New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) Introduction of a comprehensive unemployment insurance scheme, creation of a ‘National Fund’ for unorganised workers to provide social security and strict enforcement of Minimum Wages Act were among the key…
New Delhi, June 15 (IANS) The Union Budget is unlikely to propose any reduction in levies for telcos or allow them more time to clear their spectrum dues to the government, sources privy to the…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) Leading economists and experts on Friday suggested the Finance Ministry take measures for incentivising digital transactions, focusing on job-oriented growth, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC)-type framework for NBFC sector, infusing…
New Delhi, June 14 (IANS) The social sector has sought several proactive steps from the Finance Minister including promoting social entrepreneurship amongst the young population, fiscal incentives for recycling of waste water and rainwater harvesting…
By Rohit Vaid New Delhi/Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) A stimulus package along with reduction in GST tax rate and a scrappage policy are required to rev up India’s automobile sector which faces recessionary downtrend. The…
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s pre-Budget consultations with financial and capital market stakeholders on Thursday discussed creation of a dedicated liquidity window for non-banking finance companies (NBFCs)sector, review of interest rates…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) Bankers, including RBI officials and financial institutions, will meet the Finance Minister on their turn to hold pre-Budget meeting with the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on June 13 where the…
New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) As the new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents the Union Budget for the fiscal 2019-20 on July 5, the real estate players want the Budget document to feature steps to…
By Subhash Narayan New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The oil sector can hope to get some relief from Budget 2019-20 with the government considering a proposal to halve the cess on domestic crude oil to…
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said the concerns of the agriculture sector are high among the priorities of the present government as she focused at a pre-budget meeting here…
Bhubaneswar, June 10 (IANS) The budget session of the Odisha Assembly will commence from June 25, said a notification on Monday. The first session of 16th Odisha Legislative Assembly will be held in two phases…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Grappling with weak demand, real estate companies welcomed another rate cut of 0.25 per cent by RBI, but linked revival of the sector with banks passing on the benefits to…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) Market experts were bullish on the RBI decision to cut the repo rate to 5.75% by 25 bps and change in its stance to being accommodative at a time of…
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The Finance Ministry is positive on the RBI monetary policy panel’s decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points (effecting a third consecutive reduction in 2019 and the…
By Anjana Das New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Food subsidy may be increased 20 per cent in the budget, likely in July, after it was stepped up to Rs 1.84 lakh crore for the current…
By Nirbhay Kumar New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) Hit by the triple whammy of delay in GST refunds, unfavourable forex and end of trade privilege to Indian firms, the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME)…