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Tax shadow over deals with unhelpful jurisdictions

Madras HC on tax havens and non-cooperative jurisdictions

Curbing the power of regulation

The power regulator and the sector can learn from a 5-year legal battle and an order by the Appellate Tribunal for Electricity

Kerala loses claim on atomic minerals

SC should ensure speedy trials rather than listing defaulters

Naming defaulters will not serve any purpose, nor will it change anything; it might, however, end up hampering any attempts at reviving a struggling business

It's just monsoon euphoria, caution economists

Economists advise caution, say more granular data on monsoon needed before celebrating a bump-up in economic growth

Proposal to jail celebrity brand ambassadors for misleading ads ridiculous, say brand experts

A formal report on the proposal by a Parliamentary Committee to fine or even jail brand ambassadors in misleading ads is expected soon

Rural themes to get a monsoon boost

Consumer, auto, financing and agri-input segments will be biggest beneficiaries

All you need to know about UPI, the Unified Payment Interface

The UPI technology promises to change the way Indians carry out transactions, and aims to move to a largely cashless economy at the retail level

All you need to know about the Employee Provident Fund

EPF has traditionally been the only tool for Indians, especially the salaried class, to save for their retirement corpus.

Making a case for taxing farm incomes

If income from agriculture was taxed on a par with other incomes, it could have fetched an additional revenue of Rs 50,000 crore in 2007-08 alone

Guarding their turf

Business reacted with caution to the reforms of 1991, and demanded protection from multinationals and imports. Twenty-five years later, traces of that demand can still be found

Leave IPL alone; water-guzzling sugarcane is the real culprit

Of 650 billion cubic metres of water available for irrigation nationwide, 15%, or 100 BCM of water, is used by sugarcane , which is planted on no more than 2.5% of India's farmland

Seeking to boost investment with upstream reforms

Despite ONGC making a record investment after policy changes in upstream oil and gas sector, others are yet to follow suit

E-retailers search for a way out of policy riders

As online players cope with new rules on pricing and sales,some say it could be business as usual

5 key takeaways from RBI's Monetary Policy review

Over the last fortnight, the clamour for a 50bps rate cut grew stronger, with the RBI cutting rates on small savings instruments

A billion Indians under Aadhaar: Here's what should worry us

While Aadhaar promises to be a boon for delivery of government support, the concerns around privacy and data protection leave much to be desired

'Importers can avail of customs duty exemption and concessional CVD'

A relook at DGFT's prudence & relevance

Aadhaar status check: Nearing a billion & counting but connectivity remains a problem

Aadhaar now has legal backing but it still faces challenges of privacy and data sharing. With enrolment numbers creating history now, we take a look at strengths & weaknesses in the system

Ashok V Bhuleshkar: Focus on agriculture to push economic growth

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's decision of redirection of finances towards rural development in the Union Budget 2016-17 is a breath of fresh air