Having faced a debacle in four Assembly elections recently, the UPA government is exploring ways to woo voters before the coming general elections - without deviating from the path of fiscal consolidation.
The government plans to rationalise trade margins for many other medical devices, besides stents and knee implants.
'India has an advantage because we produce more cotton and we have more workforce.'
Top gainers in the Sensex pack included Hero MotoCorp, Maruti, M&M, Bajaj Auto, HUL, HCL Tech, Bajaj Finance, ITC, HDFC and L&T, rising up to 7.51 per cent.
Company says that this is a long-term plan as it continues to evaluate options.
Here's everything you need to know about the Goods and Services Tax Bill.
Given the susceptibility to geo-political events, is the hotel industry's growth sustainable?
Showing a better trend in remuneration and other benefits for the top-level executives, staff salaries across the board have risen by an average of 50 per cent.
FMCG, durables, pharma firms say they remain unclear about transition gains and losses
We believe American workers should never have to subsidize the loss of their own job, he said.
Within six months of joining iGate as CEO, Ashok Vemuri will get a performance bonus of $175,000 (about Rs 1.10 crore) for his strategic initiatives, which helped the US-based outsourcer grow revenues by over 10 per cent in the December quarter.
One solution to India's challenges of education, employment, employability lies in state governments adopting apprenticeships on a large scale.
The BJP hailed teh package, saying it reflected the government's commitment towards creating jobs and stimulating the economy.
India has a double-taxation avoidance pact with Singapore and more than 85 countries.
The Union Budget on Monday evoked contrasting responses in the political arena with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party hailing it as a vision for an 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' and the Opposition describing it as a 'let down like never before' that was meant to 'deceive' people.
The policy aims to create around 5,000 startups, including 10 global high-growth startups, and to create a minimum of 100,000 high skilled job creation, direct and indirect, in the startup ecosystem by 2023.
However, in 2020, gold demand in India -- the world's second biggest consumer after China -- could increase to 700-800 tonnes on hopes of increased acceptance of high price level and likely economic reforms boosting consumer confidence, World Gold Council said.
This number is more than the total number (1,071) of electric cars sold in India in calendar year 2019. MG has stopped registrations for the ZS and will cater to 2,409 of the total bookings.
'If credit is not available, people will postpone buying. That's what has happened.'
Our governments are easily prone to arbitrary decisions but if you are dealing with international firms, such arbitrariness can turn back and bite you, says T N Ninan.
All payments made via debit and credit cards, net banking and mobile wallets will be entitled to discounts.
While the tax holiday for the factory coming to an end might be a factor, many say the business model of Microsoft (which acquired Nokia's handset division last year), as well as freebies offered by the Vietnamese government, might also have played a role.
'What do the moves towards protectionism suggest?' 'That we do not have Aatmavishwas.' 'If you have self-confidence, confidence in your ability to compete with the best in the world, why do you need protectionism?'
Niranjan Upadhye, general manager, fraud risk management, Worldline India, tells you how to quickly spot a scam and save yourself from grief.
A smartly executed reform-recap will be the best booster for the economy, says Ajay Chhibber.
The Department refused to allow transfer of the plant till the dues claimed by the department are not remitted by the company.
China has consistently spent more than 2% of GDP on R&D while India's expenditure on R&D has stagnated around 0.7% of GDP. Can our government shore up resources so that we hit the R&D expenditure target of 2% of GDP set out by the Science, Technology and Innovation Policy of 2013, asks Chidambaran G Iyer, Senior Fellow, Pahle India Foundation.
Most industry players in Tirupur feel that though the idea of GST is good, the problems are largely due to its poor implementation. Refund delays, withdrawal of incentive schemes make Made-in-Tirupur products costlier by 10-15 per cent, say entrepreneurs.
'The time has come to incorporate Indian sociology into economic policy.' 'The first step in that direction would be to listen to economists trained in India and not just the US and the UK, argues T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan.
'If the epidemic is sharply contained in a month or two, we have a huge buying opportunity. 'If not, we are staring at a serious economic crisis, the contours of which we are totally unaware of,' warns Debashis Basu.
If the protected growth in GST revenue is reduced to 10 per cent, the Centre would save more than Rs 25,000 crore in 2020-21 if none of the states show any revenue growth. This would nearly amount to 0.1 per cent of the gross fiscal deficit and help the government in avoiding fiscal slippage to some extent in subsequent years.
Tie-ups and access to infrastructure of a developed ecosystem prompt choice of venue.
Clean energy cess to hike cost for power sector.
IT sector has lots of hope from the Union Budget 2014-15.
Some experts had said the Budget did not have much in terms of big ideas.
Sharjah Airport International Free Zone has invited Indian companies to set up businesses in the zone by taking advantage of a host of incentives provided by the UAE government.
Vehicle sales across categories registered a decline of 8.62 per cent to 20,86,358 units from 22,83,262 units in May 2018.
Making out a case for further rationalisation of duties, Textiles Minister Kashiram Rana Tuesday said his ministry would seek implementation of the N K Singh committee recommendations for the sector in the ensuing Budget.
