Finance - general
GST Council meeting may try to douse the fuel price fire
17 Jan 2018
The BJP-led government has cut excise duty only once during its tenure-but raised it nine times between November 2014 and January 2016, and there is a case for lowering the central levy before states reduce the VAT on fuels
I-T Dept warns against `Benami’ deals
11 Jan 2018
MAT provisions relaxed for insolvent companies
08 Jan 2018
Govt’s fiscal deficit overshoots estimate by 12% to Rs6,12,000 cr
30 Dec 2017
With proposed additional borrowing of Rs50,000 crore for the current fiscal the centre’s fiscal deficit is likely to hit Rs6,62,000 crore or 3.88 per cent of GDP for FY18
GST Council eyes real estate, electricity, and petroleum to boost revenues
15 Dec 2017
With Rs39,000-crore shortfall in states’ revenues in the four months since the roll-out of the new indirect tax regime, the GST Council is looking to expand the GST base by including real estate, electricity and petroleum products under GST
Jaitley says priority is strengthening banks’ capacity to lend
15 Dec 2017
The imperative need now is to complete the task of strengthening the banks through capitalisation to enable them to lend to the MSME sector and trade that is now moving into the formal economy, union minister of finance and corporate affairs Arun Jaitley said