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FM may emphasise that the country is back on the fiscal consolidation path by reining in fiscal deficit at 5.2%
The government had amended 60 clauses in 2005-06
He used an old rule to cut the expenditure allotted to various ministries
The bank is expected to start functioning from Nov 2013
Sub-committee of FSDC headed by RBI Governor D Subbarao discussed continuing uncertainty in Euro zone, the US
Interview with PFRDA chairman
Believes there is no need for it as domestic markets are enough for govt to borrow funds
Officials said this was the first time a finance minister had started acting on his Budget speech so swiftly
The intention was mainly to get information about those HNIs who had not been paying wealth tax
Interview with Finance Secretary
GSTN is SPV for providing common IT infrastructure to the Centre, states in the Goods & Services Tax (GST) regime
The revenue dept was quick to clarify that intention was not to create new provision for creating any barrier or difficulty for investors
Interview with Advisor to the FM
Proposals to lead to gain of Rs 18k cr next year
Chief Economic Adviser speaks to the media after the Economic Survey 2013 was presented in Parliament
Says slippage on fiscal deficit will be restricted to 0.2 percentage point this year as expenditure measures could offset the shortfall in revenue collections
The 'broad consensus' at Bhubaneswar last month still leaves this landmark tax reform with several unresolved issues