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GST Bill: Efforts for consensus gather pace; Rahul Gandhi expects 'positive outcome' too
• 9 years agoFive parties, including the Left, on Thursday asked the Centre to assure states that their financial needs will be taken care of before the GST Bill is brought
GST Bill: Modi magic or not, both Congress and BJP are finally past bad politics, good economics is in
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 9 years agoGST is now closer to reality than ever
Why some economists think GST is over-hyped: It won't help you or me
Debobrat Ghose • 9 years agoA common tax rate will imply that all basic and essential goods prices will rise, and even if some final goods prices fall, the rate of inflation will go up, they say
GST Bill: Support it Rahul Gandhi, and show who is the boss in the Congress
Dinesh Unnikrishnan123 • 9 years agoThere is no better time to bring in this landmark tax reform when the country is marking the 25th year of 1991 economic reforms
India's economic growth to remain upbeat, only one rate cut likely, says poll
• 9 years agoThe poll of over 30 economists, taken in the past week, showed Asia's third largest economy will expand 7.8 percent in the fiscal year ending March 2017, the fastest among big economies
India an underperformer despite level of political institutions: Arvind Subramanian
Ians • 9 years agoArvind Subramanian said to bring about radical reforms in a "medium large country like India, which is not facing a crisis" is difficult
D Subbarao's memoirs: Why PM Modi must read the book closely
Rajesh • 9 years agoMay be Modi should read the book closely and take a lesson or two from the former prime minister on how to deal with the central bank
Signs of revival: First-quarter oil demand grows fastest in 10 years
Fp Staff • 9 years agoThe growth assumes significance as April-June is usually a poor quarter for oil demand in India due to monsoon
Cabinet clears 7th Pay Commission, higher salaries seen boosting urban demand
Fp Staff • 9 years agoIt has to be kept in mind that the crude oil prices that were benign a while back are not so now
'Raghuram Rajan dream of new India, being attacked for taking on cronyism'
• 9 years agoZingales said the RBI Governor "is fighting not only inflation, but also the inefficiency of the banking system, burdened by bad loans"