Merging tribunals may lead to administrative convenience, but pendency of cases is likely to increase
Earlier, maverick right-winger Subramanian Swamy had demanded the sacking of Jaitley's top aide
Minister for Development of North Eastern Region Jitendra Singh said the government is trying to woo industries to the eight Northeastern states so that enough jobs are created for the youths of the region.
The Commerce Ministry earlier this week commissioned a study to assess the impact of free trade agreement with South Korea, with which India had a trade deficit of about $9 billion in 2012-13.
In a curious turn of events on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi picked Rajeev Topno, a 1996 batch Indian Administrative Service officer from the Gujarat cadre and a part of the Prime Minister's Office under former PM Manmohan Singh, as private secretary.
Economy to grow by 7.2-7.5 per cent in second half of current fiscal, says FM.
A Priority Foreign Country is a status reserved for those nations that are the most egregious violators of intellectual property rights and have the most negative impact on US competitiveness abroad.
"This court cannot say that less charges should not be levied by them. After all, the consumers should be benefited. Court cannot exercise this power," it said.
Watal panel had suggested an independent payments regulator be set up.
LS MPs are paid Rs 2.8 lakh per month plus travel and other perks which works out to nearly Rs 177 crore for 545 MPs during the last financial year. Add another Rs 78 crore for the Rajya Sabha MPs, according to data.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar discusses five issues pivotal for the success of Digital India
India ranked second among nations that were most targeted for cyber crime through the social media in 2014, after America
The government has hiked foreign investment caps.
Participants will watch out for the Brexit poll outcome in the late morning trades tomorrow.
Political compulsions have led to a change of narrative. But, in the ministry of finance, senior management ought to be looking at more serious issues than 'digitally cashless' India, says Rahul Khullar.
The Seismological department said that the quake measured 6.8 on the Richter scale and lasted for about two minutes.
Modi has the ideas for a new, hopeful India, and an idiom in which to sell optimism to voters. But he doesn't yet have the team for it, and soon enough, questions will begin to be asked by an impatient, non-ideological, I-don't-owe-anybody-anything generation of Indian voters, says Shekar Gupta.
Move to help India export hi-end vehicles.
It will escalate costs, mandate regulator to check malpractices, set standards.
The Kolkata-based firm already has a presence in 22 states with over 2,000 branches and 5.9 million borrowers.
The government has given up plans to reconvene a parliament session to secure approval for a common goods and services tax.
60-plus men and women who live independent lives are becoming the cynosure of ad men's eyes.
Finance Ministr Arun Jaitley will have to do a balancing act to manage fiscal prudence.
The government is keeping its options open.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
As many as 75 million households that do not have access to banking services will be covered and at least one bank account opened for each household, against the earlier proposal of two.
This is the BJP's first full-year Budget.
The intial round of efforts did not achieve the objectives fully.
India already allows 100 per cent ownership of greenfield pharma businesses.
The earthquake epicentred in the Hindukush mountain range in Afghanistan struck at around 2.40 pm, sending ripples across several states like Jammu and Kashmir, Delhi- National Capital Region, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan.
Reliance Industries was the top Sensex gainer up 5.6% after the company reported better-than-expected net profit growth at 12% in the second-quarter aided hby higher gross refining margins.
If this Budget was not packaged and sold as a Budget for the poor and for farmers, Narendra Modi would have lost the next election.
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The benchmark has gained 2 per cent this week on continued hopes the incoming Narendra Modi government would unveil substantial economic reforms.
Mr Modi, it came across, did not want to be seen as favouring any one business group.
To check fiscal deficit, government needs to drastically cut Plan expenditure.
Sun Group CFO S L Narayanan's interview.
Rumours about a spike in taxes for equity investors are flying thick and fast.
In a Q&A with Doordarshan, Jaitley discusses how he chose the areas on which he would spend more.
The revision will do little to help the Congress party-led ruling alliance, which faces an uphill battle in elections due by May amid allegations of economic mismanagement, corruption scams and high inflation.
A lot has been written about the impact of the recommendations.
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