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The government is considering converting GST Network- which is handling the IT infrastructure of the new indirect tax regime - into a state-owned company, an official source said.

Automobile dealers body seeks rollback of new GST changes

The automobile retail trade industry is around Rs 5 lakh crore with around 25,000 dealers.

7 March 2019 5:31 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Janaushadhi scheme led to around Rs 1,000 cr savings for common...

Medicines at Janaushadhi Kendras are available at 50-90 per cent lower price than market rates.

7 March 2019 4:45 PM IST

Between 2000 and 2016, British FDI created 371,000 jobs 10 per cent of all jobs created by FDI.

Govt reforms creating new livelihoods; 8 sectors to add over 10 cr...

MSMEs have the potential to enhance direct and indirect job opportunities by about 36 million over the next four years.

7 March 2019 4:27 PM IST

India pays its third largest oil supplier in euros using European banking channels and imports.

India wants to keep Iran oil purchases at 300,000 bpd in extended...

India has reduced its purchases of Iranian oil but has been in talks on extending its sanctions waiver.

7 March 2019 4:13 PM IST

Women workers at a tea plantation.

Tea exports fall in January

Value of tea exports in Jan 2019, however, increased to Rs 480.77 crore as compared to Rs 470.83 crore owing to a rise...

7 March 2019 1:59 PM IST

Indias GDP growth forecast for the current fiscal to 7 per cent from 7.4 per cent.

First time ever: Govt to come out with Rs 20 coins

The face of the new Rs 20 coin shall bear the 'Lion Capitol of Ashoka Pillar' with 'Satyameva Jayate' inscribed below.

7 March 2019 1:46 PM IST

The Cybersecurity Tech Accord, which vows to protect all customers from attacks regardless of geopolitical or criminal motive, follows a year that witnessed an unprecedented level of destructive cyber attacks.

Companies unable to detect cyber attacks

The survey suggested that many companies do not have the visibility needed to catch attacks.

7 March 2019 1:34 AM IST

Ganesh Iyer CEO, Symphony Ventures, India.

Focus on self-learning

According to UK-based HfS Research, the global market for RPA Software and Services is expected to grow at a CAGR of 36...

7 March 2019 1:27 AM IST

American retail chain Walmart will invest Rs 900 crore in Maharashtra.

Walmart still fascinated by India's middle-class

US giant defuses speculation that it may exit Flipkart.

7 March 2019 1:23 AM IST

Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw

Future jobs will be different: Shaw

It is important that the country focused on affordability to ensure that technology is accessible to all.

7 March 2019 1:21 AM IST

The objective of imparting financial literacy is to spearhead a revolution to change the investment habits of rural India and the middle classes through easily understandable education modules, pre-tested for their learnability before dissemination. (Representational image)

Ultra HNIs prefer equity over realty

Also private equity investment is on the rise among Indian UHNWIs.

7 March 2019 1:19 AM IST

Life Insurance Corporation may be roped in to participate in the Rs 2.11 lakh crore recapitalisation initiative for public sector banks (PSBs). (File Photo)

LIC forces IDBI Bank staff to buy insurance policies

By the end of the day, the number of policies sold crossed 18,000.

7 March 2019 1:17 AM IST