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Topic: Taxes

Modi govt is considering easier loans, tax rules to help economy fight coronavirus

The Finance Ministry is considering extending loan tenors and relaxing bad-debt norms for small firms.

We’ve cut rates but you can’t miss goals – finance ministry tells tax officials

Finance ministry exhorted tax officials to meet direct tax mop-up target of Rs 13.4 lakh crore through a video conference on 16 Dec to help boost public finances.

India shouldn’t terrorise us with taxes & customs, Rafale engine maker tells Rajnath Singh

CEO of Safran Aircraft Engines, the manufacturer of Rafale jet engines, also revealed plans for $150 million investment in India towards training and maintenance.

Punjab ministers, leader of opposition not to pay income tax on perks, state to pitch in

Punjab assembly passes 3 bills that exempt ministers from paying IT on perks & house allowance, finance minister says govt 'correcting anomaly'.

2 weeks after budget, stock markets in free-fall, Rs 2.8 lakh crore market cap wiped out

Nirmala Sitharaman’s refusal to offer any respite to foreign portfolio investors from the super-rich tax has made the markets slump to a 2-month low.

People make it so hard to ditch plastic straws

Eliminating plastic straws offers a case study in how simple solutions can be devilishly tricky to implement, thanks to behavioural quirks. Economics, though, offers a straightforward answer.

Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget wipes $30 billion off Indian stocks as doubts on tax linger

A higher surcharge on the super rich has spooked non-resident and overseas funds as it also applies to trusts used by foreign funds to invest.

What is revenue deficit, fiscal expansion? Here’s a budget dictionary to crack the jargon

The Budget is upon us and so are terms such as revenue deficit, fiscal expansion & Public Sector Borrowing Requirement. Here's a dictionary to unscramble them.

Modi has failed to end India’s tax terror

Foreign investors want India's tax system to be less capricious and retrospective tax given a formal burial.

GST council extends deadline for return filing by 2 days for all states

The GST Council, which held a video conference, has also deferred its decision on GST on real estate and lottery till it meets again on Sunday.

On Camera

‘I am Assam,’ Zubeen Garg had said. He was the soundtrack to our lives

Zubeen Garg's funeral entered the Limca Book of Records as the fourth-largest such procession in the world.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

China navy achieves breakthrough with new fighter jet launch system. What are electromagnetic catapults

China’s most advanced aircraft carrier—Fujian—uses electromagnetic catapults, a core component of future aircraft carriers.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.