-The Indian Express A smooth GST regime can break inter-state barriers on movement and facilitate direct linkages between processors and farmers After more than a decade of intense discussion and debate, the GST is finally becoming a reality. Although in its current form, it is not as perfect as was originally envisaged, yet it is being lauded as one of the most transformational reforms since 1991. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was humble...
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Deposit gush: CA Institute bats for special audit -KR Srivats
-The Hindu Business Line Need to assess impact of demonetisation on banks, says ICAI chief Vikamsey New Delhi: The CA Institute has urged the Finance Ministry and the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow its members to undertake focused “special audit” of deposit flows into the banking system during the demonetisation period, which started on November 8 and ended on December 31 last year. There is a need to assess the demonetisation...
More »The politics and economics of farm loan waivers -R Sukumar
-Livemint.com Farm loan waivers are a bad idea. They were a bad idea in 2008 when the UPA was in power, and continue to be so in 2017 with the NDA in power Several parts of India are in the grip of an agrarian crisis. In part, this is because of the cumulative effect of bad monsoons. Farmers in many parts of India are still dependent on the annual rains which were deficient...
More »Rs 2 lakh limit not applicable on bank withdrawals
-PTI NEW DELHI: Ban on cash transaction in excess of Rs 2 lakh will not be applicable to withdrawals from banks and post office savings accounts, the income tax department said on Wednesday. Through the Finance Act 2017, the government has banned cash transactions of over Rs 2 lakh and said a penalty of an equal amount would be levied on the receiver. In a clarification on the newly inserted Section 269ST in...
More »Rs 6,000 crore and counting: Windfall from tax on stashed cash after note ban -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Vice-chairman of the special investigation team (SIT) on black money, Justice Arijit Pasayat, said on Friday that after demonetisation, the Centre has collected around Rs 6,000 crore as tax on unexplained cash deposits so far, and the amount could go up. Tax authorities sought explanation from individuals, who deposited substantial amount of cash after demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes, either in their own...
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