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GST: E-way bill system to be implemented from Feb 1

States had also been given the option to exempt movement of goods within 10 km radius: Official

Traders want CTT abolished in processed agro commodities

The industry body has also urged the government to exempt CTT on delivery based non-agri commodity derivatives contracts

2018: The road ahead for Nitin Gadkari

A status check of the key announcements, status and challenges ahead

Long road for income tax department in 2018

Sources say the govt has directed the I-T department to increase collections by an additional Rs 20,000 crore to make good the GST shortfall

Statsguru: Health of rural financial institutions

The RBI data shows that primary agricultural credit societies were in bad shape

GST: CPI inflation of major commodities

The cess was also raised on luxury cars from the middle of September but the impact was not that much

GST: Knots yet to be untied

ClearTax Chief Executive Officer Archit Gupta said there should be changes in the format of GSTR1, a form for filing supply returns

GST refund woes bite exporters

Exporters said a staggering Rs 50,000 crore worth of tax refunds were yet to be released by the Centre and state governments

GST: E-way bill system to be implemented from Feb 1 to curb tax evasion

Earlier, tax evasion was rampant as some preferred not to pay tax by resorting to cash dealing

Realty sector hit by tsunamis like demonetisation, RERA, GST in 2017

Real estate developers and consultants expect housing sales to improve in 2018

UP govt to develop 10 small airports to boost religious, business tourism

The Centre had given in-principle approval to the proposed Jewar airport in Greater Noida, which would entail an investment of about Rs 20,000 cr

Government stops free conversion of PIO cards to OCI cards in New Year

The deadline will not be extended further as the bulk of people - around 30 lakh - have already converted their PIO cards into OCI cards, says

Wipro, Tech Mahinda among 15 firms shortlisted by Sebi to check IT threats

The service is related to identify and classify security holes in its entire information technology infrastructure and suggest measures to mitigate such risks

Global investors see corruption as a major challenge in India: US firm

According to Kroll's global fraud report released earlier this year, almost 20 per cent of investors/companies were dissuaded from doing business in India due to corruption

India to host mini-ministerial meet to find ways to strengthen WTO: Prabhu

About 40 WTO member countries are expected to participate in the meeting

New Aadhaar linking form for Atal Pension Yojna from Jan 1

After getting the Aadhaar information, the service providers will have to upload it into Central Recordkeeping Agency

Find ways to sell, swap loan assets with other lenders: FinMin to PSBs

Swapping and selling assets will help banks to focus on their core competencies and trim their burden

Coal India may miss output target

Analysts said at its best, Coal India would during December-March be able to mine 240 mt of coal, which would take the total production to around 570 mt, 5 per cent short of the target

Mismatch in advance tax estimates for Q3

Variance in numbers delays process of revenue collection for Dec quarter

Bullish on domestic revival, govt sees steel PSUs faring better in 2018

During the year the strategy of the government to lay emphasis on the secondary sector has worked well