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Arbind Modi panel wanted no tax on income below Rs 6 lakh, 0.5% wealth tax

The panel proposed a 15% income-tax rate if income was Rs 6-20 lakh, and 30 per cent for above Rs 30 lakh

Will US Fed cut rates for the first time since the global financial crisis?

Here is a brief summary of various US macro-economic indicators, which are likely to influence the Fed's decision

Budget 2019: Is the rationalised GST target still too ambitious?

CGST would have to average Rs 47,358 cr a month for rest of FY19 compared to Rs 33,257 cr so far

Budget: Fiscal deficit under control, courtesy healthy non-tax revenues

Capital expenditure and rural spending have grown at slower rates, but no scheme has seen an abrupt fall in allocation

Economic Survey: Private tuition, doctor fee contribute most to inflation

This is an important insight into price situation in the economy, especially when inflation in health and education was more than the average general CPI

Households are spending more on discretionary items: Economic Survey

The data from the NSO shows the share of food and beverages has reduced from 33.2 per cent of private consumption in 2011-12 to 30 per cent in 2017-18 - a reduction of over three percentage points

EAC-PM hits back at Subramanian, says he 'cherry-picked' data for GDP claim

Former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian claims that India's economic growth was overestimated by nearly 2.5 percentage points in the 2011-17 period.

Will the govt change its development strategy to raise rural incomes?

While the earlier Modi govt fared well on rural schemes, both farming and construction activity in the village economy were muted

Former CEA Arvind Subramanian says GDP growth inflated, govt disagrees

This has reignited the debate on the accuracy of India's GDP numbers in particular, and has once again highlighted the inefficiencies in the estimation of national accounts in general

States, schemes and disaster management bear cost of fiscal discipline

Farm sector spend took a hit, as PM-KISAN beneficiaries remained largely unidentified

Fiscal stimulus must be time-bound, says former RBI governor Y V Reddy

Adding to the debate on whether the economy needs a fiscal or monetary stimulus, Reddy said the Monetary Policy Committee of the RBI, too, should pitch in if required

Will enforcement and easier compliance help Modi 2.0 improve GST revenue?

Booming economic growth is the only way to improve GST collections in the medium term, say FinMin officials. The trouble is that GDP expansion itself is on shaky ground currently

Fill teacher vacancies, else lose grants: UGC tells education institutions

If institutions comply, over 200,000 jobs would be created in six months

Employee base is biggest cause of moderation in biz sentiment: Report

Negative sentiment grew in terms of employee base in both manufacturing and services sectors

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Non-aligned regional parties lose popularity

Even Congress expanded its average victory margin by more than 50%

Statsguru: From disruption to saturation, where is telecom sector headed?

A look at a broader time frame shows that mobile users were growing healthily till 2017, with the exception of 2013

Here's a look at the anatomy of votes in Lok Sabha elections 2019

The Congress topped charts in losing seats massively

Shiv Sena's political clout may take a hit in Maharashtra, show exit polls

The NDA, which had amassed 42 seats out of 48 in 2014, is likely to settle down at 35 to 36, an average of eight polls suggests

Statsguru: RBI's Monetary Policy Committee stares at a tough decision

Under the current government, the consumer food price inflation (CFPI) rate steadily declined from 6.4 per cent in FY15 to near price stagnation in FY19

Why Integrated GST still remains a grey area under goods and services tax

This part of the new tax has not still been fully resolved, and many states do not even know how it is being shared between them and the Centre