Right now, India’s global reputation as a viable Democracy and a Secular nation is under scrutiny as it has descended into a major milestone of steep descent into darkness of bigotry and Islamophobia. Modi that […]
So, the six years of grand national mission for raising the farmers’ real income by 100 per cent are likely to end with less than 30 per cent actual increase. That works out to about […]
At the halfway mark of this historic mission, the Modi govt did not even have a plan on paper on how the farmers’ income was to be doubled. None of the budgets has made any […]
* 36 ministers sworn in for a second term * 20 MPs take oath of office as cabinet ministers for the first time * 24 cabinet ministers, ministers of state sworn in * Nine sworn in […]
The U.S.-India Business Council (USIBC) commended the 2017 Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, saying the budget has a forward-looking outlook and builds off the economic reforms enacted over the last three years […]
Snapshot Total expenditure of budget 2017-18 is 21.47 lakh crore Fiscal deficit at 3.2 per cent of GDP for year starting April 1. Remain committed to achieve 3% in following year Defence Expenditure excluding pensions […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley indicated in his Budget speech on February 1 that India‘s education sector would take a reform path in 2017-18. From focusing on learning assessment in schools and revamping […]
PARTS USED FOR MANUFACTURING OF LED LIGHTS WILL ATTRACT BASIC CUSTOMS DUTY 5 PER CENT AND CVD OF 6 PER CENT FROM NIL EARLIER NEW DELHI (TIP): Smokers and tobacco consumers will have to pay […]
“Today, our politics has become so divisive and toxic that any ‘reform’ becomes suspect. There is no ‘JRD’ today who would be able to tell the Prime Minister that he would be funding his political rivals. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a pre-election Budget aimed at softening the demonetization blow, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1 halved the basic income tax rate to 5 per cent and lowered the rate for […]
As expected, the latest Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council meet, headed by the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and with state finance ministers as members, could not arrive at any policy decision as far […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is likely to introduce a disclosure scheme under which anyone with unaccounted income can come clean by paying 50% tax before December 30. A fourth of the amount remaining after […]
Post-demonetization, the country is in a state of economic convulsion. To keep it from turning into a social seizure, the government has appealed to patriotic fervor, raising every notion from the soldier’s suffering to the […]
Government unfazed by combined opposition attack; fight will continue, says opposition Meanwhile, the common people undergo terrible suffering The war over demonetization between the government and opposition is getting fiercer as the latter vows to […]
Chaotic scenes witnessed in both Houses of Parliament over scrapping of Rs1,000 and Rs 500 notes NEW DELHI (TIP): Both Houses of parliament were adjourned on Thursday, November 17, as opposition lawmakers continued their attack […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the Centre is making all efforts to build consensus on sticky issues, especially on jurisdiction of assessees, to ensure GST rollout from April 1, 2017. […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Foreign investors bringing in at least Rs. 10 crore capital will be eligible for residency status, easier visa regime and employment for family members among other benefits under a new policy approved […]
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