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Rural economy to be 2017-18 Budget's highlight

Focus on fixing gaps in existing schemes rather than launching new ones

Four-tier GST structure of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28% finalised

Most of the food items would attract 0% rate. Around 50% of consumer price index would be zero rated

GST Council finalises peak rate at 28%

50% of consumer price index basket exempted; minimum rate now at 5%; cess to continue

Draft law for states' compensation to be ready by November 15

Growth rate of 14% would be taken for calculating the likely revenue of each state in first 5 years

Centre, states divided on who will control GST

Jaitley, state FMs to meet on Nov 20 for political solution

Demonetisation: No 'windfall gain' deploying anytime soon

With the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, some Rs 14 lakh cr worth went out of circulation

Going to exchange notes? Banks will mark you with indelible ink to weed out proxies

In a bid to tackle long queues and chaos, the government decided to mark customers exchanging defunct currency notes with indelible ink

Beating cash crunch: e-transaction fees, ATM charges waived off

Task force under RBI Deputy Governor S S Mundra to recalibrate 200,000 ATMs; all-party meet likely today to reach out to Opposition

ATMs to dispense Rs 2,500; banks to exchange Rs 4,500 per day

Centre also said it had started disbursing the new series of Rs 500 notes and was identifying rural pockets where availability of cash was a problem

PM warns of more action to unearth black money

FM says it will take 2-3 weeks for all ATMs to be reset; RBI says cash stock enough, advises people to not rush to exchange notes

PM Narendra Modi warns of more action to unearth black money

FM says it will take 2-3 weeks for all ATMs to be reset; RBI says cash stock enough, advises people against rush to exchange notes

Demonetisation damage greater than its benefits, says Kaushik Basu

On day-2 of the demonetization drive, serpentine queues have reported from banks and ATMs around the country

FM Arun Jaitley questions global agencies

India continues to be ranked low, at 130th position, in terms of ease of doing business index

Depositing old currency notes? FM Jaitley says I-T dept won't harass small depositors

Cash deposits above Rs 2.5 lakh could attract tax besides a penalty in case of income mismatch

Demonetisation: In the works for 6 months, 10 people in the loop, including Raghuram Rajan

Banks were told they would be receiving the new banknotes, but none - not even the powerful heads of the biggest state-owned and private banks - were aware of the decision to demonetise the older bank

Phasing out Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes won't affect market liquidity: Patel

16.5 billion Rs 500 notes and 6.7 billion Rs 1,000 notes would go out of circulation

India, UK seek stronger trade ties, post Brexit

Arun Jaitley and UK Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox voiced concerns over the protectionist measures seen in some parts of the world recently

India impatient for growth, says Jaitley

The Narendra Modi government will step up reforms to attract more investment and fill up infrastructure deficit

Tepid reponse for Suuti's L&T stake sale

Govt sells 1.63% as against 3% on offer; SBI emerges as a big buyer

S&P rules out India upgrade for next 2 yrs, govt hits back

Govt tells rating agency to introspect on processes