Tax waiting: Rs 43,000cr locked up in disputes
Mumbai: There was a 609.1 per cent jump in 2001-02 in the quantum of disputed excise duty and income-tax claims on the corporate sector.
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NPA ordinance to be re-promulgated
New Delhi: The Cabinet has approved the re-promulgation of the securitisation and reconstruction of financial assets & enforcement of security interest ordinance of 2002.
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Lyngdoh pricks Modis poll balloon
New Delhi: The Election Commission has rejected the Gujarat governments recommendation to hold early assembly polls and said an announcement about the poll schedule would be made in November or December.
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National multi-comex likely by Sept
New Delhi: The government on Friday said the clearance given on Thursday for setting up of a National Commodities Exchange was actually for the National Multi-commodities Exchange, process for which is already underway and the approval expected in a month.
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Delhi HC stays six more pumpgate cases
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Friday passed stay orders in six more cases filed against the order issued by the petroleum ministry on August 9, 2002, directing the oil companies to cancel all allotments made after January 2000.
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Sugar sector sees big opportunity in nod for ethanol-mixed petrol
Mumbai: Indias sugar industry, the largest after Brazil, sees a big opportunity to revitalise itself after a government directive to oil firms to sell ethanol-doped petrol in several states from January.
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Textile sector hamstrung by low quality: Study
New Delhi: The Government's preferential treatment towards small-scale units, low labour costs, low quality inputs have confined the Indian textile industry to the small-scale sector, says an officially-sponsored study.
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