Finance - general

Centre hikes dearness pay of employees, pensioners by 6 percentage points to 125%

23 Mar 2016

The dearness pay hike that will benefit 5 million employees and 5.8 million pensioners will cost the exchequer over Rs14,725 crore during a 14 month period from 1 January 2016

Atal Pension Yojana amended to make spouse, nominee eligible for pension

22 Mar 2016

Sub-committee set up under high-level panel to review excise duty on jewellery

22 Mar 2016

CBDT panel recommends 10% withholding tax on e-commerce deals

22 Mar 2016

The CBDT panel addresses the key issues of base erosion and profit sharing, including under-taxation of "stateless income" and an unacceptable division of tax revenues

Jewellers end 18-day strike, government assures no harassment by tax officials

21 Mar 2016

Govt to launch retro tax settlement scheme on 1 June

21 Mar 2016

PPF rate cut prelude to a low-interest rate regime: Arun Jaitley

21 Mar 2016

PPF interest rate cut to 8.1% from 8.7%; KVS rate cut by 90 bps to 7.8%

19 Mar 2016

PPF interest rate cut to 8.1% from 8.7%; KVS rate cut by 90 bps to 7.8%

19 Mar 2016

Third tranche of gold bond scheme estimated to raise 1,128 kg of gold

18 Mar 2016

Mumbai's Siddhivinayak temple considering monetising its gold

18 Mar 2016

Govt hopes to save Rs45,000 cr through Aadhaar seeding of DBT accounts

18 Mar 2016

Putting a cap on GST rate a difficult proposition, says Arun Jaitley

17 Mar 2016

Govt rolls back proposal to tax EPF withdrawals

08 Mar 2016

Sixty per cent of EPF, NPS taxable if withdrawn, clarifies govt

02 Mar 2016

PPF is tax-free, only EPF `interest’ to attract tax: Finmin

01 Mar 2016

Govt cuts interest rates on small saving schemes by 0.25%

17 Feb 2016

SIT seeks DRI verification on $505-bn trade-based laundering between 2004 and 2013

16 Feb 2016

EPFO to offer online PF withdrawal facility by August: report

12 Feb 2016

Subscriber base of National Pension System swells to 11.5 million

03 Feb 2016

Income tax department takes steps for faster tax refunds

02 Feb 2016

BoJ cuts interest rate to below 0 % to beat deflation, revive growth

29 Jan 2016

The BoJ plans to pursue monetary easing in full steam by making full use of possible measures in terms of three dimensions -  quantity, quality, and interest rate

PF interest rate may increase to 8.95% this year

22 Jan 2016

Jaitley assures investors of a stable, predictable tax regime

21 Jan 2016

India is in the process of transforming its tax laws to make them more predictable and to bring about a greater degree of stability in the taxation regime, finance minister Arun Jaitley told a conference in Singapore via a video link

Panel suggests higher TDS threshold, reduction in tax rate

18 Jan 2016