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Topic: Taxes

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

Siddhartha Singh -
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

Vrishti Beniwal -
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

PTI -
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

Chitleen K Sethi -
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

Remya Nair -
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

Scott Kominers -
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

Ameya Karve -
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

Achyut Mishra -
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

Andy Mukherjee -
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

PTI -
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.
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Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

Seshadri Chari -
So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

India talked big on Russia-Ukraine mediation. Alaska meet offers a window

Dismiss debate on EC functioning as ‘hoo-haa’, then hail India as ‘robust democracy’

Economy

Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

Moushumi Das Gupta -
New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

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Be ‘atmanirbhar’ and go ‘swadeshi’: PM Modi’s clarion call to nation on 79th Independence Day

Moushumi Das Gupta -
New Delhi: 'Atmanirbharta' and a call for 'swadeshi' were the mainstay of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s longest Independence Day address Friday, at a time...

National Interest

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Shekhar Gupta -
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.

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