Check posts for Local Body Tax (LBT) too will be discontinued in other parts of Maharashtra. Such check posts have already been abolished o...

“We are looking at ordinance route to amend the SEZ Act...Some provisions need to be changed in line with the GST,” said a senior governmen...

“Either the existing regime will continue or the new regime with GST plus BCD will come in — so either way the industry will not lose out,"...

The Fast Track Task Force, set up to accelerate phone and part manufacturing in the country, had led to 35 new plants and 15 factories for ...

Cigarettes also just got expensive. Custom duty on tobacco has also been increased to Rs 70 a kg from the current Rs 60.

As per DRI officials, tax recovery from all coal importers in the state has begun and over Rs 100 crore has been realised so far.

JSW Energy on Monday reported a modest 9% year-on-year growth in net profit in the fourth quarter of 2011-12 at Rs 225.32 crore.

With a view to encourage power generation and reduce transmission and distribution losses Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday exten...

With few days to the union budget to be presented on Friday, leading players in the packaging industry have demanded rationalisation of exc...

Government may withdraw service tax on packaged software in the Budget in a move that will make it cheaper and remove the burden of paying ...

P Chidambaram's push for hybrid cars may not see an immediate splash of green cars on the roads, but it would certainly encourage more comp...

The cap on the number of semiconductor and other high-tech fabrication (fab) units that can avail of fiscal incentives may be relaxed.

Capital goods imports for coal- and gas-based power projects may become cheaper in Budget 2007 if the government accepts the recommendation...