Business, Economy, 9th Oct 2017, News & Stories from India

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Business Economy 09 Oct 2017

Business, Economy, 09 Oct 2017

The Minister of State for Finance, Shiv Pratap Shukla, on Monday said the Centre would keep revising the GST tax slabs.

Centre will keep revising tax slabs in GST: MoS Finance

On Friday, the GST Council raised the composition scheme threshold for businesses to Rs. 1 crore.

09 Oct 2017 5:00 PM

Ficci President Pankaj Patel will lead a business delegation to the US starting Tuesday, accompanying the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. Photo: PTI

Ficci leading CEOs delegation to US, accompanying FM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is going to the US to attend the IMF-World Bank meeting this week.

09 Oct 2017 4:24 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

Modi meets top global, Indian oil chiefs, targets more energy reform

India is dependent on imports to meet its 80 per cent of the demand and more than half of its natural gas requirements.

09 Oct 2017 3:10 PM

The Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) in Bengaluru is set to become India’s first completely Aadhaar-enabled airport by 2018. (File Photo)

Aadhaar-enabled boarding to be a reality at Bengaluru airport by 2018

BIAL has set a deadline of 325 days to roll out the new Aadhaar system.

09 Oct 2017 1:47 PM

The country's coffee shipments stood at 3,44,613 tonne in the 2015-16 marketing year. (Photo: Pixabay)

India's coffee exports up 9.36 per cent in 2016-17

Total coffee exports in value terms rose to Rs 6,191.43 crore from Rs 5,275 crore in the said period.

09 Oct 2017 1:06 PM

RBI Governor Urjit Patel said that while Indian policy makers are concerned about growth, it will not take priority over inflation.

Growth important, but not at cost of inflation: RBI Guv Urjit Patel

The slowdown had sparked some calls for lower interest rates, but with inflation rising, the RBI left rates unchanged.

09 Oct 2017 12:27 PM

Consumer confidence in the economic scenario of the country has turned negative as people remain pessimistic about price levels, income and dipping employment opportunities. (File Photo)

Consumer confidence in economy turns 'pessimistic'; people worry about jobs, income

These sentiments are in line with the economic data released in the last couple of months that indicate a sluggish growth.

09 Oct 2017 12:07 PM

Truck operators have gone on a two-day nationwide strike against the Goods and Services tax (GST), the hike in diesel prices and corruption on roads. (File Photo)

Truckers call for 2-day strike; protest against GST, diesel price hike

The strike comes bang in the middle of the festive season when transporter bodies usually make a good profit.

09 Oct 2017 10:25 AM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also said that there is public support to the reforms being undertaken by the government. (Photo: PTI)

GST, note ban increasing tax compliance, squeezing cash-in-hand: Jaitley

Jaitley also said that the 'Swachh Bharat' campaign has brought to fore the importance of cleanliness.

09 Oct 2017 9:48 AM

Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (Photo: PTI)

Assam FM Himanta Biswa Sarma to head panel to vet GST

Currently, only 15.50 lakh businesses out of the total 98 lakh have opted for the composition scheme.

09 Oct 2017 4:33 AM

Centre to set new KYC rules for buying jewellery

This led to jewellers implementing the August 23 order on the line of banks where cash transactions of Rs 50,000 and above are to be reported.

09 Oct 2017 4:21 AM

Finance minister Arun Jaitley (Photo: PTI)

Arun Jaitley to attend World Bank, IMF meetings

aitley will visit New York where he will attend a meeting with the investors in partnership with Bank of America and CII.

09 Oct 2017 4:15 AM

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