Economy
As petrol prices spike before polls, Pradhan seeks Saudi help to cool rates
With oil prices on the boil just as general elections are announced, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has asked world's largest oil exporter Saudi Arabia to play an active role in...
Read moreCCEA approves Rs 2,790 cr interest subvention on loans to sugar mills
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday approved Rs 2,790 crore interest subvention for extending loans by banks to sugar mills, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said. This is in...
Read moreGST collection drops to Rs 97,247 cr in Feb
GST collections in February dropped to Rs 97,247 crore in February from Rs 1.02 lakh crore in the previous month, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The number of sales return...
Read moreIndian e-comm market to touch $84 bn in 2021: Report
The fast growing e-commerce market in the country will touch $84 billion in 2021 from $24 billion in 2017 on account of a healthy growth in organised retail sector, a...
Read moreGST on under-construction flats slashed to 5%; affordable housing to attract 1%
In a big relief to home buyers, the GST Council on Sunday slashed tax rates on under-construction housing properties to 5 per cent without input tax credit, from the existing...
Read moreLinking Aadhaar-PAN is mandatory for tax filers; to be completed by Mar 31: CBDT
The CBDT has stressed that Aadhaar-PAN linking is "mandatory" for those filing an Income Tax Return (ITR) and this procedure has to be "completed" by March 31 this year. "Constitutional...
Read moreIndia will not miss 5G opportunity; economic impact seen at over $1 tn: Communications Minister
The economic impact of 5G is estimated to be over one trillion dollars for India, which is aggressively positioning itself to be at the forefront of the new age technologies,...
Read moreOnly 61 individuals declared gross income of over Rs 100 cr in AY2017-18
There were only 61 individuals who declared an income of more than Rs 100 crore during the assessment year 2017-18, though the number has risen sharply from 38 in the...
Read moreCipla gets USFDA nod for generic pulmonary arterial hypertension drug
Drug major Cipla on Thursday said that it has received nod from the US health regulator for its generic Tadalafil tablets used for treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension. The company...
Read moreFDI during Apr-Sep 2018-19 fell 11%, may impact value of rupee
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into India has declined 11 per cent to $22.66 billion during April-September period of the current fiscal, according to commerce and industry ministry data. The foreign...
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