Economy - general
Watal committee suggests payments regulator outside RBI
28 Dec 2016
The committee has suggested making regulation of payments independent of RBI by either creating a new payments regulator or by making the RBI’s board of payment and settlement systems (BPSS) more independent
Early budget would help govt use productive resources better: PM
28 Dec 2016
Experts speaking at a NITI Aayog meeting on Economic policy – The Road Ahead emphasised on bringing more and more firms into formal, organised sectors, which would lead to growth of well-paying, productive jobs
India needs lower taxation levels to be competitive: Jaitley
26 Dec 2016
While the introduction of the goods and services tax will help lower production costs, the finance minister also hinted at a general reduction in tax rates supported by better compliance by the taxpayer
India needs lower taxation levels to be competitive: Jaitley
26 Dec 2016
While the introduction of the goods and services tax will help lower production costs, the finance minister also hinted at a general reduction in tax rates supported by better compliance by the taxpayer
Want to see India as a developed nation in my life time, says PM
24 Dec 2016
The prime minister today inaugurated the campus of the National Institute of Securities Markets at Patalganga, near Mumbai and laid foundation stones for the Shivaji Memorial off the Mumbai coast and metro rail projects in Mumbai and Pune
Now use old notes for PM’s Garib Kalyan Yojana till 30 Dec
23 Dec 2016
Tax and penalty payments under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana after the 30 December deadline will have to be made in legal tender or cheques or drafts or in digital made only
India pips Britain to become world's sixth largest economy
21 Dec 2016
India's economy has reportedly overtaken the UK's for the first time in over 100 years on the back of a faster rate of economic growth and the economic slump in the UK after the Brexit vote