India to achieve 4.3% fiscal deficit target for FY27 despite projected dip in GST receipts: S&PS&P Global Ratings is optimistic that India will achieve its fiscal deficit goal for FY27. This assurance persists even with expected decli...
02 Feb, 2026, 05.41 PM IST
Union Budget 2026: Will the government present the budget on Sunday, February 1?India’s Union Budget 2026 Date: India's Union Budget for 2026-27 is anticipated on February 1, 2026. The economy shows strong growth prospe...
02 Dec, 2025, 09.27 PM IST
India staring at a tricky fiscal balancing act? Slower tax growth clouds FY26 deficit goalsFor India, maintaining fiscal discipline will depend on sustaining strong non-tax inflows and ensuring the government’s capex push continue...
02 Nov, 2025, 08.12 PM IST
GST revenue in FY26 to exceed budget estimates, says SBI ResearchSBI Research projects that Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenue for FY26 will exceed budgeted collections, even after tax rationalisation m...
02 Nov, 2025, 09.13 AM IST
NBCC’s Kidwai Nagar project caught in GST crossfire between ministriesA GST demand on NBCC's escrow fund for the Kidwai Nagar redevelopment project has sparked a conflict between the Urban Development and Fina...
28 May, 2025, 07.47 AM IST
GST demand on development rights push landowners into legal dilemmaThe dispute over GST on transfer of development rights resurfaces as authorities demand landowners pay taxes on joint development agreement...
05 Aug, 2024, 01.03 AM IST
Budget Basics: Where does government get all the money it needs?The Union budget defines the government's income, which primarily consists of revenue and capital receipts. Revenue receipts include taxes ...
01 Feb, 2024, 09.48 AM IST
Taxation for freelancers: Tax liability, exemptions, ITR filing for freelancersGig workers are subject to the same income tax laws and regulations that apply to self-employed individuals.
18 Sep, 2023, 11.17 AM IST
Tax on freelancers in India: What you need to knowAs per the Income-tax Act, any earning earned through exhibiting your intellectual or manual capabilities is earnings from a profession.
30 Sep, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
Generic Engineering Construction and Projects bags construction orders worth Rs 81 crThe company has been awarded with new work orders worth Rs 80.80 crore (including GST) for various institutional projects from new reputed ...
03 Mar, 2021, 11.27 AM IST
D-Street has a problem with the Budget math: Revenue targets look too ambitiousThe government prioritised populism over fiscal prudence, according to analysts.
02 Feb, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
4 days to Budget: Revenue numbers not adding up; govt may roll over subsidies, raise deficit target for FY20Some brokerages expect fiscal deficit to slip by up to 50 basis points in FY19.
28 Jan, 2019, 02.50 PM IST
Tax-GDP ratio may rise to 11.9% due to GST, closer scrutiny: GovernmentThe higher revenues are projected to push up capital spend of the govt, bring down fiscal deficit to sustainable 3% of GDP and lower the re...
11 Aug, 2017, 11.39 AM IST
Govt may rework indirect tax maths mid-way after GST entry"Right now, we have not put them under the head of GST because till the law is passed, we cannot account under GST," Revenue Secretary Hasm...
12 Feb, 2017, 12.52 PM IST
FM Arun Jaitley may cut taxes, lack of indirect-tax data may make it toughFinance Ministers usually weave around their welfare spending proposals based on projections of direct and indirect tax collections in the ...
26 Jan, 2017, 04.17 PM IST
GSTN inks pact with DGFT for sharing forex realisation dataGSTN is a not-for-profit, non-government, private limited company promoted by the central and state governments with the specific mandate t...
28 Oct, 2016, 01.33 PM IST
GSTN inks MoU with DGFT for sharing of forex realisation dataThe MoU was signed by Director General of Foreign Trade Ajay K Bhalla and GSTN CEO Prakash Kumar.
27 Oct, 2016, 08.18 PM IST