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Cabinet approval for regularisation of 99 pending layouts across Capital Region Development Authority has given a new hope to real estate and construction industry.

Realty investment in 6 top cities doubles to USD 2.87 billion

Mumbai recorded real estate investments of USD 1,749 million, placing it on 81st position in global survey.

30 Oct 2017 3:04 PM IST

EPFO has raised its equity allocation to 15 per cent in current fiscal from 10 per cent in 2016-17. (Photo:Representational/PTI)

Offshore India funds, ETFs bring in USD 6 billion in Jan-Sep

In contrast, these funds had pulled out USD 1.73 billion in January-September of 2016, said a report.

30 Oct 2017 1:54 PM IST

RBI has included HDFC in its list of too big to fail banks.

RBI likely to cut rates in December 6 policy review: report

RBI kept interest rate unchanged on fears of rising inflation while lowering growth forecast to 6.7 pc for current...

30 Oct 2017 1:33 PM IST

EPFO is a retirement fund body that has a savings corpus of Rs 6.5 lakh crore. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

PPF to close, NSC to get encashed if holder status changes to NRI

The government has pegged 7.8 per cent interest for both PPF and NSC schemes for October-December.

30 Oct 2017 12:20 PM IST

The department has taken up a special drive to book shops and commercial establishments resorting to MRP and GST violations. (Representational image)

Organised sector sees rise in activity after GST woes

Experts expect consolidation in trade, further easing of filing norms.

30 Oct 2017 1:48 AM IST

As many as 37 lakh GST returns for September have been filed till 7 pm on Friday and 75,000 sales data is being uploaded on the GST Network (GSTN) portal on hourly basis.

Real estate may not come under GST anytime soon

At present, taxation of land and buildings is under the ambit of state governments as per Schedule VII of the...

30 Oct 2017 1:10 AM IST

There are no data leakage problems from the Aadhaar servers and networking, assured Mr Rudra Murthy.

Aadhaar info leakage: Citizens demand imposing fines on banks, telcos

The survey said 39 per cent of would completely support the Aadhaar-SIM linking move while 12 per cent declined support.

29 Oct 2017 7:05 PM IST

The results strikingly demonstrate that even when food is entirely irrelevant, it has the power to sneak in and grab our attention. (Photo: Pixabay)

Eating at AC joints may get cheaper as GoM bids for 12 per cent GST

The Group of Ministers also suggested lowering tax rates under the composition plan to 1 per cent.

29 Oct 2017 6:17 PM IST

Unusual cash deposits totalling Rs 1.6-1.7 lakh crore were made during the demonetisation period, says a research paper posted on the RBI website.

Bank recap plan to push GDP growth to 7 per cent in FY19: report

As per Ambit estimates, industry is likely to see a 7 per cent growth in 2018-19 from 5 per cent in the current fiscal.

29 Oct 2017 5:25 PM IST

Goyal, speaking on the ambitious Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail Project, said that train has not seen a sigle accident in Japan. (Photo: ANI)

Railways to invest USD 150 billion, create 1 million jobs in 5 years:...

Piyush Goyal, who took over as the rail minister in August, said he was trying to give the Railways a 'new direction'.

29 Oct 2017 4:44 PM IST

Unusual cash deposits totalling Rs 1.6-1.7 trillion were made during the demonetisation period, says an RBI research paper. Photo: PTI

BJP to celebrate note ban anniversary: RBI says still verifying...

The RBI said it has processed about 1,134 crore pieces of Rs 500 notes and 524.90 crore pieces of Rs 1,000 notes

29 Oct 2017 3:42 PM IST

From unbranded namkeen to ICDS food packets, the GST Council on Friday tweaked the rates for 27 items. Photo: PTI

Businesses under composition scheme to soon start filing GST returns

Around 15 lakh businesses opted for composition scheme, which allows them to pay taxes at a concessional rate.

29 Oct 2017 1:16 PM IST