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Revamp scheme for 22,000 rural haats drags a year after its announcement

Only 1,878 of 4,600 haats selected in first phase, not one has yet been upgraded; Only 4% have a godown, 15% have other marketing infra

India 'buoyant territory' for investments though global outlook dim: Survey

Global growth pessimism among CEOs worst since 2012

Not many teachers, fewer classrooms: Schools have a long way to go

The findings point towards the scarcity of classrooms and school teachers

Impossible to double farmers' income in six years, says Abhijit Sen

Ex Plan panel member also says demonetisation took a huge toll on cultivators and labourers; favours loan waivers, is skeptical about cash support scheme

Income Tax return processing time to reduce from 63 days to just 1 day

Under the new system, Infosys will handle end-to-end solution - from e-filing to return assessment to refund processing

Will upper caste quota worsen the social profile of govt and teaching jobs?

Representation of SCs, STs and OBCs in top-level jobs is already lower than their reserved share

Annual survey shows evidence of improving primary education in govt schools

But annual ASER survey also underlines a continued fall in abilities at Class VIII

GST compliance may rise, November sees 73% taxpayers filing returns

The increasing immediate compliance is not translating into improved tax collection, and, on the contrary, revenue shortfall under the GST is aggravating

Did the bias in farm loan waivers drive PM Modi to shoot them down?

Past experience shows loan waivers benefited only 30% of India's farmers; here again, the richer cultivator skimmed the cream, leaving very little for his poorer brethren

Govt doubles GST exemption limit for MSMEs; 2 million businesses to benefit

Businesses with turnover up to Rs 1.5 crore can avail composition scheme

U-shaped recovery in collecting evaded indirect taxes: Finance Ministry

The evasion is slated to grow more than twofold in two years, and about 50% in one year of GST implementation

Direct tax collection rises 13.6% to Rs 7.43 trn in Apr-Dec, refunds up 17%

Refunds worth Rs 1.3 trillion paid during the period, 17% higher than previous year, reveals CBDT data

Small businesses likely to be off GST radar; council to decide on Thursday

The GoM also recommended a composition scheme for service providers with an annual turnover up to Rs 50 lakhs

Post-disaster rehabilitation tax report to be finalised on 6 January

The group of ministers will deliberate on 2 options - either to allow a state afflicted by calamity to raise the rate of SGST, or to levy a nationwide tax irrespective of where the disaster has stuck

State-level cash support to farmers may cross Rs 30,000 crore a year

Three states, Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal, have already announced their own version of a cash-support scheme for farmers

GST collections drop to Rs 94,726 cr in December, lowest in three months

The Centre needs Rs 87,000 crore in January, February and March at least to recoup this shortfall

How the under-privileged in India went through the boom and crisis periods

Using available data for the 2004-05 to 2011-12 period, which will also form a base for the data that will be released soon, we look at the condition of SCs and STs in that period

Congress wins elections, stares at task of scrapping farm loans in 3 states

To waive crop loans up to Rs 100,000 per indebted farmer, Rajasthan will need to spend Rs 219 billion from its fiscal kitty

Did proposal on tax treatment of savings lead to row in direct tax panel?

The government announced that it would exempt from tax all New Pension Scheme withdrawals

Air pollution cost each Delhiite a week of healthy life, says study

But factoring in indoor pollution, an average Indian lost more than 10 days of life last year