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President gives assent to Fugitive Economic Offenders Ordinance
23 Apr 2018
President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday gave his assent to two important ordinances that prescribes deterents against fugitive economic offenders and those involving crimes against children. With the President’s assent these two ordinances have now come into effect
RBI holds rates amidst easing of inflation
05 Apr 2018
RBI said the decision of the MPC is consistent with the neutral stance of monetary policy and in consonance with the objective of achieving the medium-term target for consumer price inflation of 4 per cent, while supporting growth
Net FY18 direct tax collections up 17.1% at Rs9,95,000 cr; GST collections at Rs7,17,638 cr
03 Apr 2018
Share sales to attract long term capital gains tax from 1 April
31 Mar 2018
The tax on long-term gains on share transactions, reintroduced after a gap of 14 years, imposes a 10-per cent tax on gains exceeding Rs1 lakh from sale of shares
GST collections down marginally to Rs86,318 cr in January, hopes of better compliance fade
28 Feb 2018
EPFO lowers interest rate to 8.55% for 2017-18
22 Feb 2018
RBI cautions public about fraudulent namesake websites
13 Feb 2018
The Reserve Bank of India has cautioned the public against fake websites created by some unknown person(s), ostensibly to track and verify bank accounts of gullible internet users
RBI keeps policy rates unchanged amidst a spike in inflation
07 Feb 2018
The Monetary Policy Committee of the central bank today decided to keep the repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent and the reserve repo rate at 5.75 per cent, while holding the Bank Rate at 6.25 per cent, citing inflationary pressures
Bitcoin trade faces sudden death in India as top banks suspend accounts
05 Feb 2018
Some of India’s lenders, including State Bank of India, Axis Bank, HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and Yes Bank, have suspended accounts of some major Bitcoin exchanges, amid signs that the regulators may completely ban the virtual currency in the country
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