Railways posted the worst-ever operating ratio of 98.4% in 2017-18. The best-ever operating ratio was 74.7% in 1963-64

Fitch said it was revising the fiscal deficit forecast as revenue collection is likely to fall far short of the projections in the FY2019/20 Union Budget due to weak GST and corporate income tax collections

In the first half of the current financial year, the government has earned Rs 1,54,798 crore in the form of dividends and profits from its entities. This is equivalent to 95 per cent of the entire year's target of Rs 1,63,528 crore

The corporate tax rate cut may have enthused a large section of India Inc, but there are still many companies that do not intend to accept the largesse

Sixteen CEOs and economists lay out a roadmap to revive the economy

Pandey says it's not fair to say that GST is responsible for the current economic slowdown; contraction in imports and the failure of some sectors to perform well led to a drop in GST collection, he adds

The OECD Secretariat's proposal is designed to grant new taxing rights to the countries where users of highly digitalised business models are located. This is to address the old criticism against Internet giants that they cut their corporate tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the end customer.

To start with, the I-T department has picked up over 58,000 cases for the faceless e-Assessment scheme and the e-notices have been served before September 30, 2019, for cases of the Assessment Year 2018-19

Over the years, women's rights to inherit and own property have come a long way in our country. So much so that when it comes to planning for and managing their wealth, women are now quite assertive and open about their financial goals.

These entities were in real estate businesses ranging from land acquisition, construction to budget homes. Sources suggest close to Rs 1,000 crore was made available in quick succession between April 2017 and October 2018

IRCTC IPO is the largest of all four entities offered by the Indian Railways after RITES, Rail Vikas Nigam and Ircon. It has turned out to be most-watched share sale by prospective investors in recent times

Real estate sales are yet to pick up. The market is throwing up some great deals that you can go for

Cumulatively, the exports were down 1.53 per cent to $133.54 billion in the April-August period, while imports contracted by 5.68 per cent to $206.39 billion

Going by the 6 per cent tax rate for the equalisation levy, the tax collection of Rs 939 crore in FY19 suggests that Indian entities shelled out at least Rs 15,650 crore to place advertisements with digital giants such as Google, Facebook and mobile phone apps, up from the Rs 9,800 crore they spent in FY18.

While a section of the market believes the government should slash GST rates on cars from 28% to 18% to revive demand, underwhelming monthly GST collection figures are of little comfort to the government

On the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), IDBI Bank share price gained as much as 10.84 per cent to touch an intraday high of Rs 29.65 apiece from Friday's close level of Rs 26.75 in an otherwise weak market

The Finance Minister has announced a mini-stimulus package to arrest the economic slowdown. But the economy needs much more than piecemeal solutions