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Budget 2019: Finance Bill seeks to address carry over of losses, MAT norms

These two amendments were long-pending demands of industry and insolvency professionals

Tax cut, push for auto sector: What Sitharaman has done to rescue economy

Meeting traders, experts, entrepreneurs to gauge the pulse of the nation, Sitharaman has become a reformer, pulling all stops to get the economy out of a six-year-low growth rate

Gujarat retains top position in water management, says NITI Aayog

Releasing the second edition of the Composite Water Management Index, the government think tank said the annual per capita availability of water is expected to reduce to 1,140 cubic metres by 2050

MCA orders probe against CG Power, inspection report to be ready soon

The office of the MCA's regional director, western region, is in charge of the probe

Now, start-ups can issue shares with differential voting rights

Such shares have rights disproportionate to their economic ownership

We are overdrawing water, depleting aquifers: Jal Shakti Minister

On the demand side, 6 per cent of our total consumption is for domestic use, 5 per cent for industry and 89 per cent is for agriculture, said Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

IBC Bill won't encroach on SC domain, says FM Nirmala Sitharaman

The amendments are largely to clear the Code's legislative intent, says Nirmala Sitharaman

IBC Bill: Pressure on NCLT benches as 330-day deadline for resolution looms

Big IBC cases such as those of Amtek Auto, Bhushan Power & Steel, Era Infra Engineering, and Jaypee Infratech have gone well beyond the 270-day deadline set under the IBC

Rs 5 trillion needed for Har Ghar Jal, says water resources ministry

Equal contribution of Rs 1.8 trillion may come from states and Centre; remaining through convergence of govt schemes

MCA may expand powers of regional directors for M&As of higher categories

Listed companies are, however, likely to be left out of the purview of regional directors along with unlisted public companies above a certain threshold

PMO calls for freezing of shell firms' bank accounts within two weeks

Finance Secretary S C Garg will chair a meeting on Thursday

Budget 2019: Govt to try redirecting forestry funds to piped water supply

Govt has identified 1,592 blocks which are critical and over exploited, spread across 256 districts for the Jal Shakti Abhiyan

Eco survey urges behavioural economics nudge for socio-economic goals

The branch of economics has gained traction in policy making recently, becoming more popular after economist Richard H Thaler, known for his work on 'Nudge' theory, won Nobel in 2017

Govt orders probe into grounded Jet Airways, SFIO summons Naresh Goyal

Jet, with more than Rs 8,000 crore of debt, flew for the last time on April 17 after it ran out of cash

CSR disclosure rules set to be tightened to increase accountability

At least 33 companies or a third of those on the S&P BSE 100 list have fallen short of the required CSR spending

Water crisis: Govt ropes in 255 bureaucrats for Jal Shakti Abhiyan

The aim of the programme is to increase the water table in the stressed areas through dams, ponds, afforestation

Promoters can take part in liquidation process if lenders okay IBC exit

Fate of several companies is hanging in the balance as defaulting promoters approach the NCLT to settle dues with creditors

IBA drafts new inter-creditor agreement for resolution of stressed assets

According to the new RBI norms, banks will have a "grace period" of 30 days to think of a plan after a "default" and a further 180 days to execute the plan

'Nal se jal' target: Ministry to work on ways to meet infrastructure cost

According to government data, only 18 per cent of the country receives piped drinking water with more than 400 million households still cut off

Govt expecting allocation of Rs 10,000 cr for MGNREGS with drought looming

The uneven progress of the monsoon so far is likely to increase the demand for work under MGNREGS