Money is meant to circulate. And its circulation is what we call the economy. On November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an unexpected televised … Not a promissory noteRead more
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Posted inEconomics / India / Job
Surgical strikes for fetching jobs
Recently, the Labour Bureau released its findings from the annual household survey on employment. India’s economy grew at 7.1 per cent in the first quarter … Surgical strikes for fetching jobsRead more
Posted inCorruption / India / Tax
SC indicates setting up SIT for Panama papers leak probe
The Supreme Court on Monday indicated that it may at a “relevant time” order the setting up of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to exclusively … SC indicates setting up SIT for Panama papers leak probeRead more
Posted inEconomics / Hindutva / India / Multimedia
Decisions made on political gamble
Shankar Raghuraman of The Times of India
Posted inEconomics / Hindutva / India / News
Centre allows PF contribution via private banks
Companies can soon make statutory provident fund contributions to the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation via private sector banks. A Labour Ministry notification dated January 4 … Centre allows PF contribution via private banksRead more
Posted inHindutva / India / News / Tax
CII wants corporate tax rate slashed to 18% in budget
With more economic activity entering the tax net post demonetisation, government should lower the corporate tax rate to 18 per cent, said CII in its … CII wants corporate tax rate slashed to 18% in budgetRead more
Posted inDebt / India / Suicide
Every hour, a farmer committed suicide in 2015
In the middle of the din over doubling famers’ income, the trend of farmer suicide has also witnessed a steep rise. The latest data shows … Every hour, a farmer committed suicide in 2015Read more
Posted inBank / India / Mobile / Surveillance / ToMl
Lenders Are Looking at Your Phone Data
Financial institutions, overcoming some initial trepidation about privacy, are increasingly gauging consumers’ creditworthiness by using phone-company data on mobile calling patterns and locations. The practice … Lenders Are Looking at Your Phone DataRead more
Posted inAccident / Disaster / India / ToMl
Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixed
It was on the night of December 2, 1984, when Bhopal died a million deaths. The chemical, methyl isocyanate (MIC), that spilled out from Union … Bhopal must never be forgotten, indeed must be fixedRead more