\"It [slash in prices] is not something I can announce here... wait a couple of days and you'll have the answer,\" said RC Bhargava while speaking at an India Today Conclave 2019

The economic slowdown is structural as a sharp decline in household savings and investment since FY12 would indicate. This calls for a significant boost to capital expenditure by the government

Corporates accounted for about 1.6 per cent of total taxpayers, as per the tax returns for assessment year 2017/18 but they contributed over 55 per cent to income taxes during the same year

Prior to 2016, ITIs in the state had rundown infrastructure, full of cobwebs and dirt. They were uninspiring

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The festival period usually sees a 50 per cent spurt in sales and retailers stock anywhere between 35 per cent to 40 per cent excess inventory

During the festive season, auto companies may offer discounts of around 5 per cent or so, but in the long run, tax cuts are unlikely to keep the prices down as tax benefits are not fully passed on to consumers

The government has slashed basic corporate tax rate to 22 per cent from 30 per cent while for new manufacturing companies it has been cut down to 15 per cent from 25 per cent

Speaking at the India Today Conclave in Mumbai, Gadkari said government has not slowed down the pace of infrastructure creation and gross domestic production (GDP) growth rates are sure to go up going forward

\"Government policies take time to play out and unfold. But at the RBI, the market reacts very fast when a Governor or a deputy governor says something. So the responsibility is far higher,\" said RBI Governor

MAT is a tax provision reintroduced in 1997 in an attempt to bring zero-tax-high-profits companies into the income tax net. It is calculated on the basis of the book profits of a company, not its taxable income

Reliance Jio is waiting to get a critical mass of 10-15 films and 20 million broadband connected homes to begin 'First Day First Show' service

\"It is a good time to buy your dream house because interest rates are at multi-year lows. After considering these tax deductions, the interest cost may come down even further,\" says Sudhir Kaushik, CFO, Taxspanner.com

PM can now say he has come to Texas promising lower Taxes, says Jairam Ramesh. \"Is this his 'Trump card'?\" he asks

All these moves would cost the government exchequer Rs 1.45 lakh crore. The question though is if a significant part of this money would flow as investments in the short to medium term

Corporate tax cut: Kiran Mazumdar Shaw said that the move will revive growth and investment, while Uday Kotak called it a bold and progressive step forward.

The Company Law Committee, headed by Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas, would suggest measures for removing any bottlenecks in the overall functioning of the statutory bodies like SFIO, IEPFA and NFRA

The Uday Kotak-led board of the IL&FS group, as part of the resolution process has initiated the sale of several group assets including education, waste management, technology, real estate and key international assets

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