Union Budget 2025: Sitharaman may introduce a new customs playbook; tweaks to turn tariffs into treasureBudget 2025: India is considering removing customs duty exemptions on certain imported components to boost local manufacturing. The finance...
24 Dec, 2024, 03.38 PM IST
Gen AI and cybersecurity are top investment priorities for executives: PwC reportMSMEs have to focus on cybersecurity as a vital component of their planning and operations because the risks do not discriminate based on t...
26 Nov, 2024, 12.33 PM IST
Digital payments to grow by 3X in FY29, UPI retains strong growth trajectory: PwC India reportMerchant acquiring solutions – including offline and online options like QRs, payment aggregators and payment gateways – also saw substanti...
30 Aug, 2024, 02.14 PM IST
Gift City-like zones, IP-linked schemes key for manufacturing: PwC Chief Sanjeev KrishanPwC India's chairperson, Sanjeev Krishan, suggested that India could establish 5-6 large manufacturing zones similar to the Gift City finan...
10 Aug, 2024, 12.22 AM IST
GST Council proposes interest, penalty waiver on tax dues"Our intent is to make GST assessees' life easier, simpler and less cumbersome... We are working towards less and less compliance," Union f...
24 Jun, 2024, 12.10 PM IST
Clubbed in groups, lending models for women-run businesses have a peculiar problemGroup lending models have been the order of the day in the microfinance sector. However, the model may not be the most ideal for women entr...
06 Dec, 2020, 10.21 AM IST
Patchy recovery means surviving beyond this fiscal will be a big problem for many small businessesSix months after India went into a nationwide lockdown, millions of small businesses in the country are finding it very difficult to sustai...
25 Sep, 2020, 10.25 AM IST
RBI's Monetary Policy Committee meets next week amid urgency to revive growthExperts are, however, divided over the possibility of another rate cut by the RBI in its forthcoming policy arguing that one-time loan rest...
02 Aug, 2020, 05.25 PM IST
Government to exempt coronavirus-related debt of companies from insolvency law ambitProcedural violations under the Companies Act, such as shortcomings in corporate social responsibility reporting, inadequacies in board rep...
17 May, 2020, 08.17 PM IST
Annual deadline for ecommerce's FDI compliance check: September 30Sept 30 every year is the deadline for ecomm firms to ready their annual compliance reports as per FDI norms.
07 Dec, 2019, 08.54 AM IST
Odisha can become export hub for metal based industries: ReportApart from Odisha's mineral based industries, agriculture, food processing sector, creative industries, MSMEs and women entrepreneurship wi...
10 Jul, 2019, 04.17 PM IST
Market reactions to Union Budget by the minuteBudget will pave the way for greater FDI participation in infra projects, says-Ashish Shanker.
05 Jul, 2019, 01.03 PM IST
India needs to create 100 mn new job opportunities in next decade: ReportIndia will need to increase its labour force participation rate (LFPR) by providing greater opportunities to its working population especia...
31 Oct, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
IDDM will be a game changer in defence production: ReportThey feel this category will have implementation issues as OEMs have moved away from manufacturing systems and components in their factorie...
11 Jul, 2018, 05.45 PM IST
Good days may follow goods in highest tax slab, next big GST move could reduce prices of many itemsItems in the 28% slab include washing machines, refrigerators, cement, ceiling fans, watches, automobiles, tobacco products, nutritional dr...
01 Nov, 2017, 10.46 AM IST
The dynamics of fintech & MSME allianceSpeaking of the present scenario, one can still witness an inherent aversion to formal financial services on the part of small businesses. ...
09 Sep, 2017, 01.44 PM IST
GST: 10 groups set up under senior taxmen to examine issues and report by April 10A senior government official told ET that most issues have been addressed through feedback but it was felt some sectors needed a closer loo...
27 Mar, 2017, 07.22 AM IST