Economy - general
Black money: SIT seeks ban on keeping over Rs15 lakh in cash
21 Jan 2015
The panel further suggested on Tuesday that the government should change the existing laws so that officials can seize the properties and assets of tax evaders equivalent to the amount of black money they have found stashed abroad
Subsidies to be rationalised with more direct transfers: Jaitley
20 Jan 2015
In an interaction with captains of industry in Chennai organised by CII, finance minister Arun Jaitley said in the coming months all subsidies would be rationalised and targeted directly at the poor
Railways can elevate India to a $20-trillion economy, but lacks fiscal muscle: Suresh Prabhu
17 Jan 2015
Pitching for increased investment into Indian Railways, railway minister Suresh Prabhu suggested creating new financial instruments in the country, and the possible use of pension funds to bridge the investment deficit
Govt further hikes duty on petrol, diesel as OMCs cut prices
16 Jan 2015
But for the excise duty hike, the retail prices of petrol and diesel would have come down by Rs2 per litre
JBIC survey ranks India as No 1 investment destination
16 Jan 2015
Japanese companies are looking at investing about Rs75,000 crore in India, making it Japan's top foreign investment destination
Despite cheap oil, India’s April-December trade deficit shoots above $110 billion
16 Jan 2015
A fall in exports coupled with a rise in non-oil imports has led to the higher trade deficit in the first nine months of FY15
RBI soothes markets with a surprise 0.25% cut in repo rate
15 Jan 2015
The stock market greeted the announcement with a 600-point jump in the Bombay Stock Exchange sensitive index, Sensex, which inched closer to the 28,000-mark in opening trade
CBDT fast-tracks black money probe
14 Jan 2015
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