India’s central bank said on Thursday open market operations in the bond market were a monetary policy tool for the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), and not a debt management instrument.
It is learnt from sources that finance ministry is likely to strengthen the service tax regime and plug loopholes in sectors like construction, oil and gas, telecom, works contract and industrial construction and will come out with clear guidelines r
Amid confusion surrounding the progressive implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards from April, 2011, industry body Assocham has suggested that companies should initially be asked to only prepare their consolidated accounts as pe
The government plans to widen the scope of wealth tax in Budget 2011-12 to include several assets that escape the tax net as they are acquired through cash transactions.Armed with a survey on ostentatious display of wealth, the government is collecti
The Reserve Bank today said efforts should be made to attract more Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the country, as they are more stable than portfolio investments. These remarks come a day after the central bank said that environment-sensitive pol
The government is considering the issue of granting voting rights to Non-Resident Indians and suggestions have been submitted to the Election Commission on the matter, Union minister for overseas Indian affairs Vayalar Ravi said on Sunday. Speaking
Financial regulators Sebi and RBI have enhanced vigil on Indian entities routing their funds from secretly-held Swiss bank accounts to India through Dubai and other locations, on fears of getting exposed for stashing the money in the European nation.
The Government has decided today to remove Shri Suresh Kalmadi from the position of the Chairman of the Organizing Committee, CWG, Delhi, 2010 and the position of Chairman, Executive Board of the organizing, CWG, 2010 and Shri Lalit Bhanot from the position of Secretary General of the Organizing Committee, CWG, 2010 and from the position of Secretary General, Executive Board of the Organizing Committee, CWG, Delhi 2010 with immediate effect.
So far there are no reliable estimates of black money both inside and outside the country. The interim recommendations of BJP Task Force 2009 have estimated the amount of black money to be between USD 500 billion to USD 1,400 billion. A current study
The Union Finance Minister Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the Presidential Awards to the officers of the Customs & Central Excise and Directorate of Enforcement, here today. The officers of the Customs & Central Excise Department are considered for
