If the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announces a rate cut, it will also be an admission of how it got the inflation course wrong early this year.
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh expressed serious concern over the situation, particularly the impact on job creation
RBI had justified its hawkish stance citing the impact of planned pay hikes for government employees and the introduction of a nationwide goods and service tax (GST), as well as fears of a weaker-than-expected monsoon.
When asked, only 2.2 percent Indians received formal vocational training, Rudy said that benchmarks adopted for sampling by NSSO were inadequate
On 6 April, the RBI had left its benchmark lending rate unchanged at 6.25 percent for the third monetary policy review in a row, citing upside risk to inflation
Corporate India would be concerned at this development as there are several EPC (engineering, procurement, construction) companies that are involved in some large projects in Gulf region
Jaitley will also participate in discussion sessions on 'The Challenges of Globalisation and the OECD' and 'Cashless Society and Fintech'
Disruption by digital technologies are transitory in nature and there are many more opportunities than threats, Murugesh said
Inter-se transfer of equity shares between promoter group companies will not enjoy the exemption
With the fall in oil prices, India's total trade with the Gulf countries has been on a decline
One intriguing fact: More than a third of Air India staff is sales and ticketing personnel but the airline's passenger load factor is just 75.5%. This means despite the large number of sales staff, it has not been successful is filling the seats
Even though all food grain production declined by 13%, electricity consumption by the agricultural sector increased by by 188,140%
He took stock of various elements involved in the rollout and directed the officials that maximum attention be paid to cyber-security in IT systems linked to the GST,
Industry has been pitching for a rate cut to boost GDP growth which fell to 7.1 percent in 2016-17, from 8 percent in the previous fiscal
To boost sales, developers are offering several lucrative packages and incentives to close deals for genuine buyers.
Currently FDI up to 49 percent is permitted in the sector through automatic route and beyond that up to 100 percent via government nod is permitted.
Under the present tax regime, jewellery retailers are levied a VAT of 1 percent in most states (except in Kerala, where 5 percent VAT is levied) on sales and an excise duty of 1 percent is levied on the input side
There are also countries like Indonesia where there is a multiple tax structure
Qatar is the biggest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and a major seller of condensate - a low-density liquid fuel and refining product derived from natural gas.
Markets reacted to the escalation of the diplomatic row in the Gulf region and sent the price of oil 1.04 percent higher to $50.47 per barrel,
Chinese companies accounting for around 85 percent of India's solar module demand and earning around $2 billion, according to industry data.
It was still well below the 54.3 it was at just before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement on 8 November to ban high-value currency notes
Informal economy accounted for over half of India's GDP as of 2008-09 and 82 percent of non-agricultural employment.
Recovery in trade growth in 2017 is supported by stronger demand from major advanced economies, increased trade flows to and from China
Banks will have to make changes in the existing infrastructure which would be a huge challenge for the banks.
There are indications that the Council could, at its 11 June meeting, revisit some of the rates that had been decided earlier.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in advertisements in leading dailies gave pictorial representations of items which are exempt from Goods and Services Tax and the ones which would attract lower tax of 5 percent.
While the tax on branded apparels (textiles) is not known, a revenue neutral rate for apparel industry would be 12-15 per cent, the report by CARE Ratings said.
The tax department has also put up on its website the list of items which would be exempt from Integrated GST (IGST) under multilateral or bilateral commitments in respect of imports by privileges persons, organisations, authorities and foreigners.
Industry said that traders need to gear up for the transition as more delay was unlikely.