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Sitharaman's first Budget gives breather for delay in payments towards GST

The current mechanism of filing returns is being replaced by simplified forms that would come into operation in phases

Here's why govt's plan to float sovereign issue has divided the bond market

The issue of raising bonds overseas has come up several times in discussions

Centre floats draft model tenancy law: Will states bite the bullet?

The Centre may not come out with a central Act for rent control with land being a state subject

Relief for Kanpur leather industry: UP govt allows conditional re-opening

Tanneries looking to re-open will have to satisfy environmental norms of NGT and UP Pollution Control Board

Misconception to think I-T Dept snoops on social media posts: CBDT chief

The tax department has named this new system as 'Project Insight', as it provides a 360-degree profiling and insight into an entities' complete transactions trail

Water, sanitation sector may attract Rs 6.3 trn investment in 5 yrs: Report

Government's new 'Nal se Jal' scheme, which aims to provide piped water connection to every household by 2024, will likely lead to a massive jump in the investment in water and sanitation

Cannot recommend penalty changes in interconnect case: Trai official

Telecom regulator's penalty on Airtel and Vodafone works out to be about Rs 1,050 crore each.

Global funding trend in EdTech sector estimated to fall in 2019, shows data

In 2018, funding worth Rs 3,815 crore came in the late stage, Rs 485 crore in the early stage

India added record 1,836 Mw of rooftop solar power in last fiscal: Report

At the end of FY19, the overall installed rooftop solar capacity stood at 4,375 Mw, soaring 72 per cent over FY18

Tepid credit offtake, dipping tractor sales hint at farm sector slowdown

Delayed monsoon arrival in parts of the country compounds farmers' woes; overall kharif sowing down by 12%

States spending more on maintenance of old roads to get priority funds

This will ensure better maintenance of roads built under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

MDR waiver to boost UPI payments, may hit earnings of banks, PoS providers

But the move will hit the earnings of banks and PoS providers

India has potential to become price setter in commodity mkt: Minister

The minister further said that the vibrancy of the commodity market has to be ensured to support job creation and that includes a robust infrastructure

India's overseas debt plan fraught with risk and no real benefit: Rajan

A global bond sale won't reduce the amount of domestic government bonds the local market has to absorb, says Raghuram Rajan

India records fastest reduction in multi-dimensional poverty in 2006-16

Jharkhand reduced the incidence of multidimensional poverty from 74.9 per cent in 2005-06 to 46.5 per cent in 2015-16

From THDC India to Neepco, govt plans to list 10 PSUs this fiscal year

Without off-Budget borrowing, fiscal deficit would have been 3.55 per cent: Finance secretary

India, US trade talks end in Delhi without major progress: Report

Questions on agricultural commodities, e-commerce, and steel and aluminum, have been put off until Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal goes to Washington for talks.

Monsoon revival helps reservoir levels across India by over 30% in a week

Rains could wane over crucial Central, West India in next two weeks.

Govt aims to raise $47 billion from stake sales in PSUs in next five years

The plan will open up a steady stream of state companies to greater private investment

Retail inflation rises 3.18% in June due to costlier food products

Annual retail inflation in June was 3.18%, up from 3.05% in the previous month.