Articles, tagged with "pranab mukherjee", page 1
A STEP CLOSER TO GOODS AND SERVICE TAX
The central and state governments moved closer to ushering in a nationwide goods and services tax on April 1, 2011, that will simplify the manner in which corporates, small enterprises and traders will be levied taxes on goods and services.
The reform...
Government’s Health Insurance Scheme Covers Seven Areas Of Disorganized
Insurance of India's flagship health insurance soon be expanded to include more than seven non-unionized sectors, the government gradually expands its scope to include most workers in the informal appeal.
The Ministry of Labour in the cabinet of separa...
Role of the Finance Minister of India
Without any doubt the Finance Minister of India is having one of the highest authorization and status in Indian politics . He is responsible for okaying all the determinations of the Ministry of Finance. Pranab Mukherjee is the finance minister o...
Hour Of Change
You might have noticed that the last few blog weeks have been utilized in trying to highlight the importance of energy conservation. Let it be said that there is no coincidence at work in Earth Hour being around the corner and Jaago Re deciding to open yo...
Nebulous Environment Over The GST
GST would be one of the most significant fiscal reforms of independent India. It is expected to replace all indirect taxes, thus avoiding multiple layers of taxation that currently exist in India. Earlier our Finance Minister, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee said th...
Business News—Your Daily Dose of Market Info
We do watch our TV screen or websites flashing business alerts but many of us happen to ignore them and brush away to other pages of importance. What is going on in the business world or the BSE market hardly matters but we do raise our eyebrows when infl...
Speed and Efficiency Is Required
It is well known fact that a lot of things is required to be done for the introduction of the Goods and Services Tax but for the time being the priority is the finalization of the Draft Constitutional Amendments on the Goods and Services tax so that the A...
Citibank reports maximum cases of debit/credit card frauds
Citibank has witnessed maximum 92 frauds of cloning of debit/credit cards or use of fake cards involving over Rs 1.89 crore from 2007-08 to December 2010. "Largest number of such frauds belong to Citibank from 2007-08 to December 2010...RBI's committee ha...
Changing Momentum Of GST: Still More To Do
When nothing is going right in the successful implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST), suddenly a momentum changes in favour of those who are favouring the rolling out of the GST.
The finance ministry is planning to table a Constitutional Amendm...
Union Budget 2011: ASSOCHAM expects addressing of macro issues
IN THE wake of escalating inflation, scandals, tight liquidity and rising current account deficit, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee is presenting the sixth union budget 2011.
With challenges galore, Mukherjee's need of the hour is to satisfy the comm...
Mukherjee's budget woes: Inflation, deficit, taxes, and reforms
WHEN FINANCE Minister Pranab Mukherjee delivers his sixth budget he will have to address the issues related to high inflation, tight liquidity, and rising current account deficit. Subsidies are becoming difficult to manage and there is a feeling among bus...
Central Union Budget 2011-12: Expectations of the common people
The General Budget 2011 will be presented to Lok Sabha on February 28 by the Finance Minister of the country. Indian Finance Minister Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has hinted that the upcoming budget announcements would have certain relief for the commoners as the...
Expectations from India’s Union Budget 2011-2012
The Finance Minister of India Mr. Pranab Mukherjee has proposed many policy changes and reforms in the country’s financial structure in his India Union Budget 2011-2012 Speech. This has generated quite a lot of expectations amongst the masses, the corpora...
Be the First One to Receive Budget Notifications on Indian Budget Highlights 2011
The budget session in India has always been an important event for the Indian economy. And as budget india begins to gather shape, expectations of all the sectors including the common man are on a rise. A lot many reforms such as the new amendment in exci...
Life insurance, healthcare services to befall costlier
Bringing services offered by life insurance cos under service tax regime would result in higher premium for products barring term plans as firms are likely to pass on the additional cost to buyers
The cost of life insurance and healthcare may go up wit...