NEW DELHI: Investors on Monday morning were in for a jolt as the equity and money markets slumped resulting in double trouble. The benchmark equity
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Free trade pacts hamper India’s efforts to curb Chinese textile imports
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: China is exporting textiles to India through Bangladesh to get around a tax increase on imports, undermining New Delhi’s efforts to support local
Mapping unpaid women’s work is India’s next step in jobs puzzle
NEW DELHI: India is trying to improve its jobs statistics with time-use surveys to estimate the value of unpaid work, especially household chores by women.
Weak rupee may not boost trade performance
India’s currency weakened around 22% against the dollar between 2012 and 2017 and the compound annual growth rate in exports during the same period was
GST starts paying off but fears of missing budget estimates stay
NEW DELHI: One year after India adopted Goods and Services Tax (GST), the results have been mixed. Hailed as one of the biggest reforms by
Rise in tax payer base can benefit individuals, Indian economy
Photo: AFP In the last few years there is a continuous increase in the number of tax filers. We asked experts how it will benefit
Goyal expects fiscal deficit to be below budgeted level of 3.3% in FY19
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Piyush Goyal has said India will be able to restrict the fiscal deficit below the budgeted level of 3.3 per cent
Budget 2018: FM Arun Jaitley announces agricultural reforms to double farmers income by 2022
Union Budget 2018: In Union Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government had always been keen to enhance their commitment to the
Budget 2018-19: Arun Jaitley may hike income tax exemption limit from Rs 2.5L to Rs 3L
The middle class is likely to get some relief in the 2018-19 budget which is expected to reflect a please-all strategy as it is the
World Bank says Indian economy to grow by 7.3% in 2018-19, regain top spot
The World Bank is estimating India’s economy to grow by 6.7 per cent during the current fiscal year, higher than the 6.5 per cent estimate