Amid debate about inheritance tax, rising share of personal income tax and indirect tax remains a concern

Over the last week, during the election campaign, the Congress’ manifesto and the party’s emphasis o...

Boost financing for green projects

The Finance Minister’s Budget speeches have been giving increasing emphasis to green growth. This ha...

Indian telecom industry awaits the next frontier in communications through policy reforms 

Over the past decade, India has achieved remarkable progress in digital connectivity and local manuf...

Union Budget 2024: When and where to watch

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2024 on July 23 at 11 a.m. It will...

Gold industry seeks 'One Nation, One Rate', beginning from East India

“The gold jewellery industry is advocating a ‘One Nation, One Rate’ policy, starting with a unified ...

Budget has steps to trigger consumption, but they are not in the nature of direct cash transfers, says Finance Secretary T.V. Somanathan

The Centre is confident of delivering on its Budget promise to arrange external financing for infras...

Union Budget strikes a fine balance between growth, employment, capital investment, and fiscal consolidation, FM Nirmala Sitharaman tells Rajya Sabha

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on July 31said the Union Budget strikes a fine balance between g...

Government blinks on capital gains tax on real estate

Facing a backlash over changes to the long-term capital gains tax regime announced in the Budget, in...

GST taxpayers without valid bank accounts to be barred from filing GSTR-1 from Septemer 1

GST taxpayers who do not furnish bank account details to GST authorities will be barred from filing ...

What is vertical fiscal imbalance?

The financial relationship between the Union government and the States in India is asymmetrical, as ...

Post-1991, southern States emerged as leaders: EAC-PM

Post-liberalisation in 1991, the per capita income of the southern States surged significantly and t...