CJI reasonable advise on tax-burden
By SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL Chief Justice of India just a few days before presentation of Union Budget at an event held to mark the 79th Foundation Ceremony of the Income…
Growth slowdown in India appears to be temporary, says IMF chief
WEB DESK International Monetary Fund, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva today said growth slowdown in India appears to be temporary. Speaking at the World Economic Forum (WEF) 2020 at Davos, she…
Cyptocurrency not banned in India, RBI says in Supreme Court
WEB DESK The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said it had not banned cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. It says it has only “ring-fenced” regulated entities from associated risks, The Economic…
IMF cuts India’s growth rate to 4.8%, calls it ‘negative surprise’
Agencies / Davos The International Monetary Fund imf has lowered India’s growth estimate for 2019 sharply to 4.9 per cent, and called it one of the “negative surprises” last year.…
Printing of Union Budget documents 2020-21 begins with Halwa ceremony
AMN / NEW DELHI The printing of Union Budget documents 2020-21 began on Monday with the traditional Halwa ceremony. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presided over the ceremony in the presence…
World’s billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people: Oxfam Report
Inequality is worse than ever with the world’s richest 1% holding more than twice as much wealth as 6.9 billion people. WEB DESK The world’s 2,153 billionaires have more wealth…
Total Wealth of 63 Indian billionaires higher than Union Budget 2018-2019: Oxfam
WEB DESK A new report from Oxfam has revealed that the combined total wealth of 63 Indian billionaires is higher than the total Union Budget of India for the fiscal…
Centre to spend over Rs 100 lakh cr on infrastructure in 5 years: FM
AMN / CHENNAI Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has said, the Centre would spend over a hundred lakh crore rupees in the next five years in the country’s infrastructure. Delivering…
E-commerce firms should follow Indian Law in ‘letter and spirit’: Goyal
A Akhter / NEW DELHI Soon after the world’s richest person Jeff Bezos announced fresh $1 billion investment in India, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said…
Another worry, India’s exports dipped 1.8% to $27.36 bn in Dec 2019
WEB DESK Another worry for Indian Economy as the country’s exports dipped 1.8 per cent to $27.36 billion in December 2019, according to government data. Exports in December 2019 were…