Economy - general
Provident fund number portability on the anvil
07 May 2012
Will deferring GAAR bring back FIIs?
07 May 2012
GAAR deferred; excise duty on gold jewellery withdrawn
07 May 2012
The finance minister also rolled back the proposal for a 1 per cent TDS on transfers of property worth Rs50 lakh and above in urban areas and Rs20 lakh and above in rural areas
Yeddyurappa case: SC pulls up Karnataka CID for shoddy probe
05 May 2012
The Supreme Court has reserved till next week its order on the plea for a CBI inquiry into activities of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa
Pranab blames rupee fall on commodity volatility
04 May 2012
India plans to review tax treaty with Mauritius
04 May 2012
NSSO survey paints dismal picture of India’s poverty
04 May 2012
About 60 per cent of the rural population in India live on less than Rs35 a day with around as many in cities living on Rs66 a day
New US ambassador Powell slams ‘retro tax’ move
28 Apr 2012
Met predicts normal monsoon for third year running
27 Apr 2012
The IMD’s India-wide projections may be reasonably accurate but are of little help to farmers who need local weather information. By Jagdeep Worah
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