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BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Duty on imported sugar increased to 20 pc

Duty on imported sugar increased to 20 pcThe Government has hiked the basic customs duty on imported sugar from 5 per cent to 20 per cent. The ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: IA, Al boards acted ‘unilaterally’

The newly appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Airlines (IA), Mr. Anil Baijal, today officially assumed charge, following the ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Arianespace to team up with ISRO to gain edge

Arianespace, the European space transporter, and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will jointly bid to launch micro- satellites and gain ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Congress storms BJP bastions

The Congress surged ahead of the BJP in Rajasthan, Delhi as also in Madhya Pradesh but was trailing behind the Mizo National Front (MNF) and Mizo ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Elusive 'package' of economic growth

The economy is growing at 6.5 per cent this year, says the Finance Minister; at 6 per cent, said the Reserve Bank of India; while the Centre for ...

columns

Mining sector — unburdening the legacy issues

Richa Mishra

The government plans to bring in structural reforms in this crucial sector. But the devil lies in the detail

Why is the government so wary of e-comm?

R. Srinivasan

Instead of browbeating an efficiency-enhancing sector with controls, the Centre should try and grab a slice of this pie

Standing Orders: Rules defining employment conditions

Shishir Sinha

The Government is getting ready to implement labour reforms. For this, the four labour codes — Wages, Industrial Relations, Occupational Safety, ...

How India can meet the Covid vaccine distribution challenge

Apart from ramping up the cold-chain storage infrastructure, advanced technology like blockhain and IoT will need to used to track the supplies, ...

Beyond bad banks

There is no tearing hurry to create one. Besides, it calls for legal and institutional groundwork

Challenges ahead for oil and gas sector

While the industry in India is set for V-shaped recovery, it will have to move towards creating a cleaner fuels market

Stop unethical farm practices

The pandemic is only a trailer of the havoc they can cause humanity

The enduring romance of Test cricket

The series win in Australia brings the five-day format to fore

The futile politics over vaccine

The Opposition has scored a self-goal by politicising the vaccine rollout

All you wanted to know about Co-WIN

To carry out the Covid-19 vaccination drive as smoothly as possible, the government is relying on Co-WIN, a ...

All you wanted to know about Market bubbles

Stock market indices are reaching all-time highs in 2020 in the midst of the worst global recession since World ...

All you wanted to know about digital life certificate

Along with the extension of various tax deadlines recently, the submission of life certificate by pensioners ...

statistalk

Equity MF investors continue to book profits

Statistalk: Green shoots in residential real estate

Changing dynamics in telecom landscape

With overall wireless subscriber base in India showing a declining trend over the last year, growth opportunity for wireless players now lies in ...

Statistalk | Life insurance premium collection update

While life insurers' new premium business declined during the lockdown period, it soon recovered as the economy slowly reopened. The uncertainties ...

How did your investments fare in 2020?

While 2020 was one of the darkest years for many reasons, investors gained from a rise in equity and gold prices.However, with the RBI reducing policy ...

Standing Orders: Rules defining employment conditions

The Government is getting ready to implement labour reforms. For this, the four labour codes — Wages, ...

How serious is the bird flu situation?

The new year has brought some bad news for the ₹1-lakh-crore poultry sector. The outbreak of avian flu, or bird ...

How a political crisis in Nepal impacts India

The crisis triggered by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli’s decision to dissolve the Nepalese Parliament is a strong ...

letters

Letters to the editor dated January 22, 2021

Budgetary hopesFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is expected to revisit the multiple tax structure based on her premise of the “Nil exemptions”, envisaged last year. In fact, such a complex regime has not only failed to usher in the much needed tax reforms but created more confusion. Any prudent tax regime should be simple and also pro-tax payers. The basic tax exemption limit must be raised to ₹5 lakh in the coming Budget along with suitably expanding the scope of Section 80 of the Income Tax Act. The real estate sector also needs a push through some tax breaks.SK GuptaNew DelhiCombating inflationWith reference to the article ‘Do not tinker with Flexible inflation Targeting’ (January 22), while growth is estimated to contract 7.7 per cent in 2020-21, urgent measures are needed to revive the pandemic-devastated economy. The inflationary spiral mainly because of the rise in the prices of food articles due to bottlenecks in storage facilities, supply chains and hoarding needs to be addressed. The RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee must look for sustaining liquidity with a more economical rate to push investment and consumption.The RBI’s liquidity measures have provided the economy ...

Letters to the editor dated January 21, 2021

Promote innovationWith reference to the the report on India Innovation Index compiled by NITI Aayog (January 21), the effort to compile and publish ...

Letters to the editor dated January 20, 2021

Advantage small investorsWith reference to the news report ‘Equity MF investors continue to book profits’ (January 20), this is favourable from the ...

Letters to the editor dated January 19, 2020

Vaccination turnoutWith reference to the news report ‘Monday scorecard: Close to 1.5 lakh receive Covid shot’, the low vaccination turnout is ...

Letters to the editor dated January 18, 2020

A shot in the armThe nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive launched on January 16 has put the country in vaccination mode and marked a turning point ...

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DIPANKAR BHATTACHARYA looks at people and professions

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Published on:January 19 2020

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Duty on imported sugar ...

Duty on imported sugar increased to 20 pcThe Government has hiked the basic customs duty on imported sugar ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: IA, Al boards acted ...

The newly appointed Chairman and Managing Director of Indian Airlines (IA), Mr. Anil Baijal, today officially ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Al, Indian Airlines boards ...

The Government has reconstituted the boards of Air India and Indian Airlines by making the basic nomenclature ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Arianespace to team up with ...

Arianespace, the European space transporter, and the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will jointly ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Congress storms BJP ...

The Congress surged ahead of the BJP in Rajasthan, Delhi as also in Madhya Pradesh but was trailing behind ...

BusinessLine 20 years ago today: Elusive 'package' of ...

The economy is growing at 6.5 per cent this year, says the Finance Minister; at 6 per cent, said the Reserve ...

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