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Extending the board's reach

The governance of group companies will increasingly be an area of focus for the Sebi

India may see 7.3% contraction if coronavirus strikes again: OECD

If it doesn't, the grouping of advanced countries in its twice-yearly publication-OECD Economic Outlook-- said that it expected India's economy to contract 3.7 per cent during the year.

India, European nations may soon tax digital firms as US upends global plan

United States pulled out of global talks to put in place a multilateral instrument to bring these companies in the tax net.

How long did India's per capita GDP take to recover after 1918 pandemic?

The OECD recently said the world hasn't seen such an economic crisis in a century

FinMin may defer google tax on e-commerce firms based abroad to September

Move after evaluating the challenges faced by digital firms amid pandemic

Donald Trump nominates Indian-American Manisha Singh as OECD ambassador

Singh was the Senior Fellow for International Economic Affairs at the American Foreign Policy Council and was a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations

The lingering effect of Covid on services trade

The International Monetary Fund and the World Trade Organization have predicted massive losses in economic growth and international trade

Treat coronavirus-related tax concerns as exceptional, says OECD

The work scenario has changed across the world due to Covid with most employees working from homes while others may have got stuck in foreign countries because of the lockdown

Virus in the works

For some reason China seems to be the point of origin of a lot of diseases that affect us globally

Top 10 business headlines: Govt likely to miss disinvestment target

From coronavirus disruption on various sectors of Indian economy to adjusted gross revenue (AGR) woes of telcos, Business Standard brings you the top headlines of the day

OECD slashes India's FY21 growth forecast to 5.1% on coronavirus woes

According to the latest OECD Interim Economic Outlook Forecasts, India's real GDP growth is expected at 5.1 per cent during the fiscal year starting April 1, 2020

Coronavirus may shrink world economy, cause repeat of 2008 crisis: Report

The OECD said China's reduced production is hitting Asia particularly hard but also companies around the world that depend on its goods

Taxing digital economy

Analysts are increasing their understanding of it

137 countries on board for OECD digital tax plan: Gurria at WEF Davos

Some countries including France have postponed their own laws to give a multilateral solution a chance

'Very difficult' talks with US over tech tax, says France as deadline looms

The negotiating deadline coincided with a scheduled meeting on the topic at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos from Tuesday to Friday this week.

US urges countries to suspend digital taxes, says wait for OECD agreement

US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer on Monday released a report slamming France's tax as discriminatory and designed to target American tech giants like Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon

OECD trims global 2020 growth forecast by 0.1% to 2.9% over trade tensions

In 2021, the OECD, which groups the world's wealthiest nations, sees global economic growth edging back up to 3.0 per cent

Tax havens and sovereignty

There is a built-in inconsistency in addressing both

Experts seek clarity from OECD in plan to tax multinational digital giants

Different countries have tried different ways to tax digital firms

OECD proposes plan to tax Google, Netflix among other tech giants

Floats consultation paper, seeks comments by Nov 12