Finance - general
Central staff, pensioners to get revised pay and arrears in August
30 Jul 2016
With the disbursement of seven months’ arrears, the government will be injecting nearly Rs60,000 crore into the economy in August, in one shot
GST Bill: States to get full compensation for 5 years
28 Jul 2016
The union cabinet has cleared changes in the Goods and Service Tax Constitutional Amendment Bill, dropping the 1 per cent manufacturing tax on inter-state sales
Unified payment system will take off soon: RBI governor
18 Jul 2016
The Unified Payment Interface will herald a unified payment system for the whole country and in the process will also help promote cashless transactions
HDFC Bank's Aditya Puri named best banking CEO in Asia
11 Jul 2016
Aditya Puri, chief executive and managing director of India’s second-largest private sector lender HDFC Bank, has been named the best banking CEO in Asia
Arrest wilful defaulters, sell assets, CBDT tells taxmen
22 Jun 2016
The provisions of arrest, detention and auctioning of assets against tax evaders have rarely been used so far, but now the tax board has told its officers to freely use these stringent provisions
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