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Moody's announces stable outlook for India power sector over 18 months

Moody's also says that the government's debt restructuring of the financially weak distribution utilities under the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana will gradually improve state-owned discoms

Iraq overtakes Saudi Arabia as India's top oil supplier: Dharmendra Pradhan

Saudi Arabia supplied 21.9 MT of crude oil in the first seven months of 2017-18, says Dharmendra Pradhan

I-T dept unearths undisclosed income of Rs 7,961 cr post demonetisation

National Crime Record Bureau seized Rs 18.7 cr till Nov 30, 2017

GSTN brings in option for monthly, quarterly filing of forms

Taxpayers with annual aggregate turnover up to Rs 1.5 crore in the previous financial year or anticipated in the current financial year can avail the option of filing quarterly returns

13% dip in number of Indians visiting US due to note ban, slow visa process

The drop was a significant 18.3 per cent during the second quarter months of April, May, and June

Australian institute offers technological help to prevent stubble burning

The project will kick off with a workshop hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute in Chandigarh.

Cheaper train tickets? Railways may offer discounts like hotels, airlines

Piyush Goyal also said that in the coming year, plans are being made to maximise utilisation of assets

Trump admin may stop spouses of H1B visa holders from working in the US

In 2016, more than 41,000 of H-4 visa holders were issued work authorisation. This year till June more than 36,000 H-4 visa holders were issued work authorisation

India can grow 8% for 20 yrs by improving people's living status: UN expert

The UN, in its latest report, projected India's growth rate to be 7.2 per cent in 2018 and 7.4 per cent in 2019

Higher coverage, premiums to inflate crop insurance subsidy

Premium collection in 2016-17 was Rs 22,337 crore and claims were about Rs 13,500 crore

India to host WTO meeting in February

This comes against the backdrop of developed nations forming groups to prepare rules for e-commerce, promoting gender equality and reducing subsidy on fisheries

Empowered committee of state FMs should be dissolved: Sushil Modi

GST in its current form needs to stabilise (before real estate and electricity is covered by it), says Sushil Modi

Govt to issue notices to assessees failing to file GST returns

In July, the CBEC had asked its officers to go easy on taxpayers till the time the GST stabilised. It had asked them to avoid sending notices

Govt e-market seeks Nasscom help

Start-ups with smaller operations and selling a particular product have faced the brunt of operational issues

Statsguru: Exports rebound

The trade deficit for November is pegged at $13.82 billion

Govt should dilute stake in PSBs to 33% in next 3 yrs: CII

Currently, PSBs are majorly owned by the government with a minimum stake of 58 per cent which has now been relaxed to 52 per cent

Indian Railways may soon shorten recruitment process from 2 yrs to 6 months

Hit by a severe staff crunch, Railways is mulling shortening the process by introducing online tests and through other measures

LPG subsidy flow stops after credits to Airtel accounts

Beneficiaries say unaware that sops were paid to payments bank accounts

Indian Railways now has a Rs 12,000-cr plan to make your travel safer

Railways has cleared a Rs 12,000-crore proposal to equip electric locomotives with the latest European train protection system

GST: What is treatment for supplies made within the warranty period?

The supplier should be required to transport the goods covered under warranty under cover of a delivery challan