The focus of the chapters in the Economic Survey 2019 is interesting, both for what they talk about and also for what they omit to discuss

Budget 2019: In India, real estate is said to reach a large market size of $1 trillion by 2030. It is also projected to add a whopping 13 per cent to the country's growing economy and GDP by 2025

To reduce tax evasion and wilful defaults, the government could also launch initiatives to combine 'behavioural economics' with 'spiritual/religious norms'

It would be folly to gloss over two-thirds of the reason why Indian economy is in a deep slowdown-declining consumption

Union Budget 2019: The common man and industry bodies alike hope that the first budget of the Modi 2.0 government will lower taxes, hike the income tax exemption threshold and revise the Section 80C deduction limit

Union Budget 2019 Live: With today's budget, the Modi government seeks to reverse weakening growth and investment to regain India's fastest growing economy tag

GST second anniversary: One of the key reforms, which will be introduced tomorrow, is the pilot on 'new return filing' system, which will enable traders to file returns in a single format once a month instead of multiple ones

Tax and legal consultants on Wednesday complained about the time-limit of three months given to file the GST returns for 2017-18 as hundreds of amendments, notifications and circulars have made the Act very complex.

For credit that has already been claimed in the GSTR-3B return, as well as credit claimed in the auto-generated GSTR-2A return, it is imperative that this matches with the books of accounts, and the GSTR-9 return.

The GST Council, which will meet on June 20, will take a final decision on the turnover threshold for issuance of e-invoice for B2B sales after consultation with states