'But I don't think the government is in a great hurry to sign the BTA.'
'When Prime Minister Modi met President Trump, they agreed to initiate a bilateral trade dialogue.' 'It makes sense to give these negotiations a chance.'
'Personal income tax is growing by 27 per cent and most refunds have already been issued.'
'We crossed Rs 1.7 trillion in three months this financial year.'
'Right to apprenticeship means that anyone below the age of 25 years with a diploma or other qualifications can demand an apprenticeship with a private, a public sector company or a government organisation. And when he/she demands this, it is the obligation of the government to provide it.'
The rising goods and services tax (GST) and personal income-tax collections may bolster the Narendra Modi government's ability to announce new schemes or enhance existing ones.
'Revision of the base year for both CPI and GDP are long overdue.' 'The basic data that went into the 2011-2012 series were mainly from surveys done in 2011 or earlier.' 'We have since seen the emergence of new sectors like platform-based work and online marketing.' 'The employment surveys and the consumption surveys need to reflect these adequately.'
'The actions of Indian monetary authorities will depend on how quickly they want the inflation to come down to 4 per cent.'
'If because of El Nino, the monsoon is affected adversely in the current year, naturally it will affect income projections and consequently Budget numbers.'
The impact of fiscal measures announced by the government to contain inflation will be seen in the next few months because of the base effect, reports Indivjal Dhasmana.
'Government's focus should be on the expenditure side in this Budget, not so much on the taxation side.'
January 2019 saw the maximum number of employment being generated since the data from September 2017, reports Indivjal Dhasmana.
The Income Tax Appellate Tribunal has accepted BCCI's submission that the latter's objective is the promotion of cricket and it enjoys the power of holding IPL for achieving its objective, reports Indivjal Dhasmana.
Various indicators make it amply clear that there are grave challenges facing the new government of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, reports Indivjal Dhasmana.
'The signal is crude oil prices will rise, I am cutting my subsidy. Be prepared, prices will rise.'
Accountability must be linked to minimising infructuous demands and tracking recovery
'While we note the very strong cyclical recovery in the economy, we believe there is still uncertainty over medium-term prospects.'
This Budget will set a direction to increase the ease of doing business and restore confidence in the economy.
'The classic thing we need as a country is the virtuous cycle where you have robust demand which leads to more capital spending which in turn leads to more job creation and more money in the hands of people.'
The inflows came higher in March than in February of 2019-20 despite the lockdown for a week, reports Indivjal Dhasmana.
International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath tells Indivjal Dhasmana high-frequency indicators for the third quarter of 2021 indicate momentum in economic recovery in India.
The Aam Aadmi Party's decision to disallow foreign direct investment (FDI) in Delhi's retail sector has a taker of sorts in economics Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
It is human error, which cannot be completely avoided in complex data like the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), says T C A Anant.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia says investors are aware the government is addressing various problems in the economy.
'There will always be a challenge to maintain a fine balance to ensure that the growth keeps happening and inflation is contained.'
'Our competitiveness with China is very important.' 'If the exchange rate depreciates, it is good for us because it helps in our competitiveness.'
Interview with Arvind Panagariya, Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy at Columbia University.
Investor confidence, in general, in the world is weak and that has spilled over in India.
Interview with Former governor, RBI
'The terminal year could yield nine per cent.'
Raising the share of manufacturing from about 17 per cent to 25 per cent of GDP is necessary, says S Gopalakrishnan.
An important focus of the dry run will be on management of any possible adverse events following immunisation.
'We can go somewhere between 35 per cent and 40 per cent.'
He said policy could not be rigid, while declining to say by when FDI in multi-brand retail would be allowed.
Corporations and business associations must strengthen their direct communications and consultations with citizens - and earn the trust of society.
In non-conventional sources of energy like solar, Japanese firms can collaborate with Indian counterparts.
Ground reality suggests that someone from the developing world does not stand a chance to emerge victorious.
Whenever people think of India, they will think of Ficci as a place they could go to facilitate investment, says Rajiv Kumar.
Revenue Secretary Sunil Mitra admits tax collection target for 2011-12 is ambitious but achievable.
