State FMs panel moots GST design changes, asks NIPFP to give r...

Ajay Shah, Senior Fellow, NIPFP does not seem excited about what is happening in inflation. He believes that India has a long tradition of falling on inflation. People are factoring in double digit inflation into their lives and it is not going to be easy to ...

The government has approved an expense of Rs 3436.16 cr to implement the fourth phase of Aadhaar, the project which aims to give a unique verifiable online identification number to 1.2 billion Indians. The fourth phase of Aadhaar project for which the expense ...

The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) conducted a National seminar on Indian Financial Code at the BSE International Convention Hall, Mumbai recently. The seminar was held to facilitate a healthy debate on the recommendations of the ...

The Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission, chaired by Justice Srikrishna, has recently released its two-volume Report containing a series of wide-ranging suggestions on the manner in which the financial sector has been regulated in this ...

States have reduced their fiscal deficit by bringing down their revenue gap after adopting a rule-based fiscal policy, says a study by the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP).

By KP Krishnan The Saradha Group fiasco tells a familiar story. A Ponzi scheme emerges from the grey market and lures investors with the promise of high returns. It amasses thousands of crores from small investors. When the music stops, investors ...

Admitting that it does not have any "exact estimate" of black money which is in circulation inside the country or abroad, the Ministry said it had commissioned a study to estimate the quantum of unaccounted income/wealth inside and outside the ...

Many believe that Indian businessmen have cash registers for hearts. Their philanthropic contributions are believed to be insignificant in comparison to their wealth. According to the 2012 Forbes list, the wealth of the 100 wealthiest Indians is ...

An Economic Times story this morning on India Inc not joining a United Nations effort to stamp out corruption says a lot about our corporates and their value systems as citizens of a developing nation. Indian businessmen are quick to play the victim ...