The 20 states, who have exercised Option-1, have become eligible to raise an amount of ₹68,825 crore through open market borrowingsAction on the special borrowing window is being taken separately
2 min read13 Oct 2020Until December, 499 cases of fake invoices, used for claiming input tax credit worth 3,895 crore, were detected
3 min read7 Jan 2019The country's 2019 fiscal deficit target has been pegged at 3.3 percent of its gross domestic product
1 min read26 Nov 2018The practice is set to impact investment in infrastructure projects, especially the BOT (build-operate-transfer)-toll model of development of road projects
2 min read5 Jul 2018The decline in ATM withdrawal could actually be a seasonal phenomenon apart from the usual reasons floating around like currency shortage, says SBI Research
1 min read19 Apr 2018Kerala finance minister Thomas Isaac blamed the goods and services tax (GST) for most of the revenue shortfall, in the state budget presented on 2 February
4 min read8 Feb 2018Sushil Modi says the average revenue shortfall of all states under GST for August was 28.4% and it has come down to 17.6% in October
1 min read18 Nov 2017All central public sector enterprises are paying satisfactory dividend, according to union heavy industry and public enterprises minister Anant Geete
1 min read14 Nov 2017The government is demanding millions of dollars in dividends from 12 reluctant state companies to make up for an expected tax revenue shortfall this fiscal year
3 min read14 Nov 2017UBS report says even if the GST refund and credit claims are deducted, full-year revenue could still be in line with or very near the budgeted amount
1 min read28 Sep 2017The Union Budget contains details about the estimated receipts and the expenditure of the government for a particular fiscal year. The Budget is allotted for the upcoming fiscal year, which runs from 1st April to 31st March of the next year. Here is a quick guide on how the Union Budget is prepared