Tax policies must adapt to changing times to provide buoyancy and enable companies to undertake business in a time-bound and efficient manner

How the FM can make it a 'never before' Budget. Top experts weigh in

China's imports from India have gone up 6.7 per cent since January this year to $11.09 billion. As a result, total trade with India has registered a slightly lower 18.6 per cent drop since the beginning of 2020

Mere increase in exports only indicate that the unlock phase of Indian economy is at work, and demand for raw materials from China and elsewhere is beginning to rise

Major general-level talks are being held at a border personnel meeting point in Daulat Beg Oldi (DBO) area on the Chinese side of the LAC today

The ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has given the go-ahead to the proposal to levy Basic Customs Duty (BCD) of about 20% on imports. The finance ministry is expected to come up with a decision on it soon

As orders are scrapped, supply chain is disrupted and global demand slumps, Indian exporters struggle to remain in business

The sector is providing direct employment to more than 25 lakh persons with an investment of more than Rs 5.5 lakh crore and contributing Rs 7.87 lakh crore to India's export basket which is one-third of total exports

The stubbornness of the authorities has impacted exports. Factory owners feel the future of their business is at stake as overseas buyers cancel orders

Why even sectors permitted to function find it tough to operate given their linkages with the closed segments of the economy

Travel and aviation will have to wait longer for a respite as coronavirus lockdown extension restricts public movement till May 3; and although granted some leeway, it's still not business as usual for manufacturing and agriculture

The Export Credit Guarantee Corporation. (ECGC) has extended the time for filing declarations, report of default, filing claims/replies, reduction in policy proposal processing fee, discretion to decide about shipments and claim eligibility period.

The Federation of Indian Export Organisations said all manufacturing companies involved in the export business should be allowed to operate with 50 per cent of the workforce with full sanitation and social distancing norms.

Budget 2020: While these initiatives are in the right direction, they don't lay the foundation for a holistic policy reform for start-ups

The study examined Bihar's economic profile and outlined strategies for creating an enabling environment for exports at the state-level

Indian export is globally uncompetitive because of high cost of credit, poor skill and innovation and high tax component which the government needs to address

Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar said, \"no other government in the past has taken so many people-friendly decisions in its first 100 days in power\"

Major beneficiaries of the amendment are likely to be the business trusts, port trusts and other trusts engaged in a wide range of economic activities, besides utilising vacant land in SEZs.