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The year 2014 was one of the most challenging years for India. For two consecutive years our GDP growth was sub 5 per cent. Employment generation had declined, the revenue buoyancy was low and the country had become investment starved.
Transporters and other stakeholders said the vehicles that will be de-registered would mostly be the ones plying in smaller towns and interior parts of the country.
Reaching out to different sections of society, including farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said the well-being of 'annadaata' is a priority for the government
While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others pitched for the extension of the coronavirus lockdown, but with a carefully crafted exit strategy
While the COVID-19 pandemic has completely halted production and new orders, exporters say that payments have also been delayed for the shipments sent before the lockdown. Exporters say some customers are not taking delivery of the shipments because they have shut shop. Ready-made garment players had been hoping for a revival in demand in China but with the virus spreading to Europe, the US and other major markets, there are no orders coming from the major retailers.
BSNL will allow free local and STD calls to other BSNL mobile phone users as well as 100 MB data for seven days for its prepaid users.
Sourav Ganguly will have his hands full during his nine-month tenure
Agriculture, social services, education, defence and so on will be brought into the digital fold and every gram panchayat will be connected to the internet.
Home loan rate for new customer is 9.9 per cent.
Forget about interim Budgets, one cannot easily recall even a full Budget of any government in recent times having rolled out benefits of this order to such a large number of people, says A K Bhattacharya.
'In practice, GST will increase the pain of compliance, if not the cost, a lot.' 'It also has clauses that offer scope to create a single market for corruption,' warns Devangshu Datta.
With the implementation of the goods and services tax less than 75 days away -- assuming July 1 as the roll-out date -- Sudipto Dey provides a guide to how businesses can navigate the transition.
Budget should be a platform for govt to take bold steps.
The bench also rejected the submission of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Essar Oil Ltd, that the hearing be adjourned for four weeks.
Kotak Life Insurance has launched e-Lifetime plan which has unique features.
The Nitish Kumar government has worked hard to help change the perception about Bihar by improving law and order situation and usher in development on several fronts, Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat told reporters.
Modi accused the TMC of killing the aspirations of the middle-class people in the state and said the ruling party in West Bengal is known for 'triple T -- Trinamool Tolabaji Tax'.
Incentives for industries have been rolled back and teachers have gone without salary for months as the state grapples with the after-effects of the ban
There is anti-incumbency in urban areas. Rural Punjab, the Akali base, will hold the key.
Modi said there has been a 'silent revolution'.
New government will have to mobilise money to complete pending irrigation, infra projects
'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.'
There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled.
BJP's success in two state elections gave Modi room to cut through a thicket of regulations and state controls.
Your EMIs may help you to reduce your tax liability... Here's how
Measures may include tax slab and rate revisions for individuals, companies.
In its essence, GST is a national level system of value added taxation of goods and services, says Shankar Acharya.
Trump is the first nominee of a major party in over a century to have no experience whatsoever of any political, administrative or military office.
Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.
Neutrality and jurisdiction in international trade need to be discussed threadbare before GST is implemented in India.
If money allocations, investment commitments are a sign of better things to come, the state can be optimistic.
'The issue of the larger homeland of Nagalim, the dream of the Nagas to hold sway over swathes of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, is just that, a dream.' 'The NSCN has been told categorically that the government is not going to concede on this issue.'
The govt has incentivised the worst of investment products.
Here's what celebrities had to say about Arun Jaitley's Budget.
The government has at last commenced important structural reforms.
Cash withdrawal limits likely to continue
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
FM indicates adherence to fiscal road map, benign tax rates, correction in inverted duty structure
India's banks are propping up too many weak producers.
If you plan it out, instead of rushing it in the last moment, you will realise how much you have saved and the difference it makes to your personal wealth.
