Electric cars may become cheaper by up to Rs 1 lakh with manufacturers expected to pass on to the consumers the benefits of the Rs 95-crore incentive package extended by the Government to the industry. This subsidy will be applicable till 2011-12, after which it will be merged with the National Electric Vehicle (EV) Policy that is currently being formulated.
The Maharashtra Sales Tax department is taking steps to apply more caution while disposing of VAT refund applications following discovery of a major refund scam involving officers of the department and traders in Palghar recently. Speaking at an even
Income-Tax and Customs Departments are facing a nearly 50 per cent staff shortage at the senior levels. This was stated here on Saturday by the Revenue Secretary, Mr Sunil Mitra, on the sidelines of Fostering trade led growth: strategies and prepare
Concerned that mutual fund schemes are becoming too complex for average investors, capital market regulator Sebi has asked several asset management companies to rework some proposed new schemes and file offer documents afresh. More than a dozen new f
In a move that will bring a major relief to real estate firms such as DLF and Unitech, the corporate affairs ministry has decided to dilute a key provision in the new accounting standards IFRS which will allow real estate companies to show the percen
Speaking at the graduation ceremony of Executive Programme in Insurance and Risk Management (EPIRM), Mr Hari Narayan said, “if there is an enhancement of FDI, there perhaps will be greater activity in the IPO space. Some companies will start completi
As the uncertainty following the Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on telecom companies continues, bankers who have taken exposure to these companies are getting the jitters. The plan of action ranges from drawdown of loans to seeking ad
To recover dues, bankers are trying to put the fear of God into obstinate defaulters to pay up. And how? By making it plain that they could get reported to the Credit Information Bureau, bankers have been able to achieve a modicum of success in recov
Urban cooperative banks (UCBs) have been allowed to lend more freely now, especially with regard to home loans and advances to the realty sector. The new rules were part of a slew of notifications by Reserve Bank of India easing the norms last week.
The Point of Taxation rules, which will allow tax authorities to link the payment of service tax to provision of service, raising of invoice or payment for service — whichever is the earliest — may not be introduced in this financial year. The financ
