-Scroll.in Exporters claim that delays in refunds under the new tax code has tied up a substantial amount of their money, thus harming their businesses. Delays in processing tax refunds under the new Goods and Services Tax regime has locked up the funds of exporters, hurting their businesses and affecting their ability to be competitive in international markets. On September 19, a delegation of exporters met Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia, who is...
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Forget fast growth, India is barely holding on. Just look at the data -Chaitanya Kalbag
-The Economic Times Those of us in our sixties, including our prime minister, will remember the goli soda. You used a little wooden gizmo to push in a marble stuck in the mouth of a bottle and guzzled the sweet, fizzy drink with the marble dancing around inside. Then you felt full and happy. But it was mostly gas. It’s feeling a lot like that these days, and PM Narendra Modi must...
More »Govt readies booster dose to revive stuttering economy, may target MSME sector -Suchetana Ray
-Hindustan Times India’s economic growth slumped to 5.7% in April-June quarter, which experts attribute to demonetisation that sucked out 86% of the currency in circulation from a largely cash-reliant economy. The government’s expected measures to revive a stuttering economy could mainly target the MSME sector and involve a re-look at public-private project norms to boost investment without breaching its fiscal deficit target for the year, officials involved in the process told HT. Besides,...
More »Why Arun Jaitley is unable to cut petrol, diesel prices -Abhik Deb
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In the last one week or so, the government has actively turned its focus towards reviving the country's economy. On Thursday, news agency Reuters quoted government officials to report that the Centre is planning to spend up to Rs 50,000 crore to arrest the 'economic slowdown'. This report came a day after Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the government is considering additional measures to...
More »Indian economy in a tailspin: What went wrong -Asit Ranjan Mishra and Gireesh Chandra Prasad
-Livemint.com While investment demand was anyway weak when the NDA came to power in 2014, private consumption has also started decelerating due to demonetisation New Delhi: The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a landslide in the 2014 general election with the promise of fast-tracking economic growth and creating jobs. It replaced the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government that was mired in corruption scandals and had mismanaged the economy. Three years on,...
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