Economy - general

India to lower corporate tax rates, ease merger rules

13 Aug 2009

The draft Direct Taxes Code, unveiled on Wednesday, is expected to replace the Income Tax Act, 1961 by the year 2011.

Political parties get full exemption from income tax

13 Aug 2009

Total income of a person may include income of other persons also

13 Aug 2009

Experts sum up the hits and misses of direct tax code dtraft

13 Aug 2009

Direct Taxes Code keeps residence criteria for NRIs unchanged

13 Aug 2009

Survey reveals stronger business climate in India over China

13 Aug 2009

Despite soaring prices negative inflation rises to -1.74 per cent

13 Aug 2009

Economy set for positive growth in 2010: S&P midyear outlook

13 Aug 2009

As signs of stabilisation and even a turnaround have begun to manifest, Standard & Poor's Asia-Pacific chief economist, Subir Gokarn, presents a mid-year review of the Indian economy

Tax code seeks to ensure compliance by keeping ambiguities at bay

12 Aug 2009

Direct taxes code seeks to unify tax reporting system

12 Aug 2009

The Direct Taxes Code unveiled seeks to bring all the direct taxes under a single code and compliance procedures unified, paving the way for a single unified taxpayer reporting system.

India's technical textiles market to grow to Rs66,414 crore by 2012

12 Aug 2009

The technical textiles segment in the country is expected to attract Rs5,000 crore investments and create 3 lakh new jobs by 2012.

About 45 per cent of India’s land degraded and useless: Ramesh

12 Aug 2009

Amid a rotten monsoon comes an official report that most of India’s land is not only deforested but also unfit for cultivation

Industrial production up 7.8 per cent in June 2009

12 Aug 2009

Indians most confident of economic recovery

12 Aug 2009

Indians most confident of economic recovery

12 Aug 2009

CMIE lowers GDP growth projection to 5.8 per cent

11 Aug 2009

New direct taxes code to be unveiled tomorrow: FM

11 Aug 2009

Centre hikes direct tax collection target to Rs4,00,000 crore.

Survey of India lets SatNav use its maps

11 Aug 2009

Goldman Sachs ups Indian GDP forecast for next fiscal

11 Aug 2009

Global investment banking firm Goldman Sachs Group Inc has raised India's GDP growth forecast to 7.8 per cent for fiscal for 2010-2011 from the earlier 6.6 per cent

Government to issue short-term instrument to meet cash shortfall

11 Aug 2009

Centre reviews guidelines as swine flue toll mounts to 7

10 Aug 2009

The government today approved testing swine flue (Influenza A H1N1) cases by private diagnostic laboratories even as the pandemic claimed a seventh victim today.

PM wants a `new deal' for urban street vendors

10 Aug 2009

Prime minister Manmohan Singh today asked state governments to restructure master planning laws and city/local area plans to address the requirements of space for street vending as an important urban activity.