other states on crucial parameters such as health care and rural poverty.
'There is no change in the overall story of economic recovery.'
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