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Cess should not ideally be used for compensation: Drabu

J&K finance minister says administrative control over assessees a tricky issue to resolve

Statsguru: RBI's interest rate dilemma

Monetary Policy Committee of the Reserve Bank of India will be meeting for the first time since the decision to demonetisation

Demonetisation: Branchless banking model takes off

By all accounts, there has been a sharp increase in population that is now directly banked

Recent migrants less likely to have moved for marriage

Only 19% of those whose duration of residence is less than a year, migrated for marriage

CRR diktat may cost banks Rs 18,000 crore more annually

The incremental deposits with banks during this window, Sep 16 and Nov 11, were roughly Rs 3.24 lakh crore

STATSGURU: Lens on rural transactions

Only 38% of branches of scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) are in rural areas.

Pass new law or amend RBI Act to enjoy fruits of currency swap

The law could help wipe out RBI's liabilities against Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 bank notes that people do not deposit by the deadline

Economists say external and internal factors to blame for rupee fall

The rupee closed at a 39-month low of 68.73 against the dollar, within striking distance of its record low of August 2013

StatsGuru: Taking stock of indebtedness in the Indian corporate sector

The combined debt of India's top family-owned groups has grown faster than their revenue and operating profits

13 states spent only 22% of capex budget: Investment worries in second quarter

13 states together spent only 22% of total amount budgeted for capex during the April to July/August period this fiscal

Haryana proves small states work better

Independent India's first experiment with carving out smaller states has been a success overall

Rural revival raises its head in demand for automobiles

Fast-moving consumer goods, agricultural products await effect of post-monsoon rise in rural incomes

India up 21 places in WEF gender gap report

Report says, the improvement in ranking is largely driven by major improvements in education

The changing dynamics of white-collar crimes in India

The report shows that over the past 10 years, CBI has prepared 6,533 corruption cases, of which 517 have come up in the past two years

Weighted average of GST rates should be 20%: Haseeb A Drabu

Interview with Finance Minister, Jammu and Kashmir

Stomach this: India ranks dismal 97 in global hunger index

Ahead of Pakistan but ranks below Bangladesh, Nepal

India Economic Summit: Technology is driving away jobs, warn experts

They agree that changing tech will hit jobs hugely in diverse ways, but also creating many

No reason for RBI to hold back 25-bp cut over developments in US: Gita Gopinath

Interview with Professor of Economics, Harvard University

No reason for RBI to hold back 25 bps cut over developments in US: Gita Gopinath

Interview with the professor of economics at the Harvard University at the India Economic Summit

Cash deals cost 1.7% of GDP: Visa

Reducing it to 1.3% would lead to savings of Rs 70,000 crore over 5 years, says Visa