Finance - general

Overdose of foreign capital triggering rupee fall: Viral V Acharya

29 Oct 2018

To protect the economy from short-termism, the central bank is designed to be at a safe distance from the executive branch of the government, the RBI deputy governor said

Police seize Bengaluru’s Bitcoin ATM, arrest co-founder

24 Oct 2018

Number of crorepati taxpayers in India up 60% in 4 years: CBDT

23 Oct 2018

The number of income tax returns filed also increased by more than 80 per cent over the last four financial years from 37.9 million in FY 2013-14 (base year) to 68.5 million in FY 2017-18

Kerala scraps agricultural income tax on plantation crops

12 Oct 2018

SBI to nearly double its NBFC exposure to Rs45,000 cr

10 Oct 2018

SBI, which had initially planned NBFC portfolio purchases for Rs15,000 crore during the current year, now plans to buy an additional portfolio in the range of Rs20,000-30,000 crore

Direct tax collections up 16.7% at Rs5,47,000 cr in H1 FY19

05 Oct 2018

RBI to buy Rs36,000-cr bonds in OMO to boost liquidity

01 Oct 2018

GST Council may hike luxury cess on cars to aid disaster-hit states

28 Sep 2018

Govt hikes interest rates on PPF, NSC and other small savings by 30-40 bps

20 Sep 2018

India weighs hike in import duty on steel and gold to support rupee

19 Sep 2018

Panel moots invoice validation to do away with GST returns

19 Sep 2018

Govt exempts interest on specified overseas rupee bonds from income tax

18 Sep 2018

Filing of income tax returns up 71% till 31 August

05 Sep 2018

GST revenue collection for August close to 94,000 crore

03 Sep 2018

Demonetisation effect: Banks detected nearly 64% of the 522,783 fake currency in FY18

30 Aug 2018

RBI to transfer Rs50,000 cr surplus to govt

09 Aug 2018

S Gurumurthy, Satish Marathe appointed part-time directors on RBI board

08 Aug 2018

Government withdraws FRDI Bill in Lok Sabha

08 Aug 2018

Govt plans action against 2,25,910 companies that failed to file tax rturns

04 Aug 2018

Air India served default notices by banks, aircraft lessors

30 Jul 2018

At least three lenders and two aircraft leasing firms, including US-based Wells Fargo Trust Services and UAE’s Dubai Aerospace Enterprise, are reported to have issued notices to the airline after the debt-laden national carrier missed out on payment of dues in time

Reliance Industries to borrow $2.7 bn abroad to repay its high-cost debt

30 Jul 2018

RBI says cash-on-delivery is not `authorised’ payment model

26 Jul 2018

ADB to extend $631-mn financing facility for Vizag-Chennai industrial corridor

24 Jul 2018

Govt expects GST rate cuts, simplified returns to improve compliance

24 Jul 2018

GST Council rationalises rates on select services

23 Jul 2018