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Pricing in ecology

Expecting only the rich to conform not a sustainable solution

No GST on sanitary pads, rakhis; rates slashed on shoes, several appliances

New tax rates will be effective from July 27

Mahindra, Azure Power, Hero propose to set up 100 Mw solar plants in Odisha

Odisha recently cleared a plan by NEEPCO to invest Rs 9.44 billion to set up a 200-Mw solar power plant

GST Council Meet: Sanitary napkins exempted from GST, says Maharashtra FM

Sanitary napkins are taxed 12 per cent tax under the one-year old GST regime, which attracted serious criticism from various quarters

State discoms give lukewarm response to Centre's digital transaction call

A bulk of the digital transactions in the power sector is to be made up by online electricity bill payments

GST Council meets today; rate cuts likely for handlooms, sanitary napkins

Sanitary napkins, handlooms and handicrafts are currently taxed at 12 per cent; e-books attract 18 per cent.

NHAI set to change road monetisation offer due to low traffic fears

The Cabinet in 2016 had authorised the NHAI to monetise 75 public-funded national highway projects using the TOT model

Modi govt defeats no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha amid a hug and drama

The Congress chief delivered a stinging speech that riled BJP members, and concluded it by walking across the well of the House to startle the PM with a hug

15th Finance Commission may need to work like it's the first: Subramanian

CEA suggests four separate 'pots' for tax sharing

BS Lecture: Subramanian, Montek differ on tax collection, redistribution

Montek Singh Ahluwalia said the terms of reference for 14th Finance Commission carefully excluded the need to look into the Centre's needs to finance

Forex reserves continue to fall; down $734.5 million to $405.07 billion

India's reserve position with the IMF also declined by $ 13 million to $ 2.476 billion

Transporters strike over e-way bill, high toll collection and diesel prices

High toll collection at plazas, inclusion of diesel within GST also areas of concern

Area under kharif crops shrinks due to inadequate rain in east India

The sowing of kharif crops will continue till the middle of August but with every passing day the window of sowing to get an optimum harvest is narrowing

India needs its own model of capitalism, says NITI Aayog's Rajiv Kumar

Reduction in tariff has benefitted 1.2 billion subscribers who on an average spend Rs 108 per month for telecom services

CAG questions need for GE's diesel locomotive manufacturing unit in Bihar

The diesel locomotives procured under this agreement would have no scope for productive utilisation in the Indian Railway network in future, CAG said in its report

Cryptocurrencies would encourage illegal transactions: RBI to SC

These 'currencies' operate independently of a central bank like the RBI, "rendering it immune from government interference"

Tax contribution, sharing no more a north-south issue: Arvind Subramanian

CEA says MP, Maharashtra and Gujarat are on par with southern states, claims GST is integrating the country economically

CAG trashes flexi-fares: Premium trains lost as people opted for airlines

When compared to the cost and time taken for travel by premium trains, air fare became a cheaper and preferable mode of travel, the auditor said

HPC on stressed power plants to meet stakeholders from procuring states

The committee has been tasked to look at reviving stressed power plants of APL, EPGL and CGPL

Run-up to Make in Odisha: Roadshows abroad may yield Rs 100 bn investments

Companies across sectors like petrochemicals, textiles and aluminium downstream from Saudi Arabia, Italy and Germany have dangled the promise of virgin investments worth that much