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GST registration: Foreigners exempted from Aadhaar authentication

However, Indian citizens will have to follow the Aadhaar authentication or personal verification route for GST registration

Plan to monetise 100 public sector assets, drawing Rs 2.5 trillion: PM

Says government has no business to be in business; 'Our mantra is monetise and modernise'

Exporters get the shivers from two provisions in Finance Bill 2020

They are worried that the two proposals would make it difficult to seek refunds under indirect tax laws

Growth pace in high volume indicators slows in January, says ICRA

Five indicators - passenger vehicle output, vehicle registration, Coal India output, diesel consumption, and domestic airlines passengers - recorded contraction in January

China becomes India's biggest trading partner in first 9 months of FY21

China imported goods worth $15.3 from India and exported goods worth $45.4 billion to India

Expect high GST collections to continue in Feb, say FinMin sources

Sources say the GST authorities have been using deep data analytics, integrated data-sharing to unearth input tax credit utilisation frauds via fake invoicing and bogus firms

59% respondents cutting spends to cope with rising fuel prices: survey

Most want centre to reverse Covid excise duty, states to prune VAT rate or replace ad valorem rate with flat tax structure

India to file appeal against Cairn's $1.2 billion arbitration award

New Delhi has time till March 21 to file an appeal in accordance with a 90-day window

SC asks Centre to file affidavit on technical glitches in GSTN

One of the major contentions put forward by the taxpayers was that the relevant GST forms could not be filed due to technological glitches faced on the GST Network portal

India's graduating students will find less jobs in 2021, says survey

Hiring by various sectors is likely to resume in 2021 after taking a beating in 2020

Stop nitpicking, it's time for fresh start on mini deal: Piyush Goyal

Expresses concern at big US tech firms not adhering to data privacy

Cabinet okays trade deal with Mauritius, the first with an African nation

Agreement is limited in scope, covers 310 export items from India and 615 imported products from Mauritius

FM Sitharaman explains govt priorities in post-Budget address to RBI

The meeting on Tuesday was chaired by RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das through video conferencing

Q3 GDP projection: It's moderate growth or mild fall, say economists

The GDP numbers for the third quarter are expected to be released next week.

States' fiscal deficit to narrow to 4.3% of GDP in FY22: Ind-Ra

The agency's earlier forecast for FY21 was 4.5 per cent. The revision was made due to a sharper-than-expected contraction of 6.1 per cent in the nominal GDP

Companies accuse anti-profiteering body of launching baseless probes

They say NAA is not following due process of law, harassing them with investigations even when there is no cut in GST rates or increase in input tax credit; Delhi HC posts matter for March 4

WPI inflation up 2.03% on factory goods and fuel, room for rate cut shrinks

WPI shows divergent trend from CPI counterpart, which fell to a 16-month low of 4.06%

Experts unsure if new AAR for direct taxes will resolve disputes faster

Experts also believe that at least pendency of cases would come down, though only time will tell about quality of orders

Industrial output recovers by a small 1%, retail inflation at 16-month low

Experts say MPC may continue with accommodative stance in next nine months

Focus on capex does not make Budget inflationary: Expenditure Secretary

We expect the cost of the vaccination to be Rs 700 per person. This includes the price of two shots at Rs 200-250 each, says Somanathan