Policy

The first steps towards private trains have already been taken in New Delhi’s Rail Bhawan, the headquarters of the Railways

Focus on fares, facilities as railways moves to invite firms to run trains

3 min read . 15 Oct 2019

Charkhi Dadri: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at an election campaign rally ahead of Haryana Assembly elections, in Charkhi Dadri, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. (PTI)

Tax unions are not happy with Modi's faceless assessment program

2 min read . 15 Oct 2019

According to the government, the electricity demand in the country grew 6.9% in the last quarter. (Photo: Bloomberg)

India confident of adding 450 GW of renewables by 2030: Raj Kumar Singh

3 min read . 15 Oct 2019

The National Medical Commission Act, 2019 received assent of the President on 08th August, 2019 and was published in the official Gazette on the same day. File photo: Mint

Government selects 25 members of National Medical Commission

1 min read . 14 Oct 2019

The ministry of health and family welfare had proposed to expand the list of devices in eight new categories

Govt to regulate nebulizers, BP monitors, more devices from 1 Jan

1 min read . 15 Oct 2019

Fuel prices continued to contract compared to their levels a year ago (HT file)

Wholesale inflation dips to 0.33% in September

1 min read . 14 Oct 2019

Corporate affairs secretary Injeti Srinivas (PTI file)

Government to rationalise penalty for company law breach

1 min read . 14 Oct 2019

The Supreme Court resumes its proceedings for the 38th day on Monday (Mint file)

Section 144 imposed in Ayodhya as land dispute case hearing enters final leg

1 min read . 14 Oct 2019

Trade ministers of RCEP grouping at the recently held ministerial meet in Bangkok. Twitter@piyushgoyal

RCEP group, India fail to reach a common ground

2 min read . 13 Oct 2019

The DoT has set a target to roll out 5G in 2020. Photo: Mint

ISRO spectrum demand may hit 5G rollout in India, say industry experts

3 min read . 13 Oct 2019

A package at the Amazon warehouse in Bhiwandi (Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

Commerce ministry asks e-commerce firms to cut single-use plastic in packaging

2 min read . 13 Oct 2019

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (Mint file)

Ravi Shankar Prasad cites success of three films to deny economic slowdown

3 min read . 12 Oct 2019

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

RTI has created a more aware civil society: Amit Shah

1 min read . 12 Oct 2019

Experts say that direct tax compliance often improves when indirect tax systems are reformed. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Number of income tax payers jumps 13.8% to 84.5 million

2 min read . 11 Oct 2019

A group of Central government secretaries had on 30 September approved sale of entire government stake in four PSUs and partial stake sale in another (Mint file)

Govt puts out ad to sell stake in PSUs but doesn’t mention their names

1 min read . 11 Oct 2019

The OECD plan for the new approach to taxation of MNCs is likely to become a reality once participating countries incorporate it in a multilateral deal signed in 2017 (iStock)

What OECD’s tax plan for tech giants means for India

2 min read . 11 Oct 2019

The final nod by the RBI was subjected to some conditions (Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint)

RBI gives final nod for formation of Kerala Bank

1 min read . 10 Oct 2019

(Photo: iStock)

How economists are implicitly biased

1 min read . 10 Oct 2019

Karnataka deputy CM G. Parameshwara. (Photo: AP)

Tax dept raids former Karnataka deputy chief minister G. Parameshwara

1 min read . 10 Oct 2019

Experts expect that a clarification would resolve the issue in the case of MNC subsidiaries incorporated in India (PTI file)

MNC back offices face rejection of GST refund claims

1 min read . 10 Oct 2019