Key proposals for ready-made garments sector
Key proposals for ready-made garments sector
Ready-made garments and made-ups of textiles are currently under an optional excise duty regime. A manufacturer is required to pay duty only if it ...
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Rs 30,000-cr tax-free bonds to fund infrastructure
Rs 30,000-cr tax-free bonds to fund infrastructure
Investors can look forward to Rs 30,000 crore of tax-free bond issue in 2011-12 from agencies such as NHAI, IRFC and HUDCO, with the Finance Minister, ...
Govt unveils steps to track down black money
Govt unveils steps to track down black money
The Government on Monday announced a slew of measures to tackle the problem of black money and repatriate the money back into the country. The ...
FM's googlies
FM's googlies
Three's lucky for FM! Was it coincidence or was there some numerology involved? In the 2011-12, the Union Budget presented by Mr Pranab Mukherjee, ...
Cement: Excess supply reduces room to pass on excise hikes
Cement: Excess supply reduces room to pass on excise hikes
For the cement industry, there may be little to cheer from the Budget as a change in the method of excise duty levy may peg up their excise outgo far ...
Budget goes nuts on pistachios, raisins and cranberry
Budget goes nuts on pistachios, raisins and cranberry
The Californian pitch on pistachio seems to have gone down well with Indian policy makers. On Monday, the Finance Minister, Mr Pranab Mukherjee, in ...
Budget's work of art
Budget's work of art
Art lovers in India can rejoice as the Finance Minister has made it easier for private art galleries to bring works of art from abroad to showcase to ...
FM smiles on smokers and ‘non-a/c' tipplers
FM smiles on smokers and ‘non-a/c' tipplers
Well, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, through his very long, and equally drab and listless delivery of his Budget speech, left two very diverse ...
Prices of branded garments may rise
Prices of branded garments may rise
Prices of branded garments will witness an upswing with the Government imposing a 10 per cent excise duty on ready-made and made-up garments in Budget ...
Bonjour, new guests from small-town India
Puneet Dhawan of Accor is brimming with ideas on ways to revive the hospitality sector
Test Drive: C5 Aircross: French flair, tailored for India
Citroen’s first vehicle sports a novel design and European interiors. It is also meant to be as comfortable as ...
Stormy weather for Indian carriers
The pandemic is only the tip of the iceberg that the country’s cash-poor airlines — both regional and national ...
Breaking it down: Mandatory or not, that’s the question
The government is yet to specify the framework of its recently announced old vehicle scrappage policy
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Know the nuances of booking profit in bull market
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Who needs an insurance cover against vector-borne disease
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How good is G-Sec as an investment option
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Latur shows the way for Marathwada farmers
After facing severe droughts for several years, farmers in western Maharashtra have turned the corner through ...
Bamboo all the way
A toast to a traditional drip irrigation system still going strong in the Northeast
Mirza Ghalib’s on the case
Raza Mir’s ‘Murder at the Mushaira’ works well as a historical novel that captures the sunset years of the ...
‘People look at trash ... and think it is someone else’s problem’
If you see garbage lying on the streets, remove it, says a dedicated plogger on a clean-up drive
From Nothing to Nova to Nayara
Its name is the starting point of a brand’s journey and can make a big difference in the success sweepstakes
The age of zero
Sober spirits are the in thing
Surging ahead, but digitally trapped
A peek into where ad spends went last year and where they are headed tomorrow
Two to tango — and cook!
Can Swiggy Instamart disrupt the ecommerce groceries space, currently ruled by the Amazons and Big Baskets? ...
Is GST about ease of doing business?
Three years after its inception, compliance with GST procedures remains a headache for exporters, job workers ...
Channapatna sees a revival
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives of companies are altering the prospects for wooden toys of ...
Clustering around Koppal
Aequs Aerospace to create space for large-scale manufacture of toys at Koppal
Say cheese, says the organised dairy sector
And it has every reason to smile. Covid-19 has triggered a consumer shift towards branded products as ...