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Officials from the Maharashtra Child Development Labour Welfare Department along with the personnel from the Thane (rural) police raided establishments in the Kashimira belt. (Photo: PTI)

Labour Ministry to issue UWIN Cards to informal workers from April

Ministry has already initiated a pilot on the UWIN Cards to test the efficacy of the system.

26 Jan 2018 11:42 AM IST

The prevalence of Bitcoins has caused some concerns in government due to its hidden nature.

ICAI to carry study on cryptocurrency

MCA would also take opinions from other expert agencies before taking a view on the subject.

26 Jan 2018 10:58 AM IST

According to sources in the finance department, the GST collection was not expected to be so high and hence it had asked the Centre for a compensation of Rs 6500 crore.

GST collection sees rise after two months

Some 56.30 lakh GSTR 3B returns have been filed for the month of December, 2017 till January 24, 2018.

26 Jan 2018 12:30 AM IST

Government is planning to phase out LPG susbidy by March 2018. (Photo: PTI)

Govt may ask oil cos to share LPG, kerosene subsidy burden: India...

Govt may ask upstream firms like ONGC to bear a part of the kerosene and LPG subsidies.

25 Jan 2018 4:12 PM IST

Currently, under construction projects are subject to 18% GST rate with one-third abatement for land bringing down the effective tax rate to 12%.

Realty firms want GST cut for affordable housing

The industry has also requested the government to grant industry status to avail long-term finance at a lower cost.

25 Jan 2018 6:35 AM IST

Low interest rates, push to clear inventories by real estate developers, and governments interest rate subsidy on a affordable housing make it an opportune time to buy a house.

Time is ripe for home buyers

Property prices have been more or less stagnant over the last couple of years.

25 Jan 2018 2:54 AM IST

Power Minister R K Singh.

Power minister supports tax incentives for electric vehicles

Power ministry will also do away with cross subsidy in proposed power tariff policy to promote e-mobility.

24 Jan 2018 12:38 PM IST

A professional tax is proposed to be levied on individuals, who have an annual income of Rs 5 lakh. This would generate Rs 5 crore, the budget document read.

Health start-ups, rural care likely to top Budget agenda

According to inputs received by the finance ministry from various stakeholders, the spending in the sector should be...

24 Jan 2018 1:16 AM IST

Businesses today need to urgently and proactively invest in it, Sivarama Krishnan, partner and leader Cyber Security, PwC India, said.

Centre slow to set up strict cyber security norms

CompTIA, of which Mr Chakrabarty is a part of, is a not-for-profit trade association that focuses on certifying people...

24 Jan 2018 12:42 AM IST

Arun Jaitley said, the reservation formula for the Patel community is legally and constitutionally untenable. (Photo: PTI)

Budget to focus on infra not sops: Icra

It pointed out that average price of the Indian basket of crude oil is likely to rise to $65-70 per barrel in FY19 from...

24 Jan 2018 12:42 AM IST

The platform will invest in opportunities in the ports sector, and beyond sea ports into areas such as river ports and transportation, freight corridors, port-led special economic zones, inland container terminals, and logistics infrastructure including cold storage.

NIIF, DP World to invest $3bn in ports, logistics

In 2015, Cabinet had approved setting up a sort of sovereign fund NIIF for the development of infrastructure projects,...

23 Jan 2018 2:34 AM IST

The proposal for reducing the highest income tax slab, sources said, has been discussed by the Prime Ministers Office (PMO) with finance ministry and Niti Aayog officials.

Raise tax limit to boost consumption: SBI arm

SBI expects Budget to be based upon inclusiveness.

23 Jan 2018 2:34 AM IST