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CAG to audit municipalities in context of 74th constitutional amendment

The CAG audit looks into utilisation of grants that are released from the Centre to ULBs on recommendations of the finance commission

Warning signal for economy as headline inflation heads to high core

Rate of core price rise has been over 5% for over two years and remained over 6% for five months till Oct

Supreme Court dismisses review petition on pre-GST state tax on lotteries

Court's verdict earlier led to legislation brought out by Karnataka and Kerala being declared invalid

Multiple factors doubled retail inflation rate in wheat, rice since April

The spike in the prices of these two cereals was diametrically opposite to the cooling of the overall inflation rate and of food inflation, both of which hit a three-month low

Leading insurance companies under GST scanner for alleged fake invoicing

Notices have also been issued to vendors of these companies

HC asks GST dept to drop notices against firm facing audit proceedings

Calcutta High Court says not clear how parallel proceedings can be conducted by three wings of same department

Canada pension fund's Indian arm acquires Peripheral Expressway

CDPQ is the second-largest institutional investor in infrastructure globally, with net assets of CAD 45 billion in its infrastructure portfolio, including in India

E-commerce firm not liable to pay GST on cab service by third parties: AAR

Experts say Karnataka authority's ruling would not apply to Uber, Ola and other cab aggregators

Guj's financial position makes it easy to go for freebies. But should it?

The Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 1 and 5, and the results will be declared on December 8

Forex cover for imports may fall to lowest this year under Modi govt

There could be $27.7 billion dollars of withdrawals in the next five months

HC issues notice to Maharashtra GST dept for arrest over circular trading

Petition says arrest made despite a CBIC circular saying that no tax liability is there in circular trading

'Price rise may be persistent as it has moved into core inflation in Asia'

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently released a regional economic outlook (REO) on Asia and Pacific, in which it cut the growth projections for the region

Silos are yet to be broken to expeditiously deliver projects and policies

Lack of coordination between depts and ministries within the govt on the one hand, and between the Centre and the states on the other, has proved to be a hurdle

After Fed hike, experts can't form consensus on expected MPC response

In September review, panel talked about aggressive monetary policy actions and stances across the world

Himachal's high debt-GSDP ratio makes poll freebies promises a tough task

Though comparatively prosperous than other Indian states, Himachal has a huge debt-GSDP ratio

Poll-bound Gujarat, Himachal on different inflation trajectories in 2022

Gujarat has since February consistently witnessed higher retail price inflation than national average

Rupee trade with few nations may start, internationalisation will take time

Negotiations are on with Russia, Cuba and Sudan among others to do so. Officials are hopeful that Saudi Arabia, UAE and Luxembourg would also come on board

CAG set to conduct comprehensive audit of country's health sector

Current approach to be based in common parameters, goals and analysis, as opposed to earlier exercises done on the basis of some research or state-specific issues

Rupee trade with few nations may start, internationalisation will take time

Rupee trade with few nations may start, internationalisation will take time

What is leading economist Rakesh Mohan's view on inflation?

How will global slowdown affect India? When will RBI's steps to rein-in inflation start show results? Former RBI deputy governor Rakesh Mohan answer these in a conversation with Business Standard