Paving the way for India to get instant access to details on Indians with Swiss accounts, a key parliamentary panel in Switzerland has approved an automatic information exchange pact between the two countries.

After multiple twists and turns, India finally has a Goods and Services Tax. Heres the lowdown on how it fell into place

The Country is still struggling in dealing with the huge problem of cash crisis.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's plan to launch a new national sales tax next April got a jolt on Saturday after a two-day meeting with state officials ended without the resolution of a deadlock on who would administer the tax.

Just as small scale enterprises are lesser prepared than big companies to transition into the new tax regime, some states could express their reservation in rolling out the GST from April 2017.

The prospect that a new Goods and Services Tax (GST) could enter force next year has bosses panicking at the likely impact and seeking advice on how to cope.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday said that the government has the numbers to secure passage of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) bill, which is currently stuck in the Rajya Sabha.

The Shipping Minister said that he is hopeful of Parliament's nod on the bill to convert 111 rivers across India into National Waterways in the current Winter Session.

\"Rupee has been following domestic equity sentiments for quite sometime now, which in effect gauges foreign institutional investors (FIIs) flows - which has been negative.\"

The auction process will include 7 for the power sector, 16 for other end-use steel and cement plants as also captive power units, and one mine for steel.

The government has agreed to a debate with voting on foreign direct investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail in the Rajya Sabha.

As soon as the House met for the day, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar announced her decision to allow a debate on FDI in multi-brand retail under Rule 184, which entails voting and hoped that the House would now function smoothly.

FDI in retail continued to disrupt Parliament's business for the fourth day on Tuesday despite government's efforts to break the logjam over the  issue through an all-party meeting.

With Gurunanak Jayanti falling on Wednesday and November futures expiring on Thursday, not much movement is expected from the stock markets.

With the BJP refusing to budge from its demand for discussion on foreign direct investment (FDI), the Congress managers are now scurrying for numbers to defeat the saffron party's motion in Parliament.