'The number of first-time investors into MFs can grow four times more than the current rate if we are able to accept the bank KYCs.'
'The economy needed 3 or 4 major fixes. The major one was, of course, the direct tax structure, but we ended up complicating the existing convoluted tax structure,' says M R Venkatesh, chartered accountant and lawyer.
The 51-year-old televangelist, who is currently abroad, is being probed under terror and money-laundering charges by the NIA.
Anthony Pompliano, general partner at Morgan Creek Capital Blockchain in the Silicon Valley, shares his views on cryptocurrencies with Mayank Jain in an email interview.
'The same instinct that thinks that women should remain at home and not be at the workplace, objects to the dance bar.'
Public sector banks' need for capital should be used to make fundamental reforms to their governance and management.
One may fault this government for incompetence, corruption, and delayed action but it cannot be faulted for lacking a vision.
The old note will continue to be accepted for other utility bill payments as well as at railway ticketing counters and counters of government or public sector undertaking buses for purchase of bus tickets till December 15
A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan in their separate but concurring verdicts noted that being the senior-most judge, the CJI is empowered to exercise 'leadership" on the court and in this role, he is expected to be the "spokesperson and representative" of the judiciary in its dealings with the executive, the government and the community.
Clauses on land return, action against officials diluted
'It looked as if India had been a major player in science at that time, raising the question when and why things changed,' says distinguished aerospace scientist Professor Roddam Narasimha.
'The idea is to sideline you, box you up in a smaller box, so you don't go out of that.' 'The bigger boxes are for their own people.'
After the 2019 election, one thing is sure: GST will see a number of changes, explains Indivjal Dhasmana.
With all the brouhaha over GST, and (often) a limited understanding of the long-term forces shaping India's logistics sector, companies seem to have omitted factoring in some underlying trends that could shape supply chain excellence, says Neelesh Mundra.
For stressed loans, the need is to prevent disruption in cash flows from a systemic perspective, conserving employment and assets in untainted enterprises with the potential for recovery, says Shyam Ponappa.
Kejriwal congratulated Modi for the BJP's victory.
Currently the currency in stock is about Rs 2 lakh crore and the reserves are adequate to meet any unusual spurt in demand
'If there is any industry that is unfit for modern corporate form it is the diamond trade.' 'But no one was asking the right questions.' 'The music was playing and so the game was on,' says S Murlidharan, former MD, BNP Paribas.
The panel will also recommend a fiscal consolidation road map for the central and state governments, study the impact of GST on the divisible pool, and propose performance-based incentives for states.
Chests are select branches of banks authorised by RBI for distribution of notes and coins.
'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.
A tweet by the Press Information Bureau said the states which have imposed lockdown in all districts include Chandigarh, Delhi, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir and Nagaland. The other states are: Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Ladakh, Tripura, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Jharkhand, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Haryana, Daman Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Karnataka and Assam.
Govt effort to curb black money in polls futile if identity of donors not known, says SC.
'We asked them to withdraw these instructions immediately.
'We said, "If you don't withdraw, we are going to give a call that from tomorrow officers will totally boycott these instructions".'
'Political elites need to feel that these are our children dying, that this is a crisis for us, a tragedy for our community, we must take immediate action to save the lives of our people.'
The right sequence would be to gradually reduce SLR
Hearing from Apr 18 by five-judge SC bench against WhatsApp, FB move; Centre, Trai also summoned
Around 700 migrant workers, women and children have lost their lives in this reverse migration. But what is happening today with the migrant labour is only a continuation of the policies pursued by the Modi regime during the last six years. It is not for nothing that India was ranked the most dangerous country in the world for women in 2018 by the Thompson Reuters Foundation poll, points out Rashme Sehgal.
The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.
'By 2020 around 34% of India's population will be in the 15-34 age group.' 'More than 70% of them live in rural areas.' 'Their energy and enthusiasm need to be tapped in order to meet their aspirations and transform agriculture and the rural economy,' says P K Joshi.
Our income tax department should bring out monthly bulletin as well as annual reports providing insights into the nature of our direct tax segments, points out R Vaidyanathan.
'Even though we have around 156 patients, we don't have anyone who requires ventilatory support or the ICU facility.'
'The government has used the current macro situation to its advantage.'
'The majority of transmission will be via people who are within two metres of one another.' 'The closer you are, the more likely that you'll be infected.'
'He is anything but astute or charismatic. He believes the Congress can win elections without alliances in the Hindi heartland.'
China's Xiaomi to unveil its first India-made phone on Monday
A Molotov cocktail of lies, abuse and bigotry is blowing up social media.
With election campaigning by political parties ending in the next two days, the Election Commission has directed all multiplexes and theatres in the city to play its theme song on to motivate the voters ahead of the polls.
A staggering $18 trillion worth unaccounted money is stashed in tax havens.
'You cannot judge a government within a month. Give us five years' time.' 'At times, strict economic decisions have to be made for the good of the poor in the long run.' Dharmendra Pradhan, one of the Modi government's stars, speaks exclusively to Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com about why the government is forced to roll out 'bitter medicine.'