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Lead bank must play key role for quick decisions, says PNB MD Sunil Mehta

Bankers will have to start making effort to resolve the assets before going to NCLT. If we start referring every issue to NCLT, it will also get clogged

Finance Minister Goyal to meet bankers to discuss ways to boost realty

A meeting of bankers will take place on how to revive it. Reforms have happened already, like implementation of the Real Estate Act

Retailers, technology firms join hands to ward off 'Amazon Effect'

Bricks-and-mortar retailers are becoming future-ready with help from IT companies

Dabur, other FMCG firms approach court over GST input tax credit

Under the erstwhile tax regime, capital goods that went into the production of goods in states that used to give area-based exemptions were not given input tax credit

Govt must do away with imposition of any levy on movie tickets: Study

Currently under GST, tax at the rate of 18 per cent is levied where the price of tickets is Rs 100 or less and 28 per cent in other cases

Need to reach comfort zone before touching GST rates: Vanaja Sarna

In the GST, there is scope for rationalising rates, but timing is very important in all this, whether you want to do it now or wait for another 3 months & see how revenue is doing,says Sarna

CBDT proposes clear-cut timelines under transfer pricing

the department, through a draft notification, suggested that the amount should be returned within 90 days of signing of APAs and MAPs.

Farm prices subdued in Q4, rose just 0.4%, shows GDP data

The inflation rate in agriculture and allied activities was just 0.4 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2017-18

Centre not driving investment: Capex fell substantially in Q4

Capex fell substantially in March quarter but capital formation in the economy swelled, says the data; none clear on how this happened

3.11 million jobs added in 6 months, first EPFO payroll count shows

The payroll count is essentially the difference between the number of workers who joined and exited from the EPFO's fold and as such is the net addition to jobs

Bhanu Pratap Sharma replaces Vinod Rai as chairman of Banks Board Bureau

With this, the government in a statement reiterated its commitment to not interfere with senior level appointments in the public sector banks

Examine possibility of converting GSTN into govt-owned firm: FM to Adhia

The move came after there were reports of leakages of data, including those allegedly by Facebook and Cambridge Analytica

IMF says moving jobs away from manufacturing can boost growth

Make in India is primarily a manufacturing initiative, for both domestic and export markets

Days of 'what US does today, world does tomorrow' over now: NITI Aayog VC

Rajiv Kumar says the bank privatisation has practical problems, therefore he supports Bank Investment Company

RBI governor is correct in demanding more powers over PSBs, says Montek

"The (PNB) fraud by itself cannot be an argument for privatisation. We have seen frauds in even the most sophisticated private banking systems in the West"

India worst regional offender of press freedom in Asia Pacific: Report

India's rank has fallen two notches to 81 in 2017 from 79 in 2016 in the Corruption Perception Index, released by Transparency International

Lottery for Modicare? A CEO's idea to garner funds for the proposed scheme

A leading lottery distributor has suggested the government to streamline lotteries in the country to garner funds for the proposed scheme

India falls two slots on global corruption index

Condition of journos worse in corrupt nations, says index

Replacing welfare schemes with universal basic income to hit poor the most

The study by Carnegie India opposed the Economic Survey 2016-17 proposal of delivering UBI through an Aadhaar-linked system

Crackdown on Ponzi schemes: Cabinet clears Bill to ban unregulated deposits

The current investor protection framework kicks in only after such schemes go bust