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Have PM's monthly Pragati meetings ramped project execution skills in govt?

The Pragati meetings have twice considered analysis of various projects, but in the absence of data, it is hard to surmise if the mandarins have learnt the right lessons in project management

Five years of NDA's urbanisation drive: Slow progress muffles good intent

While most schemes fallen woefully short of targets, they have nevertheless helped bring convergence and coordination at various levels of governance

GST Council meet: Realtors get two options to tax under construction house

No input tax credit to lapse, but developers need to do the math

Economy report card: Animal spirits waiver as election uncertainty looms

Overall activity slightly better than January, but risks lurk

From farms to slums: How women are on the sharp end of India's job crisis

While Modi remains the favourite in general elections that kick off next month, insufficient employment - despite India's roughly 7 per cent economic growth rate - is a major voter worry

RBI governor calls for more consistency among finance commissions

He also called for a 'permanent status to finance commissions' where the old commission continues to implement schemes till the next commission starts functioning

Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi among world's cheapest cities to live in: Report

Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong are the costliest ones

State-owned oil companies move poll panel to allot 31,800 new fuel outlets

Ahead of announcement of poll schedule on March 11, the companies had already initiated the process by issuing LoIs to successful bidders for 2,579 locations on February 21

Arun Jaitley spars with economists who doubted official data's credibility

Jaitley says 70% of these 'so-called' economists are compulsive contrarians

CERC asks Gridco to refund Rs 360 cr to NTPC; Gridco says order unilateral

NTPC feels Gridco has wrongfully adjusted Rs 360 crore from its running bills post the ATE judgement

Trade deficit touches $165 billion, highest since FY13

A report by CARE Ratings shows that the gap between exports and imports is the highest since 2012-13 when it peaked to $190 billion

Economists raise concerns over economic slowdown with RBI Governor

Shaktikanta Das met more than a dozen economists to get their views on the economy ahead of the Monetary Policy Committee meeting on April 4.

GST Council approves transition plan for new tax rates for real estate

Reasonable time for transition will be given to developers in consultation with states, he told reporters here.

Govt asks banks to save Jet Airways from bankruptcy ahead of polls: Report

India is gearing up for Lok Sabha Elections starting April 11

BS Podcast: Is a slowdown coming?

How's the Indian growth story looking? What really is happening? Lets examine some key parameters in this podcast.

MRF can avail input tax credit only for invoice value: Tamil Nadu authority

MRF approached the ARA to check if it legally could avail of the input tax credit on the entire GST charged on the supply of invoice

Housing GST rule must be changed, says West Bengal FM Amit Mitra

The GST Council meeting slated for Tuesday will take up the issue of finalising the rules and procedures to implement the decisions of the last Council on real estate

131 CAs reject allegations of political interference in data estimation

The list of 131 CAs termed the concerns raised by the 108 economists as "baseless allegations with political motivations"

Govt faces direct tax mop-up shortfall, collects Rs 4 trn as advance tax

RS 4 trillion collected in advance tax; SBI, ONGC, PNB top the list

Centre extends soft loan window by 4 weeks for beleaguered sugar mills

Banks to consider soft loan application of sugar mills that would have cleared by March 26 at least 25% of sugarcane payables as on February 28