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FinMin cracks the whip on service tax defaulters

Eight, including directors, charged after amnesty scheme expired on December 31; drive to continue

Finance ministry relaxes rule to ensure more SC/STs called

The ministry relaxed the eligibility criteria to accommodate five more candidates, of which two belonged to the SC/ST category

Fiat ruling won't apply to all cases of sale at loss

CBEC clarifies excise to be levied at higher price only when the aim is market penetration

FM's solution to fiscal deficit: Earn now, spend next year

Finmin wants higher advance tax from India Inc, interim dividend from PSUs

Regulators to amend financial sector rules to aid uniformity

But proposal to have a unified regulator will not see the light of day until new govt is formed

Corruption, black money catch govt eye before polls

PM clears long-pending proposal to set up units in tax havens

RBI fast-tracks bank licensing process

Korea eyes better banking footprint in India

Common return for service tax, excise duty on back burner

Common return for excise duty and service tax was envisaged when 119 services were taxed

Safe harbour fails to draw firms

Government might cut margin threshold after lukewarm response from industry

Years of wait before DTC, GST are rolled out

Implementation of tax reforms unlikely before 2016

Govt moots SOS option in mobile, and GPS, CCTV in buses to enhance women's safety

Move comes on the irst death anniversary of Delhi gang-rape victim

End of tax treaty shopping for India?

Options for tax evaders are getting limited with base erosion becoming a global issue

In damage-control mode, UPA may offer pre-poll sops

Likely to woo voters within limited fiscal room

'Aam Aadmi Party's performance is significant, it is not about historic politics'

Interview with Director of the Asia Research Centre and India Observatory in the London School of Economics

Clarity needed on peace clause: Experts

India has to make a submission of its subsidy to the WTO secretariat every year, as part of the permanent solution

Economic Survey unlikely in February

Survey likely to be tabled in July by the new government

Sumit Bose likely to head PFRDA

Bose, a 1976 batch Indian Administrative Service Officer from the Madhya Pradesh cadre, is retiring in March 2014

Notices for Rs 225-cr duty evasion on Thai jewellery

This comes after the DRI raided several jewellers for misusing India-Thailand bilateral trade pact.

Govt zeroes in on six firms for divestment

Strategy being reworked to launch ETFs, revive Suuti; proceeds may be Rs 24k cr