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Delays could cost firms future highway contracts

The debarment would be temporary and subject to certain conditions

India Inc seeks lower corporate tax in pre-Budget meet with FM

Jaitley is likely to present Union Budget 2018-19 on February 1

Centre doubles allowances for gallantry awards

The enhanced allowance which is for the recipients of post-independence and pre-independence gallantry awards will be paid with retrospective effect from August 1

Your deposits are safe if the bank fails, assures FM Arun Jaitley

The government tabled the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017 in August in the Lok Sabha, which was referred to a Joint Committee of Parliament

RBI should tell people about benefits of demonetisation: Venkaiah Naidu

He said the aim of demonetisation was to check corruption and get the entire money in circulation into the banking system

Thermal coal slides 9%, traffic yet to recover at major ports

Against stipulated 75% coal mandated in the Annual Contracted Quantity, the CPPs are getting 15-50% coal

India Inc expresses disappointment over RBI's policy status quo

India Inc, CII Director General said, continues to remain over-leveraged while consumer demand is still subdued

GST Law Panel submits recommendations to Adhia, suggests changes

Suggestions include that reverse charge mechanism should be abolished

Addressing safety issues a priority for Railways? No, official data reveals

Railway Board Chairman Ashwani Lohani urged officers to maintain the "safety culture" of the railways

Ensure faster GST refund clearance: Engineering Export Promotion Council

Overall, the Foreign Trade Policy review sends a signal about the government's commitment to promote exports

FTP: Govt unveils Rs 8,450-cr package to revive exports after GST

The export package was approved by GST Council resolving the problem of blockage of working capital

Yogi govt targets Rs 50,000 crore private investment in solar energy

Under the new policy, the state is drafting an action plan to develop an exclusive Green Energy Corridor in the arid Bundelkhand region at an investment of about Rs 4,000 crore

CIC to only hear cases filed in 2017 from Feb 2018, says R K Mathur

It had pendency of about 35,000 cases as on April 1, 2016 and 26,000 cases as on March 31, 2017

RBI keeps repo rate on hold at 6%, inflation forecast increased

The RBI also kept the reverse repo rate unchanged at 5.75%

Over 42,000 families to be covered under PMAY scheme in Haryana

Central govt approved action plan to cover families in 28 cities

RBI cautions against bitcoins, says use of virtual currencies unauthorised

The RBI said it hasn't authorised to any entity to operate schemes related to Bitcoin or any VC

Job openings for fresh graduates: Flipkart, Paytm, Snapdeal on hiring spree

Snapdeal topped the chart in terms of percentage of total job postings at 53%, followed by PayTM at 23%, Flipkart at 4%

GST impact: White goods sector sees decline in sales, wants lower tax rate

Air conditioners, refrigerators, washing machines, sewing machines, electric fans and other domestic goods all fall under the white goods category

Indian oil refiners to use dirty fuel 'pet coke' for power generation

The oil ministry has also asked state refiners to consider setting up petcoke gasifiers, a government source said

Paying your taxes honestly? How GST data may be used to track tax evaders

When GST was introduced it was hailed as a game-changing tax reform