Finance - general

Demonitisation roll back: farmers allowed to use old Rs500 notes

21 Nov 2016

In a partial roll-back of the decision to demonetise high denomination currency notes, the government has allowed farmers to use discarded currency notes of Rs500 in the middle of the Rabi sowing season

Cash crunch delays rabi planting

19 Nov 2016

India’s GDP seen falling to 5.8% hit by cash crunch

19 Nov 2016

The severe cash crunch following the sudden demonetisation of high-value currency has disrupted economic activity across the country

India’s GDP seen falling to 5.8% hit by cash crunch

19 Nov 2016

The severe cash crunch following the sudden demonetisation of high-value currency has disrupted economic activity across the country

Diamond trader surrenders Rs6,000-cr of hoarded cash: report

15 Nov 2016

Demonetisation a body blow to terror funding, corruption: CII

14 Nov 2016

Hindalco Q2 net more than trebles to Rs440 crore

14 Nov 2016

States have right to levy entry tax on goods: Supreme Court

11 Nov 2016

Old Rs1,000 and Rs500 notes accepted for tax payment till midnight of 11 November

10 Nov 2016

Counterfeiters get 50 days more to launder money!

09 Nov 2016

Axis Bank, Flipkart tie up to launch ‘Buzz Credit Card’

08 Nov 2016

CSO to release GDP data a month in advance to enable early budget presentation

07 Nov 2016

GST Council finalises a 5-12-18-28% rate structure

03 Nov 2016

Finance minister Arun Jaitly is likely to hit the opposition bump when the bill goes to Parliament for approval, since the Congress Party has been insisting on an 18 per cent cap on GST rate

Several key issues on table as GST Council meets

03 Nov 2016

EPFO to pay 8.8% interest on 'inoperative' PF accounts: report

31 Oct 2016

GST should not undermine states’ financial autonomy: Deve Gowda

31 Oct 2016

RBI directs banks to detect and impound fake currency

28 Oct 2016

RBI permits start-ups to borrow up to $3 million overseas in a fiscal year

28 Oct 2016

RBI advises caution against fake Rs500 and Rs1,000 bank notes

27 Oct 2016

With a surge in the influx of counterfeit currency, of larger denominations of Rs500 and Rs1,000, the Reserve Bank has asked the public to make sure that the bank notes they accept are genuine

GST may leave housing prices unchanged with 18% tax on realty: ICRA

27 Oct 2016

Pay GST online using debit or credit cards: revenue secretary

24 Oct 2016

Clampdown on 'black money' killed India’s appetite for gold: report

19 Oct 2016

GST Council discusses 4-tier tax structure

19 Oct 2016

The GST Council on Tuesday proposed a graded GST rate structure of 6, 12, 18 and 26 per cent, with lower rates on essential items and the highest slab on luxury goods and or non-essential category items

Govt’s indirect tax collections up 26% in H1 at Rs4,08,000 cr

12 Oct 2016

Govt to shift RBI's debt management role to a new agency in two years

05 Oct 2016