State finance ministers to discuss model GST law this week
State finance ministers will deliberate on the model GST law at a two-day meeting in Kolkata beginning Tuesday, amid hopes of long ...
Indian workers earn 81% less than Chinese
A new survey has revealed that Indian workers are paid significantly lower salaries compared to their peers in China. This makes ...
Reserve Bank leaves rate unchanged
Mumbai, Jun 7 : RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan today kept the key policy rate unchanged citing higher upside risks to ...
Why Swiss people have rejected Rs 1.7 lakh per month free income plan?
Swiss voters have rejected by a wide margin a proposal to introduce a guaranteed basic income for everyone living in the wealthy ...
India Post readies its payments bank
The government on Wednesday cleared proposal to set up India Post payments bank with a corpus of Rs 800 crore and has plans to ...
Krishi kalyan cess come into force; now service tax is at 15%
From today, service tax will be charged at 15% as the krishi kalyan cess of 0.5% comes into force.
Similarly, a “luxury ...
GDP grows at 7.9% in Q4, may record 8% growth this fiscal
New Delhi: Gaining momentum, economy grew by 7.9 per cent in March quarter to consolidate India’s position as the fastest ...
Niti Aayog to start work on 15-year vision document
New Delhi: Government think-tank Niti Aayog will start consultations with states and experts from next month on preparing a ...
One-time black money compliance window opens June 1
The four-month disclosure window giving an opportunity to domestic black money holders to come clean by paying tax and ...
BSE to launch new interest rate futures ( IRF ) contracts on Monday
NEW DELHI: Leading bourse BSE will introduce new interest rate futures ( IRF) contracts on Monday, with the newly-launched ...