Modi government has to come up with a robust economic agenda to impress the masses.
The infra-major going belly up cracked open some major flaws in the system - the most evident being weak corporate governance and how layers of corporate structures could be formed adding to the opaqueness of the group.
Private sector investment is likely to improve mildly in H2 of FY17, even though signs from investment data are not encouraging.
RICS, the UK-based self-regulatory body for qualification and standards in land, property and construction, said the upward revision in repo rate in October by RBI is likely to increase pressure on real estate developers.
UV Asset Reconstruction Company Ltd has made the highest bid of Rs 16,000 crore to buy Anil Ambani group's Reliance Communications and Reliance Telecom, which are in the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT). Last year it was the highest bidder for taking over Aircel's assets for an upfront payment of Rs 150 crore. Surajeet Das Gupta and Dev Chatterjee dig deeper to find out more about this little known company.
India's forex reserves recently declined by $704 million to $354.517 billion.
Foreign investors keeping off; inflows into bonds also likely to improve if RBI resumes rate cuts.
Indian households put bulk of savings in bank deposits and insurance; the returns are minimal. If you're part of this, change.
Why is an NRI banker with an MBA from MIT canvassing votes in Madurai?
CBI has also summoned a senior official of Reliance Industries Limited and a noted chartered accountant.
If a salaried employee does not possess Form 16, he can still file the I-T Return with the help of his salary slips and Form 26 AS.
Those scheduled to attend the five-day WEF Annual meeting, beginning January 21, include more than 40 heads of state or government, including those from the UK, Australia, Japan, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, Brazil, Italy, Mauritius, Republic of Korea and Switzerland, WEF announced on Wednesday at a press conference in Geneva.
Chief Minister MK Stalin has shown that he is cut from a different cloth when it comes to embracing what is current, modern and absolutely necessary. Thus, even while retaining the spirit and content of the pan-Tamil, Dravidian socio-political and socio-economic ideology to the 't', his government has also acknowledged the need to accepting scientifically-proven facts in operational matters, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Eleven years on, while 80% of scam-hit investors have been fully compensated, more than 50% of the sum is yet to be distributed.
In last few years, a number of global players have exited the Indian mutual fund business.
NRIs could run into difficulties if they possess discontinued currency notes amounting to a high value.
Stalin has given due respect to seniority in the pecking order, but has also taken into consideration the demands of individual ministries and the suitability of individuals, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
In an online chat with readers, Vidhu Shekhar, Country Head - India, CFA Institute shared crucial advice to crack the competitive exam.
Today one can easily file returns online.
Some experts says that the high net-worth requirement of Rs 50 crore for setting up an IU is a deterrent.
Experts hail Budget 2015 as a progressive, growth oriented one.
Traders have all but given up attempting to predict where the new-year rout will end
Technically, the Indian economy is on road to recovery.
The share capital of the company is Rs 1 crore (Rs 10 million).
To send a notice under money laundering law.
In an online chat with Rediff.com readers, G Srikanth, partner, GSV Associates, chartered accountants, Chennai and member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants, answered queries about the new income tax proposals mooted in the Union Budget 2020-2021.
This is the first visit by diplomats to the newly carved out UT.
Action against auditors, last of the 276 recommendations of a JPC probing Ketan Parekh scam, is still pending.
'If questioning and dethroning hierarchies is your primary motive, why not put an end to the practice of announcing your shining star, your box office draw, in big flaming letters and mentioning everyone else's name in small font at the bottom of the screen?' asks Sreehari Nair.
One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
At ATMs, as a step to avoid getting Rs 2,000 notes, people are withdrawing Rs 1,900 in Rs 100 notes and then putting another request for the balance Rs 600, so that they remain within the limit of Rs 2,500 per day of withdrawal.
The deal comes at a huge cost to minority shareholders who have till date lost close to Rs 5,500 crore that were written off United Spirits' books
Instead of a consumption stimulus the government must address the NPA issue with a war footing and invest in infrastructure, affordable housing and exports, says Sanjeev Nayyar.
While auditors have come in for a lot of praise for their proactive stand against what they perceive to be dodgy practices followed by companies, there is still a long way to go, says Shyamal Majumdar.
'After 8 to 10 hours of running, when my body starts paining, I keep thinking about the pain and sacrifice of my mother and it makes my will stronger.'
India's new tax policy which makes it mandatory to disclose foreign is not so common in developed countries.
As his personal wealth started booming, Mallya went on a buying spree.
Should the Income-Tax Act have been simultaneously amended to exclude Sikhs and Jains from the definition of HUF once they were declared a minority by the government? Sanjeev Nayyar discusses the curious dichotomies in our laws.
'Part A of the Budget was like it was written by somebody from the 21st century and Part B was written by somebody from the 19th century.'