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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. (Photo: PTI/File)

GST rollout was hasty decision, says Manmohan Singh

Former Prime Minister had previously cautioned against note ban shaving off 2 per cent of GDP.

18 Sept 2017 6:19 PM IST

Petroleum Minister Dharmenda Pradhan on Wednesday defended the daily price revision mechanism calling it rational and transparent.

Petrol prices should be brought under GST: Dharmendra Pradhan

As of now, petrol prices contain other elements like Centre-imposed excise duty, state-imposed VAT and dealer's...

18 Sept 2017 5:50 PM IST

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari

Gadkari wants to turn NHAI public, awaiting FinMin's approval

His statement comes amid the great investor response to the IPO of Cochin Shipyard, that was over subscribed 76 times...

18 Sept 2017 5:36 PM IST

Yesterday, the rupee had gained 10 paise against the US dollar to end at 66.71

PE/VC exits at record high in Aug at $1.9 bn; may touch $10 bn

PE/VC investments in August stood at USD 5.4 billion across 45 deals the highest monthly investment ever.

18 Sept 2017 4:32 PM IST

PAN card is an important document for filing income tax returns.

PAN to be Aadhaar for NGOs, businesses in black money fight

Govt plans to set up mechanism under which it can make an entity with Rs 2 lakh transaction comply with law.

18 Sept 2017 4:15 PM IST

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis (Photo: PTI)

Maharashtra to become trillion-dollar economy, says Fadnavis

Fadnavis noted that the state has always been a leader in industry and business in the country.

18 Sept 2017 3:57 PM IST

A closed branch of SBI as bank employees went on a nationwide strike in Surat. (Photo: PTI)

SBI fixes limit for fund transfer via phone banking, levies GST on ATM...

Transactions for savings account holders,above free-limit of ATM transactions will attract a charge of Rs 20 plus 18 per...

18 Sept 2017 1:09 PM IST

Lower opening in the domestic equity market put the rupee on the back foot.

'CAD likely at 1.5 per cent of GDP in 2017; funding not a constraint'

CAD increased to USD 14.3 billion, or 2.4 per cent of GDP in the April-June quarter of this year.

18 Sept 2017 11:43 AM IST

Indias GDP is also expected to climb up with the rise in number of young workforce. (Photo: Representational/AP)

India's young will help it topple China as economic giant

India's workforce set to climb from 885 million to 1.08 billion people in next 20 years, says Bloomberg report.

18 Sept 2017 10:34 AM IST

Prakash Javadekar (Photo: PTI)

Govt savings through DBT touches Rs 65,000 cr: Javadekar

DBT enables linking of Aadhar card to bank accounts and other subsidised services availed by citizens.

18 Sept 2017 9:29 AM IST

FPIs had invested over Rs 20,000 crore in the capital market in September 2016.

FPIs pull out Rs 3,000 cr from stocks in Sept so far

Net outflow by FPIs follows a withdrawal of Rs 12,770 crore from the stock market in August.

17 Sept 2017 1:36 PM IST

Dharmendra Pradhan (Photo: PTI/File)

Need tax uniformity on petroleum products, says Pradhan

Ministry of Finance to bring petroleum products under the ambit of GST in the interest of consumers.

17 Sept 2017 12:59 PM IST