'But I don't think the government is in a great hurry to sign the BTA.'
Accountability must be linked to minimising infructuous demands and tracking recovery
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.
This Budget will set a direction to increase the ease of doing business and restore confidence in the economy.
It is human error, which cannot be completely avoided in complex data like the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), says T C A Anant.
In non-conventional sources of energy like solar, Japanese firms can collaborate with Indian counterparts.
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia says investors are aware the government is addressing various problems in the economy.
Corporations and business associations must strengthen their direct communications and consultations with citizens - and earn the trust of society.
Interview with Former governor, RBI
Ground reality suggests that someone from the developing world does not stand a chance to emerge victorious.
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.
He said policy could not be rigid, while declining to say by when FDI in multi-brand retail would be allowed.
'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.
'When Prime Minister Modi met President Trump, they agreed to initiate a bilateral trade dialogue.' 'It makes sense to give these negotiations a chance.'
This activity will allow us to identify those jurisdictions where either the legal framework is not good enough or practices are not good enough and, therefore, information is not flowing.
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.
January 2019 saw the maximum number of employment being generated since the data from September 2017, reports Indivjal Dhasmana.
'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.'
Earners in between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore will have to pay 10% surcharge
Earners in between Rs 50 lakh and Rs one crore will have to pay 10% surcharge
The inflows came higher in March than in February of 2019-20 despite the lockdown for a week, reports Indivjal Dhasmana.
Modi government plans to set up a committee of five or six chief ministers to suggest ways to promote digitisation.
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.
'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.
Currently, confiscation can be done through multiple laws, but it is a complicated process.
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.
'If there is an RBI majority in the committee, there is no question of a veto.'
'India has not integrated into any major trade agreement'.
Pronab Sen, the government's former chief statistician, says contrary to perception, GDP growth won't be drastically hit in the present quarter.
An important focus of the dry run will be on management of any possible adverse events following immunisation.
'Government's focus should be on the expenditure side in this Budget, not so much on the taxation side.'
'There are deliberations on whether there can be lowering of income taxes and other sops to keep more money in the hands of taxpayers, enabling them to spend more and boost demand.'
Assocham president Niranjan Hiranandani said his talks with government officials showed dues to industry and states were pending in the form of refunds of income tax, value-added tax, and GST, and compensation, payments to discoms in the power sector, fertiliser subsidies, etc.
The ministry of health and family welfare spent Rs 3,948 crore in May this year compared to Rs 7,816 crore in the corresponding month of the previous year. On the other hand, at Rs 12,930 crore, the expenditure had risen almost 200 per cent in April against Rs 4,327 crore in the corresponding month of 2019-20.
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