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Congress party Vice President Rahul Gandhi. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Rahul Gandhi criticises PM Modi's economic policies

Government's economic policies demonetisation and hastily-applied GST have caused tremendous damage.

12 Sept 2017 3:47 PM IST

The Union finance ministry said that there were some complaints that the taxpayers are not being able to log on to the e-filing website of I-T department or not being able to link Aadhaar with PAN.

NSE extends deadline for filing annual returns to Oct 31

As per norms delay in submission of annual returns attract a penalty of Rs 100 per day.

12 Sept 2017 3:24 PM IST

National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is a state-owned power geneartor. (Photo: PTI)

How Kanpur's IAS officer battled power theft through digitisation

Kanpur state power department that was incurring a distribution loss of 30 per cent when she joined, currently records...

12 Sept 2017 2:59 PM IST

Banks will have to make changes in the existing infrastructure which would be a huge challenge for the banks.(Representational Image)

Banks face $65 bn capital shortage to meet Basel III norms: Fitch

Weak capital positions have a major negative influence on Indian banks' Viability Ratings.

12 Sept 2017 2:52 PM IST

Banks will have to make changes in the existing infrastructure which would be a huge challenge for the banks.(Representational Image)

Banks need $65 bn additional capital to meet Basel III norms: Fitch

Gross non-performing loan ratio reached 9.7 per cent in 2016-17, up from 7.8 per cent in 2015-16.

12 Sept 2017 2:51 PM IST

First bullet train in India will run between Mumbai and Ahmedabad, a 516 km long route. (Photo: /Representational/AFP)

5 things to know about Mumbai-Ahmedabd bullet train

The 516-km long, India's first high speed rail project will cost Rs 1,10,000 crore or $16 billion.

12 Sept 2017 12:50 PM IST

Many farmers switched to new genetically-engineered cotton seeds which are resistant to a deadly pest called bollworm and produced far higher yields and healthier crops with less use of pesticides.

Growth in food grain production likely to be lower this year

Slow progress on crop sowing means that there could be downside risks to its agriculture GVA growth forecast.

12 Sept 2017 12:30 PM IST

Online filing of income tax returns has also gone up. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Direct Tax collections till Aug at Rs 2.24 lakh crore

This collection is 22.9 percent of total Budget Estimates of Direct Taxes for Financial Year 2017-18.

12 Sept 2017 10:56 AM IST

Farm loan waivers to farmers have been sugested to placate agricultural crisis in country. (Photo: PTI)

Farm loan waivers may lead to rise in inflation, says RBI paper

Loan waivers could add to the fiscal burden over the medium term as they are a transfer from taxpayers to borrowers, it...

12 Sept 2017 10:32 AM IST

There are allegation that from November 15 to November 18, the bank manager had issued 149 demand drafts for amounts less than Rs 50,000 in favour of a Pune-based finance company in violation of RBI guidelines.

RBI net dollar purchase in July at $2.9 billion

RBI intervenes in the foreign exchange market to contain volatility in the rupee market.

11 Sept 2017 7:53 PM IST

The Union finance ministry said that there were some complaints that the taxpayers are not being able to log on to the e-filing website of I-T department or not being able to link Aadhaar with PAN.

Direct tax revenue grows 17.5 pc to Rs 2.24 lakh cr in Apr-Aug

The government estimates to collect Rs 9.80 lakh crore from direct taxes in the current fiscal.

11 Sept 2017 7:44 PM IST

Former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan. (Photo: PTI)

We could have managed liquidity better: Rajan

He adds central bank acted promptly to retrieve situation once problem of liquidity shortage was thrown up by data.

11 Sept 2017 6:08 PM IST