By Prakash Chawla Finance Minister Mr Arun Jaitley, in his Budget for 2017-18, has put the money where the mouth is. Among different descriptions about the Rs 21.46 lakh crore Budget, the most apt came […]

by Chaudhary Birender Singh It has been over half a year now when I took charge of the Steel Ministry, from a worthy predecessor. My experience in this Ministry as also in the previous charge, […]

The Department of Food and Public Distribution has prepared a detailed roadmap and an action plan along-with State-wise targets to implement the various modes of cashless transactions. However, complete roll out of the strategy for […]

The Minister of State for Minority Affairs (Independent Charge), Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the Union Budget (General) 2017-18 will be helpful in socio-economic-educational empowerment of Minorities. Shri Naqvi said that the Budget […]

All decisions of GST Council so far have been taken unanimously. Various states may have different points of view on an issue but the final decisions have been unanimous. The issue regarding treatment of the […]

Total direct tax collections up to 16th January 2017 amount to Rs. 5,76,408 crore. For the financial year 2017-18, the Budget Estimates fixed for direct taxes are Rs. 9,80,000 crore. As per Receipt Budget 2017-18, […]

NITI Aayog constituted a committee on Sick/Loss making/Non performing Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) on March 9th 2016. The committee noted that financial performance of 74 CPSEs has been unsatisfactory and a number of these […]

This Budget will benefit the real estate industry immensely. With affordable housing finally getting infrastructure status, developers of budget housing will get access to large amount to cheap capital and the government can pursue the […]

InterGlobe Enterprises, through its group company InterGlobe Education Services Ltd (IGES), today announced the launch of the School for Aircraft Maintenance Engineers (SAME). The school will offer a three-year Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Course in Mechanical […]

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India: Polished diamond prices softened in July continuing the downtrend in the second quarter. Diamond markets were seasonally quiet with U.S. wholesalers taking their annual summer vacation. Overall polished demand remains weak. The […]