Rural retail inflation was at 3.67 percent in February compared with 3.36 percent in the preceding month.
an SMS-based survey initiated by the regulator revealed that nearly half the consumers who used the services felt that it worked partially or did not work at all
Apart from the tax rates, there will also be a cess on top of it, which will form the corpus to compensate the states for any revenue loss for the first five years of implementation of GST.
More than the number game, the huge public mandate will give a psychological advantage to Modi in the House and will help the government progress on the reforms agenda, mainly the remaining work on GST, and later the politically sensitive land and labour reforms
According to the official data released today, food prices witnessed a sharp rise by 2.69 percent in February as compared to a deceleration by 0.56 percent in the previous month.
Subramanian suggested that India should follow in China's footsteps to advocate open markets.
Indians spend about two-and-a-half hours per day on traditional media including television, radio, newspapers, and magazines, compared to the one hour they spend on digital media on average.
The Kerala government is hoping to find takers amongst Malayalees in the Gulf countries to fund ambitious highway projects in the state. But will it work?
When a bank sinks, the concern is that deposit holders are affected and not the shareholders. The bank is never put in the dock when bad lending decisions are taken and NPAs increase
The biggest arena of action will be Uttar Pradesh itself, a state which is lagging in almost all development parameters
The factory output had contracted by 0.1 percent in December on account of cash crunch following demonetisation of high value currency notes.
There were Rs 16.41 lakh crore worth currency notes in circulation as on March 31 last year, which has come down to Rs 11.73 lakh crore as on March 3, 2017, Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
The total direct tax of Rs 6.17 lakh crore and indirect tax mop-up was Rs 7.72 lakh crore, led by robust collections in personal income tax and excise duty, respectively.
Jaitley said the cost of the currency note is the function of direct and indirect material and labour cost, which changes every year.
Vehicle sales across categories registered a marginal increase at 17,19,699 units from 17,03,736 in February 2016, it added
Police is trying to get details of the cash management company that was responsible for filling up bank notes in the ATM in question.
Wholesale price inflation is also expected to have picked up last month, to 5.90 percent from 5.25 percent in January
this growth was taking place amidst major disruption in the business environment brought about by technology, and the industry needed to keep up with these changes to sustain its growth.
the pressure related to the financing of a larger current account deficit would abate with the resumption of non-resident Indian (NRI) deposits in 2017-18
"Like fingerprints, your black money will lead us to you! The Income Tax Department has information about your undisclosed income and assets," it said in an advertisement in national dailies here.
The meeting, which will also be attended by Financial Services Secretary Anjuly Chib Duggal, will discuss ways of resolution of stressed assets urgently
The Reserve Bank of India will shortly issue Rs 10 denomination banknotes in the Mahatma Gandhi Series-2005 with inset letter 'L' in both the number panels
After note ban spike in digital transactions was mostly due to lack of an alternative option. When cash returned, people went back to their old ways
The public interest litigation filed by NGO Delhi Rozi Roti Adhikar Abhiyan sought quashing of the Centre's February 8 notification that made it mandatory for beneficiaries to possess Aadhaar cards for purchasing subsidised food grain under the National Food Security Act (NFSA).
The absence of data prevents scholars and analysts from evaluating the gains or losses the economy has suffered over the years.
To promote eco-friendly vehicles, the government has been offering incentives on electric and hybrid vehicles of up to Rs 29,000 for bikes and Rs 1.38 lakh for cars under the scheme in pilot mode.
The government had last year launched the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to provide 5 crore poor women with free LPG connections in three years with a view to providing clean cooking fuel.
Consumer price inflation dropped in January to 3.2% from 3.4% in December, but is likely to rise in February, says a report by Capital Economics
Demonetisation is still seen as a heroic act by Modi and will, probably, remain so. The missing link, so far, in this fascinating story is hard data on the progress