Maximum Mumbai: India's financial capital is seeing its biggest infrastructure push yet. But, is it enough?Mumbai has been undergoing an unprecedented infrastructure push in the 2020s, with over $60 billion being invested in metro networks, expre...
26 Apr, 2026, 06.34 PM IST
Elon Musk scorned "shady" loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millionsTesla has reportedly saved over 400 million dollars on US taxes. This was achieved through a financial maneuver involving its units in the ...
20 Apr, 2026, 03.40 PM IST
Singapore cuts queue time for global rich to set up family officesSingapore has significantly reduced the waiting time for family offices seeking tax incentives to just three months, a move confirmed by MA...
09 Jul, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
NRI Talk: Why NRIs in Dubai and Singapore pay zero tax on mutual fund gains, Nitin Aggarwal explainsIndia is one of the most preferred markets for the long-term investments for NRIs. Several clients have increased exposure to India in rece...
13 May, 2025, 09.00 AM IST
More Indian asset managers shift overseas business to GIFT CityThe Indian government is promoting the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City, or GIFT City, as a "gateway for global capital and financial...
09 Feb, 2024, 11.33 AM IST
PM Modi seeks to revive hinterland finance hub with new sweetenersAlthough 400 entities, mostly banks, operate in GIFT City, employing 20,000, it struggles to become a vibrant financial hub. Modi aims to r...
14 Dec, 2023, 05.33 PM IST
RBI wants tax sops for Retail Direct Scheme investments, may approach govtAbout 20,314 accounts to own government securities have already been opened till 9 pm on Sunday after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched...
15 Nov, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
Sachin Bansal pays Rs 699 crore advance tax on gains from Flipkart saleThis includes capital gains tax from his income on sale of Flipkart stake to US retail giant Walmart.
02 Jan, 2019, 11.41 AM IST
Palm hits near two-week high as India cuts import taxTrading volumes stood at 14,848 lots of 25 tonnes each at noon on Wednesday.
02 Jan, 2019, 11.38 AM IST
Rupee trading on GIFT platform faces RBI blockThere is speculation that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has apprehensions in approving dollar denominated rupee contracts on GIFT.
17 Apr, 2017, 07.35 PM IST
Budget 2016: India Inc disappointed with inadequate tax rate cutThe corporate tax rate has been lowered, 25% plus surcharge and a cess, for new manufacturing companies incorporated from March this year.
01 Mar, 2016, 06.22 AM IST
Proposed three-year tax holiday for startups to be available over five-year window: GovernmentWith the deadline for seeking exemption set for March 2019, the scheme will effectively run till March 2024, a period of eight years from n...
18 Jan, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
Mass exodus: Tech startups may shift overseas as young ventures face regulatory hurdles in IndiaNine of the top 30 business-to-business software product cos by market cap have already relocated to US, Singapore & UK, according to iSPIx.
05 Jan, 2015, 12.19 PM IST
Budget 2013: India can learn from others, tax policies should boost women empowermentWith the budget around the corner, the time is just right for some rethinking which will boost empowerment of women at the workplace.
17 Feb, 2013, 04.46 AM IST
- S'pore traders to skip lunch for bigger regional bite
Singapore Exchange (SGX), operator of the city’s derivatives and securities market, will scrap its midday trading break from March as it se...
20 Jan, 2011, 05.40 AM IST
- SC refuses to interfere on French Govt's law to ban turban
France's decision to ban the turban of Sikhs and other conspicuous religious symbols today came up before the SC which however refused to e...
13 May, 2008, 04.37 PM IST
- Tax make or tax break?
Home loan borrowers as well as lenders would like to believe that the government would not withdraw the tax breaks on interest expenses on ...
02 Jul, 2004, 02.17 AM IST