Even as the BBMP's reliance on the government has grown manifold over the past few years, it has not received the full amount from the gove...

Delhi’s status as a Union territory with an assembly hampers full devolution of powers to local bodies, unlike in the case of Mumbai.

The Local Body Tax (LBT) has been abolished for most traders in 25 of the municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including those of Thane, ...

Maharashtra informed the Legislative Council that the LBT would be abolished by August 1 for traders with a turnover of less than Rs 50 cro...

Senior counsel V V Tulzapurkar, appearing for the petitioner, urged that the Sodexo vouchers are a medium to acquire any article for consum...

Moving the second Supplementary Demands for Grants in both houses of Parliament, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley sought sanction to spend an ...

"My only major source of revenue is property tax, unlike cities like Mumbai that gets Octroi grants. I have to develop the city within limi...

The GST Bill, which will bring the "single biggest tax reform since Independence", will be taken up in the next Parliament session, FM Arun...

The government may increase Value Added Tax (VAT) to compensate the withdrawal of LBT, sources said.

There is an urgent need to reduce "customs duty to flat 5 per cent on synthetic/blended fabric," AEPC Chairman said.

Retailing is not merely a shop, it is an industry that needs impetus of right kind to modernise in wake of FDI in Indian retail sector.

The Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) is creating an investment-friendly landscape in the region. However, the civic agency now...

Beverage giant PepsiCo, which faces attachment of property over alleged evasion of local taxes by one of its distributors, was today asked ...

Credit rating agency Fitch on Wednesday assigned a national long-term issuer rating of AA to Brinhanmumbai Municipal Corp, the country's ri...

Reimbursement of state taxes to exporters under the new scheme replacing the duty entitlement pass book (DEPB) scheme - the popular yet con...

If everything goes as planned, then Rajkot would become a 'Zero slum city' by 2010 as it will be one of the primary aims of the Rajkot Muni...

Desperately trying to implement the Bombay High Court’s stringent directive to fill potholes on city roads, the BMC on Monday got some resp...