According to the Hurun Global Rich List India report, since demonetisation on 8 November, India lost 11 billionaires.
Solicitor General appearing for the Centre, told the court that the bench should first go through reports of the MAG and thereafter decide whether it could be shared with the petitioner
Transparency International survey says 69% in India said they had to pay bribe to get public services. Japan had the lowest incidence of bribery in the region: 0.2%
Analysts said that consumption is likely to slow down in March due to demonetisation and high base last year
According to the airline, the fourth row seats would be reserved for the airline's solo women passengers on all its flights, starting 8 March -- the International Women's day.
The rating agency, however, projected a robust 7.1 percent growth for 2016-17 and 7.7 percent in the following two financial years (2017-18 and 2018-19).
Jaitley also released the revised General Financial Rules.
In a new study, researchers at IISER-Kolkata tapped into science to understand how social interactions and the effects of punishment influence bribe-taking and bribe-giving.
regardless of the validity of GDP figures, jobs are being created in the economy. The government's efforts to generate employment opportunities in rural areas seem to have been paying dividends.
Venkaiah Naidu said the ministry has also recommended that the real estate sector should be taxed at a rate "which is revenue neutral and not at a higher tax rate"
The Aadhaar project has its uses, certainly, but it is time for some stock-taking of its implementation, including concerns about its creep
Dry run is the key to success of any major initiative especially the one that is going to bring about a paradigm and drastic change.
A political debate on economic issues are indeed good but, it is time politicians went beyond merely the GDP numbers and looked at the core issues on the ground
Railways is planning to save around Rs 41,000 crore through energy savings.
India is slower than even its poorer Asian neighbours at resolving insolvencies that are common in market economies.
The report further noted that the decline was also explained by household demanded/allocated work under MGNREGA, which increased from 83 lakh households in October 2016 to 167 lakh households in February 2017.
The government is planning to introduce this common registration form soon.
Electronics is one area where the country does not have adequate capacity and is highly import dependent.
The Finance Ministry has taken refuge under the exemption clause of section 8(1)(a) of the Act to deny the information.
UIDAI has decided to have registered devices for capturing biometrics data and such biometrics will be encrypted at the point of capture itself.
The system, operational in Western countries, would enable predictive maintenance and reduction in sudden catastrophic failures in coach suspension, roller bearings and track condition.
China to explore Bengal-China business possibilities in manufacturing,
After slipping to a near three-year low last November, signalling the first monthly drop in output since June 2015, the headline index edged above the 50.0 mark, that separates expansion from contraction.
What bothers one is the absolute authority with which one makes assertions, that too involving precise numbers.
The world over, regulators are working out carefully-crafted regulations to foster Bitcoin growth.
It is quite clear that those tasked with running Air India don’t seem to have a clue how to go about resurrecting it
The Ambit report raises doubts of the claim by finance minister Arun Jaitley that surplus liquidity in the banking system post-demonetisation will lower lending rates, thus increase lending activity contributing to higher growth
From Aadhaar-based ticketing to an integrated travel app, there are a slew of proposals for consumers too
Benami transactions would invite Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) of up to 7 years and such violators would also stand to be charged under the normal I-T Act.
Nasscom had revised down its fiscal 2017 revenue growth target to 8-10 percent from an initial 10-12 percent as the headwinds from the US, which is the single largest revenue source for the industry, started emerging following the election of Donald Trump.