New Delhi : With middle-class apathy on the rise, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley may double the income tax exemption threshold for the salaried from the present Rs 2.5 lakhs to Rs 5 lakhs while also reinstating tax-free status for medical expenses and transport...
Gandhinagar : The upcoming Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2019 (VGGS) expects to see commitment of investments worth a whopping Rs 50,000 crore in the renewable energy sector in the state, according to officials. The state-owned Gujarat Power Corp Ltd (GPCL) will be...
New Delhi : Revenue collection under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) fell for the second straight month to Rs 94,726 crore in December from Rs 97,637 crore collected in November despite a rise in the number of tax returns filed. The Finance Ministry on Tuesday said a...
New Delhi : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday hinted that the country may eventually have a single standard rate of GST adding that the 28 per cent slab will soon be phased out, except on luxury and "sin goods". He noted that the standard rate could be between...
By Arun Kumar Das, New Delhi : With expenditure continuing to far exceed earnings, Indian Railways is facing a dismal financial scenario with the operating ratio breaching the 112-per cent mark. "The trend is unlikely to be reversed before March 2019 -- when the...
By Biswajit Choudhury, New Delhi : The year leading up to the 2019 general elections was defined by a slowdown in investment, slackening growth, falling GST revenues, the biggest bank fraud and a credit crunch that provoked the most significant crisis in...
Mumbai : Admitting to differences with Urjit Patel, who quit as RBI Governor, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the government is the sovereign body for managing the economy and RBI Governors have exited if differences were not settled. "If you look at...
New Delhi : In the midst of a government-Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tussle over utilisation of capital reserves of the central bank, former Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian strongly supports the government's view, saying the RBI is holding excess capital...
New Delhi : Appearing before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, RBI Governor Urjit Patel on Tuesday said that the effect of demonetisation was temporary while he will respond to issues related to the RBI's autonomy and reserves in the next 10 to 15 days...
By Neh Srivastava, Other than food and water, shelter forms the third most important component of the basic human requirements. It was fitting that the government turned its attention to that. It wasnt for the first time, though, and will definitely wont be the last....