Govt to introduce 16 bills, but election results likely to cast shadow on winter session

The results of the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh are likely to play out during the winter session of Parliament beginning Wednesday. The government plans to introduce 16 bills......

At election time, cash is king

'Votes-for-notes no longer only means cash and goodies for fence-sitting voters,' points out Sunil Sethi. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Money talks. By that definition campaign politics of......

Bureaucratic rejig at Centre: New secys appointed

Senior Indian Administrative Service officer T V Somanathan was on Friday appointed Expenditure Secretary, the post lying vacant since late October, as part of a top-level bureaucratic reshuffle......

PHOTOS: PM in Maldives on his 1st foreign visit after re-election

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in the Maldives on Saturday on his first foreign visit after his re-election to strengthen the bilateral ties, reflecting the importance India attaches to its......

'Prime Minister Modi Has Been Fiscally Conscious'

'Spend, but create assets, spend but make sure that people benefit from it.' 'This has been a beautiful guiding principle. And I think as a finance minister I owe so much to the prime minister for......

Modi 3.0: 'Viksit Bharat' Reforms Not To Take Back Seat

'The expeditious enactment of labour codes and strategic measures to bridge the skills jobs gap are critical.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi and the Cabinet meet for the first time, June......

Measures to check tax disputes in next Budget

The finance ministry plans to allay investor fear on tax uncertainty in India. The idea is to introduce in the next Budget a number of safeguards for preventing disputes with taxpayers. A panel......

Paying your tax will soon be as easy as swiping a card

The government is planning to extend the electronic modes of tax payment to its own payments platform, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), credit cards of banks, or even a mobile wallet like Paytm.......