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Experts bat for long-term solution to farmers' woes at BS Round Table

Youth should be brought back to agriculture, suggested an expert

Delhi HC stays Rs 383-crore fine on Hindustan Unilever for GST profiteering

National Anti-profiteering Authority had imposed a fine of Rs 383 crore

The highs, hurdles and the grey areas of one and a half years of GST

Despite the changes in its journey so far, GST hasn't yet embraced petroleum, parts of the real estate and electricity. The required consensus over the issue still eludes the Council

UBI good, but likely to be too costly to implement, says Martin Wolf

Remember, only the US Fed is raising the rates. The Europeans, Japanese, and the Chinese are not doing that.

Uptick in investments fueled by state govts' capex, not private sector

The Centre's capex recorded a contraction of 33% in November year-on-year

CPI inflation in health, education sectors in rural areas stumps economists

SBI Group Chief Economist Soumya Kanti Ghosh said the Central Statistics Office should clarify doubts over this significant increase

ADB backs govt's basic income plan, but cautions against loan waivers

ADB warned that the loan waivers will scale up lending to over Rs 30,000 cr

Government lifts condition restricting export incentive under GST

Earlier, the DGFT and the customs department had imposed a condition that the advance authorisation scheme would be available to exporters only if imports have been undertaken by them

Nations like India should pad up for trade, manufacturing turbulence: WB

In India, growth has accelerated, driven by an upswing in consumption, and investment growth has firmed as the effects of temporary factors wane

Advance GDP estimate at 7.2% gives little relief to fiscal deficit pressure

Fiscal deficit at 3.3 per cent of GDP now comes at Rs 6.28 trillion compared to what was projected at Rs 6.24 trillion in the Budget Estimates

CSO numbers for 2018-19 are rather optimistic, says Pronab Sen

Manufacturing might weaken in the second advance estimates, says former chief statistician Pronab Sen

Heavens will not fall if there's minor fiscal slippage: Ficci president

Sandip Somany also said that the Modi government would be remembered because of the IBC

GST in a new avatar: How the tax could pan out after the Lok Sabha polls

While Congress promises to overhaul the tax, BJP is talking about single standard rate. Business Standard explores five possible changes GST may undergo once the new govt comes in

Dues owed by wilful defaulters to PSBs double to Rs 1.5 trn in under 3 yrs

A fourth of the total amount was owed by these defaulters to SBI on September 30, 2018

IBC helped creditors recover Rs 80,000 crore to date, says Arun Jaitley

According to the NCLT database, in 4,452 cases disposed at pre-admission stage, the amount apparently settled was around Rs 2.02 trillion, the minister added

FM Jaitley may still manage to meet FY19 fiscal deficit target: Here's why

In 2 of the 3 pre-election years since FRBM idea was mooted, the finance ministry has succeeded in meeting fiscal targets; the only exception was 2008, when a global meltdown weighed on the economy

Fraud-hit PNB loss widens to Rs 45.32 billion on bad loans, stock falls

The bank earned Rs 4 billion in the first half of the current financial year

New business orders, employment push manufacturing PMI to 53.1 in October

Manufacturers stepped up hiring in October, and job-creation during the month was the strongest since last December

Haryana tax dept issues circular, asks officers to block input GST credit

Though the reasons cited in the circular issued to block the credit may be genuine such as unutilisation of inputs for furtherance of business

Core sector growth slowest in 4 months, expands 4.3% in September

IIP numbers for September will be crucial as this is one of the last important data before the Q2 GDP figures are released by end-November