The Finance Ministry on Monday said loans worth Rs 81,781 crore were disbursed during the nine-day outreach programme or loan mela organised by banks that began on October 1. read more

The letter has been signed by retired civil servants like former cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar, former foreign secretary and national security advisor Shivshankar Menon, former foreign secretary Sujatha Singh and former DGP of Punjab Julio Rib... read more

The gross GST collections comprised of Rs 16,630 crore collection through Central-GST (CGST), Rs 22,598 crore in State-GST and Rs 45,069 crore through Integrated-GST (IGST). As much as Rs 7,620 crore was collected as cess levied on luxury goods. read more

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For those who have not linked the two yet, there is a breather of the next three months. The process is relatively simple and can be completed through the Income Tax department’s e-filing website or via SMS. read more

Today’s decision is the finance ministry’s fourth round cleansing the system to boot out officials either accused of corruption or facing other serious charges. read more

The government last month received Rs 1.76 lakh crore from RBI in the form of a transfer of dividend and surplus, which is almost double the budgeted amount of Rs 90,000 crore. Talking to reporters on Sunday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said... read more

Effectively, a higher rate of interest (8.65%) can now be credited into the accounts of EPFO subscribers. Until now, EPFO was crediting and settling EPF withdrawal claims of subscribers at the interest rate of 8.55%, which was approved for 2017-18. read more

Some exporters were exporting goods out of India on payment of IGST, done almost entirely out of the Input Tax Credit availed on the basis of “ineligible\/fake” supplies and claiming it as refund on export. read more

There could be structural reasons for India remaining out of the top 50 nations in the ease of doing business, but the biggest challenge is regulatory. read more

There could be structural reasons for India remaining out of the top 50 nations in the ease of doing business, but the biggest challenge is regulatory. read more

While Mitra signed the agreement on behalf of ADB, Sameer Kumar Khare, additional secretary, the department of economic affairs (DEA) signed for the union government. read more

The FATF last year placed Pakistan on the grey list of countries whose domestic laws are considered weak to tackle the challenges of money laundering and terrorism financing. read more

Finance ministry on Saturday said the task force will draw up plan for the ‘national infrastructure pipeline’ from 2019-20 to 2024-25. The task force will submit the report on the plan for 2019-20 by October 31 read more

Nitin Gadkari, who was addressing the annual meet of the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), said the government is considering a cut in the goods and services tax (GST) rate for hybrid vehicles. read more