Are manufacturing companies worried about too many ageing top managers?India's biggest manufacturing firms, from L&T to NTPC have rapidly ageing senior and middle management ranks. Is this a problem? And how ca...
- Retired babus including GK Pillai, Shyam Saran get plum roles at PSUs
Govt has selected high-profile retired bureaucrats as independent directors of state energy firms ONGC, Indian Oil, HPCL and Gail.
- DoPT seeks change in norms for post-retirement jobs of bureaucrats
Senior bureaucrats who could take up plum post-retirement jobs in the private sector after a mandatory cooling-off period of one year may n...
- Indirect tax kitty may contract by Rs 22K cr in FY10
The indirect tax collections may fall short of the target by around Rs 22,000 crore this year on account of poor realisation of customs and...
- Govt to tweak new direct tax code; low-income segment may get more incentives
FM said government has identified seven critical areas in the DTC for further examinations after interactions with stakeholders. Fact sheet...
- Union Budget 2009-'10: Scriptwriters urge India Inc to look deeper
There was broad consensus that the markets had misunderstood the FM and the reaction of the Sensex was seen more as an aberration than an i...
- Exporters seek service tax waiver
Exporters, hit hard by the global economic slowdown, have sought exemption from payment of service tax in the forthcoming Union Budget.
- Tax breaks for gas production to cost govt Rs 40,000 cr
The government will lose Rs 40,000 crore in revenues if natural gas production is given tax breaks, the revenue department in the finance m...
- FICCI seeks cut in peak personal tax rates by 5%
Industrialists have urged for a cut in the peak personal income-tax rate by 5% in the forthcoming budget to boost consumer spending and rev...
- FICCI seeks cut in peak personal tax rates by 5%
Industrialists have urged for a cut in the peak personal income-tax rate by 5% in the forthcoming budget to boost consumer spending and rev...
- Truckers call off strike as govt okays toll rate cut
The transporters’ strike led by the All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) was called off in the wee hours of Friday, with the governme...
- Truckers call off stir as govt okays toll rate cut
The transporters’ strike led by the All India Motor Transport Congress was called off in the wee hours of Friday, with the government conce...
- Fuel price hike unlikely to bail out oil companies
Govt steps have come as a sigh of relief for the OMCs. But, the steps are unlikely to cover their losses. New fuel rates | Gainers & Losers...
- Budget-08: Cut in taxes top India Inc wish list
The govt kickstarted the pre-Budget consultations with revenue secretary PV Bhide meeting corporate heads and industry chambers. Cut your t...
- India must cut duties on manufactured goods: ASSOCHAM
India has to cut duties on manufactured products in the next budget, start work for rolling out a goods & services tax and boost investment...
- Rs 1.4k cr sop for rupee-hit exporters
The government on Thursday announced a Rs 1,400-crore package to provide relief to exporters hit by the appreciating rupee.
- On a spicy trail: Mirch masala storm the West
Patak’s going native (ie becoming Brit) may not have meant much to the average desi in India where the UK-based brand has negligible recall...