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Note ban a failure, objective not fulfilled, says former FM Yashwant Sinha

Sinha rubbished PM Modi's claim that note ban was successful, saying that the exercise had actually failed

Winter session of Parliament: Govt to table Bill to allow NRIs to vote

The court had on July 14 asked the Centre to decide whether it would amend the electoral law or rules to allow NRIs to vote

PM's economic panel suggests incentives to states for achieving results

The Council is also evolving the design of a new 'Economy Tracking Monitor', linking economic growth indicators with social metrics for last-mile connectivity.

PM's economic panel unveils roadmap for stepping up job creation

The panel took stock of the economic and social analysis and identified key issues and strategies

Investment proposals dip 14% in Jan-Sep on slack demand, economy slowdown

Number of proposals decline to 1,528 till September

After trimming 28% bracket, here are 5 things GST Council might do today

In the first half of the meeting in Guwahati, the Council decided to trim the 28% bracket to just 50 items, against 227 currently

Siddaramaiah invites Chinese investors, assures faster approval of projects

India-China bilateral trade also had reached USD 70.4 billion in 2015, he added

Hopeful of 8% traffic handling growth in FY18: Kolkata Port Trust head

The Kolkata Dock Complex and the Haldia Dock System together handled about 32 million tonne traffic until Oct 31

Indian labour market shifting towards gig economy, says Indeed report

In addition, 2.8 per cent of all job postings on the site from India are for part-time or contractual roles

Govt expects mineral auction worth Rs 50,000 cr in last 4 months of FY18

Govt has auctioned Rs 1.80 lakh crore worth of minerals for 33 mines during the last two years

Businesses can now make changes to GST transition claim forms: GSTN

F acility to revise TRAN-1 declaration has been enabled for taxpayers who had already filed it

177 items to become cheaper as GST Council decides to trim 28% slab

Only 50 items, mostly demerit, sin and luxury goods, to remain in the highest tax bracket of 28%

EPFO may cut interest rate from 8.65% to 8.5% for FY18 on Nov 23

Last year, the board of trustees had cut the interest rate on PF holdings to 8.65% from 8.8% the year before

Yogi orders crackdown on onion, tomato hoarders as prices rise in UP

The average wholesale price of tomato in November was Rs 2,500-3,000 a quintal

GST story: Snags and impact of 'one nation, one tax' on lifeline sectors

Handlooms, the lifeline of over 2.7 million households, is also being taxed for the first time in independent India

GST Council meet begins: Tax cuts, SME relief, 'benami' crackdown on agenda

Chaired by Arun Jaitley, Council is likely to raise sales ceiling for small businesses from Rs 1 crore to Rs 1.5 crore

GST meet today: Congress FMs will force changes in rates, says Chidambaram

He tweeted: 'Congress FMs letter exposes structural flaws in design and implementation of GST, govt can no longer duck these issues'

GST Council may cut rates today: Restaurants, traders keep fingers crossed

Council expected to cut rates on A/C restaurants from 18% to 12%, deal with the issue of benami properties.

Not just Hinglish: Businesses eyeing India market must ace these languages

Amazon's Alexa speaker can handle requests like, 'Add jeera, atta, haldi to my shopping list', reports Tech in Asia

Hedging facility to be simpler from Jan 1, says RBI

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