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Union minister for finance Arun Jaitley and revenue secretary Hasmukh Adhia during the16th GST Council meeting in New Delhi on Sunday (Photo: AP)

GST Council to meet on Oct 6, may dole out sops to exporters

The next meeting of the Council will be held through video conferencing on October 6.

19 Sept 2017 7:20 PM IST

The income tax department and the ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) have signed a pact to regularly share data, including PAN and audit reports of firms. (Representational Image)

I-T department asks firms to furnish Apr-Sept income estimates

This information will help the tax department to get an idea about the trend of income of the entity on an almost real...

19 Sept 2017 7:00 PM IST

Direct Tax collections, up to this year August, continued to register steady growth. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

NPA-laden state-run banks crimp advance tax mop-up at 10.6 per cent

The tax department has asked its officials to keep a close vigil on the forthcoming quarterly results by large...

19 Sept 2017 6:32 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and other top officials on Tuesday to take stock of Indias economic situation. Photo: PTI

Modi-Jaitley meet to explore remedy for 'ailing' economy postponed

PMO has asked finance ministry to work with key departments for a framework to tame falling GDP numbers.

19 Sept 2017 5:04 PM IST

Union Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said the answer to unfortunate instances of farmers suicides lies in improving their welfare. (Photo: PTI)

Make own strategy to double farmers' income: R M Singh to states

The centre has already come out with a four-volume report suggesting ways to boost farmers' income which states will...

19 Sept 2017 4:45 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)

Goyal promises smooth coal supply to power plants by early Oct

While promising that coal supply will be ramped up soon, Goyal said the ministry was regularising production for the...

19 Sept 2017 3:22 PM IST

If the world economy keeps growing at 3% every year, it will mean that we double the size of the global economy every 20 years. This will only contribute more GHGs to the atmosphere.

Economic slowdown is real, not just technical: SBI Research

The report said continuing slowdown has 'raised the spectre of whether slowdown is temporary or not'.

19 Sept 2017 3:07 PM IST

A notice by Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangam and Tamil Nadu Traders Federation, announcing that colas by popular foreign brands will not be sold, displayed in a petty shop. (Photo: DC)

Govt plans simpler compliance norms for smaller businesses to join GST...

This move comes after Modi urged tax officials to help these traders and small businesses to migrate to the GST rule.

19 Sept 2017 2:03 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

Worried Modi to take stock of sluggish economy with Jaitley, officials

Government data showed GDP growth in first quarter of current fiscal slumped to a three-year low of 5.7 per cent.

19 Sept 2017 10:17 AM IST

Indias economy likely showed further signs of recovery in the latest quarter from a shock cash squeeze late last year, reported a poll by Reuters. Photo: AP

Slow economic growth may force Modi govt to cut road, rail projects...

Tax receipts were about $7.8 billion in July, a little over half the monthly target.

19 Sept 2017 9:25 AM IST

Hasty' GST to hit growth: Manmohan Singh

He noted that both measures would affect the informal sector and the small scale sector.

19 Sept 2017 2:42 AM IST

A Qatar Airways aircraft made an emergency landing at midnight on Saturday at the Shamshabad airport after its co-pilot took ill while it was on its way from Doha to Bali.

AAI to invest Rs 1,530 cr in development work of 3 airports

AAI will also develop a greenfield airport at Hirasar in the Rajkot district of Gujarat on build, operate and maintain...

18 Sept 2017 8:30 PM IST