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7th Pay Commission allowances would be available to the nearly 4.5 lakh government employees in the UTs of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh

The 5% GST tax slab is the noteworthy one as it includes essential commodities such as food items, footwear and basic clothing. The GST council is expected to increase the tax rate under this slab to 6-8%

PM Ujjwala Yojana: According to CAG, as on 31 March 2019, OMCs had issued 7.19 crore LPG connections which is approximately 90 per cent of the target of 8 crore connections

With the help of Big Data, the Microfinance Industry will reach a position where they will have the ability to provide products that customers exactly need

Analysts attribute a sharp plunge in India's GDP in the first and second quarters of FY 20 -- 5 per cent in April-June and 4.5 in July-September quarter -- for a delay in achieving the target

More tribunals, more resolution professionals, a higher threshold for the default process to set in from the current level of Rs 1 lakh and streamlining of the appeal process to cut down delays are needed to make the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) more efficient

Share price of YES Bank closed 10.05% lower at Rs 50.55 on BSE. On NSE, the stock ended 10.40% lower at Rs 50.40.  YES Bank was the top loser on both Sensex and Nifty today 

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Responding to a question at an event in Delhi recently, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman also said that the government was looking at myriad suggestions and the relaxation on personal income tax was one of them before it presents the Union Budget 2020 in February next year

Govt set to amend bankruptcy law to protect new owners of insolvent companiesThe government has begun the process of amending the insolvency and bankruptcy code to protect new owners of bankrupt companies from any criminal accountability concerning the time when the firms were controlled by the erstwhile promoters. The cabinet is expected to approve significant changes to the insolvency law at the earliest to safeguard the companies taking over the broke businesses from prosecut...

Businesses with annual turnover of Rs 5 crore or more will need to file by 20th of every month. Those less than Rs 5 crore by 25th

EPFO update: The bill also states that fixed-term contract workers would be eligible for gratuity on a pro rata basis. Currently employees who have completed five years in the organisation are only eligible for gratuity

Kumar's Super 30 is a programme that nurtures 30 students from the underprivileged sections of the society at a time every year free of cost for the prestigious IIT entrance test

The single-use plastic industry is close to Rs 80,000 crore right now and growing. Packaging accounts for a third of India's plastic consumption, and 70 per cent of plastic packaging is turned into waste in a short span

Microsoft says hackers can guess around one-third of the reused or modified passwords in just 10 guesses, thereby increasing the risk of an online breach

One of the key challenges in including people with disabilities in the 'mainstream' is changing people's perspective

Among other things, Raghuram Rajan called for reforms to liberalise capital, land and labour markets, and spur investment and growth

There is no dearth of consumers downloading music streaming apps and a large number of them are also willing to pay. But the challenge for most of these music streaming apps is to retain the active users

Pati Patni Aur Woh Box Office Prediction: The film is the remake of BR Chopra's hit film that revolves around the lives of Abhinav Tyagi, Vedika Tyagi and Tapasya Singh