This will probably be the last meeting of the GST Council before the implementation of the new tax regime from 1 July
Loss-making Air India, surviving on taxpayers' money, is facing tough business conditions amid stiff competition.
Raman Singh today invited Japanese industrialists and investors to Chhattisgarh during his Japan visit to attract foreign investments
Earlier, similar action was initiated against other state-owned lenders -- IDBI Bank, Indian Overseas Bank and UCO Bank
Ahead of the next monetary policy review, RBI governor Urjit Patel called on finance minister Arun Jaitley to discuss various macro-economic issues
Sen noted that the country does not have a system of getting a more regular data on the unorganised sector
India lost the tag of the fastest growing major economy to China in the March quarter with a GDP growth of 6.1 percent, which pulled down the 2016-17 expansion to 7.1 percent.
Anomalies in employment data should get addressed with the just-launched NSSO survey, Panagariya said
The IT industry has dealt with the job loss issue several times in the past, too.
In hindsight, we now know that even in the second and third quarters of last fiscal year, the economy was slowing
Panagariya said that the growth will rebound in the current fiscal at a minimum of 7.5 percent and accelerate further in the coming years
Satyanarayana said the Aadhaar base was making a huge difference to the country as it was empowering people as single digital platform to prove identity
Jaitley is absolutely right in saying a 7-8 percent growth is good enough for India in an environment where rest of the world is facing an economic slowdown
"The demographic 'dividend' is slowly turning into a 'tax' as more young people enter the workforce, while the pace of job creation is meagre"
The scheme was launched in December last year to enable people with black money to come clean by paying tax and penalty of 50 percent
What should seriously worry the government’s economic managers is the fact that gross fixed capital formation (an indicator of the investment rate) has dropped to 27.1 percent of GDP
According to GDP data released yesterday, growth rate slipped to 6.1 percent in the January-March quarter and 7.1 percent, the lowest in the three years, during 2016-17.
Moody's has a 'Baa3' rating on India with a positive outlook
Nikkei Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index declined from 52.5 in April to 51.6 in May
The rates have been hiked excluding local state levies or VAT and actual increase will be higher depending on tax rate.
"The distinct downtrend in GDP growth over the quarters of 2016-17 suggests that the slowdown in growth that had already set, was intensified by the demonetisation."
The March quarter growth figure is the lowest since the December quarter in 2014, when the economy registered a 6 percent growth,
The fourth quarter growth number of 2017 failed to meet analysts estimates, as Reuters poll of 35 economists predicted a tad above growth of 7 percent
If the linking is not done, PAN of the person will be invalidated and it will be assumed that the person has not applied for PAN.
Today we have around three crore registered investors in the capital markets, which form barely two percent of the entire population.
Lavasa is a project that was praised by Narendra Modi when he was the Gujarat CM; how come the BJP-led Maharashtra govt is taking a stand that hinders the project's progress, asks an investor
The World Bank has earlier this week projected India to clock a 7.2 percent growth rate in the current fiscal on reform momentum and improved investment scenario.
German businesses are worried since the absence of a bilateral treaty is a hindrance to their businesses and investments in India
The small and medium companies are not prepared yet, Amit Mitra said; West Bengal may be pushing for a September deadline
The setback to an economy where most people are paid and buy what they need with cash appears to have been mercifully shortlived.