Riding on e-commerce wave is the youngest state, which faces competition from neighbours.
Make in India right now is just a slogan. The policy content is missing or not clearly articulated. The lion with cogs and wheels must now show some majestic movement forward, says Rahul Khullar.
Simplicity will make the Budget investment-friendly
Top management of firms should be summoned for a few specified reasons and after written justification at a senior level.
Local businesses are fretting over reform setbacks.
GST is a landmark reform considering the sweeping changes it brings about in the indirect tax regime in India.
I admire Kejriwal's intelligence but pity the fact that he had to use all the ingenuity and scheming to achieve his revenue enhancement goal, says Sudhir Bisht.
'Too much energy these three years has been invested in turning the party into an election-winning machine.' 'To recover its mojo, the Modi government needs a more impressive set of economic figures to flaunt,' says Shekhar Gupta.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the fiscal deficit slippage this financial year (2017-18) was largely statistical.
Excise exemptions may be whittled in Budget to offset higher govt salaries, pensions
In order to counter the growing penetration of e-commerce portals, the ICT industry in Gujarat is also mulling initiation of its own portal for selling products.
It is doubtful that our political masters are even aware of the features of the Model Law.
India's fiscal deficit trends are a bit like an alcoholic trying, unsuccessfully, to reform. Virtue does not last for too long, says Shankar Acharya.
The passage of the Bankruptcy Code could set the stage for other important legislation that may see India undergo more economic change than all governments combined since the reforms implemented by P V Narasimha Rao in 1991-93, says Ben Merton.
The premium on insurance policies will get costlier by 3 per cent to 7 per cent, depending upon the rate fixed by the GST Council from April 1, 2017, says Harjot Singh Narula.
The need of the hour is to support e-commerce companies through benign policies and not to treat them as mere cash cows.
'GST is imperative for India's success.' 'Without GST India will be a less competitive country.'
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
Their reopening followed Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' reluctant acceptance of a tough package of bailout demands from European partners
A second vote will be held on Wednesday, on measures including justice and banking reforms, when a similar outcome is expected.
Despite Uber facing a ban across many states, including Karnataka and Maharashtra, for Lingaraju, a driver employed by the company in Bengaluru, it is business as usual.
In a meeting with stakeholders last week, the authority mooted setting up a Special Purpose Vehicle along with airlines and state-owned oil marketing companies to develop common infrastructure to import ATF, among others, at Chennai and Kolkata airports. While AAI and OMCs will hold 76 per cent in the proposed SPV, the airlines will participate in the remaining 24 per cent equity.
A strong proponent of the GST, Adi Godrej has been saying for five years or more that it will add one per cent to India's gross domestic product (GDP).
A moderate GST rate obviates the need for the two-rate structure.
DoT plans to initiate move that might lower the revenues telcos share with government.
Karnataka tax dept may attach assets of dealers; new retailers not being registered
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After setting up a committee under N Rangachary last year to look at taxation issues regarding the sector, the government has issued several notifications in the last eight months.
In 2012-13, the Centre managed to cut fiscal deficit to 4.9% of GDP, lower than the Budget revised estimates of 5.2%
As under-construction properties turn riskier, due to slowing sales, a buyer needs to protect his interest in the property.
States' demand of compensation from Centre for loss of tax revenue not on agenda.
"At present, there are two main rate slabs under which sa majority of goods are covered -- five per cent and 12.5 per cent -- which will now increase to three (five per cent, 12 per cent and 18 per cent).Will this result in multiple litigations is anybody's guess."
Overseas airlines can operate unlimited number of flights into and out of India.
If you are being over-charged, bring it to the notice of the staff and, if required, the tax authorities.
Kejriwal has shown once again that a political party once mandated to ensure governance cannot act the same way it did before assuming power.
Greece awoke with a political hangover on Thursday after parliament approved a stringent bailout programme, thanks to the votes of the pro-European opposition, amid the worst protest violence this year.
Preparing legal framework to protect states from revenue loss.
The opinion polls give the edge to the AAP over the BJP and Congress
Gold schemes are offering attractive returns to investors.
Global economy will have to grapple with few tough situations in 2015.
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.
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