NEW DELHI:The Delhi unit of the BJP has demanded the reduction of Value Added Tax (VAT) on diesel as well, days after the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the national capital slashed petrol prices by Rs eight per litre.

NEW DELHI:Oil marketing companies kept diesel and petrol prices unchanged across major Indian cities on Sunday.Accordingly, diesel and petrol prices in Delhi stood at Rs 86.67 per litre and Rs 95.41 per litre, respectively.

NEW DELHI:Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday asked the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to prevent dumping of toxic wastes in India.

MUMBAI:Concerns over new Covid-19 variant Omicron, as well as continued foreign fund outflows, will keep Indian rupee subdued during the upcoming week.

GANDHINAGAR:Accepting a farm activist's revocation application to revoke the varietal registration of Pepsico India Holding on potato variety FL-2027, The Protection of Plant Varieties & Farmers' Rights (PPV&FR) Authority on Friday revoked the registration, the multinational had. Even at the global level, this is the first time that the multinational had to face such a defeat.

BHUBANESWAR:Odisha has recorded 64 per cent growth in GST collection in November compared to the same month of the last fiscal, officials said on Thursday.

NEW DELHI:With India set to come out on top in terms of the rate of growth, doubling new installations compared to 2015-2020, the growth of the world's capacity to generate electricity from solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable technologies is on course to accelerate over the coming years. The year 2021 is expected to set a fresh all-time record for new installations, the IEA said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: India's GST collection rose on both sequential and year-on-year basis in November.The gross GST collection rose to Rs 1,31,526 crore last month, and it was the second straight month when the gross GST collection crossed Rs 1.30 lakh crore.

NEW DELHI: India's April-October budgetary fiscal deficit has reached 36.3 per cent of the FY22 target.As per the data furnished by the Controller General of Accounts (CGA), the fiscal deficit -- the difference between revenue and expenditure -- for the April-October 2021-22 period stood at Rs 547,026 crore, or 36.3 per cent of the budget estimates (BE).

NEW DELHI:Healthy monsoon season along with pent-up demand are expected to accelerate India's Q2FY22 GDP growth rate to over 7 per cent during Q2FY22, experts said.

GURUGRAM: A total of 46 commercial establishments at different places in Gurugram were sealed by the Municipal Corporation (MCG) on Monday after they were found to be running without valid trade licence, an MCG official said.

NEW DELHI:The Paytm listing debacle has sparked concern from investors and entrepreneurs, fearful that it could derail a string of expected Indian flotations that were supposed to cement the country's status as a leading destination for tech start-ups after the US and China, Financial Times reported.

MUMBAI:Maharashtra, which contributes the highest to the Centre's GST kitty, has the maximum amount outstanding for the past two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, a RTI reply has revealed.

An overlap on games of skill and games of chance could be the key towards a uniform tax rate for India’s nascent online gaming industry.

 NEW DELHI: Prices of staple vegetable tomato are likely to stay elevated for two more months, CRISIL said.Tomatoes account for 10 per cent of the total vegetable production in India.

NEW DELHI:The Reserve Bank of India's recent notification on income recognition, asset classification, and provisioning norms for banks, non-banking financial institutions, and all-India financial institutions may lead to a sharp spike in the non-performing assets (NPAs) for non-banking finance companies, ICRA said.

NEW DELHI:Future Retail Limited (FRL) said on Sunday that it firmly believes that the Competition Commission of India (CCI) will not be intimidated by this arrogance of Amazon and will take action on its show cause notice (SCN) against Amazon in accordance with law and regulations.

NEW DELHI:India has till date operationalised 395 air routes under the Regional Connectivity Scheme 'Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik' or RCS-Udan.Under the scheme, which was launched in 2016, airlines are provided with a 'Viability Gap Funding' to keep fares affordable and accessible.

SHIMLA:Himachal Pradesh's pilot project for the cultivation of aromatic medicinal cinnamon has been a success in Una district and the government is now aiming to go for its commercial cultivation in lower elevations in five districts, state Agriculture Minister Virender Kanwar said here on Sunday.

NEW DELHI:Oil marketing companies have continued to keep prices of diesel and petrol unchanged across major Indian cities post revision of duties by the Centre and state governments on the Diwali eve.

An accounting voucher is a record that serves as a supporting document for the entries recorded in the accounting books, and it is stamped as 'paid' once the supplier has received the payment. Payments are recorded in the appropriate ledger accounts. There are different types of accounting vouchers that we will go about in the latter part of this article.

NEW DELHI:India will allow resumption of scheduled commercial international passenger services from December 15, it was announced on Friday.

MUMBAI:India's foreign exchange reserves rose by $289 million during the week ended November 19.The Reserve Bank of India's forex reserves increased to $640.401 billion from $640.112 billion reported for the week ended November 12.

NEW DELHI:The issue price for Sovereign Gold Bonds' next series has been fixed at Rs 4,791 per gram of gold.According to the Ministry of Finance, the Sovereign Gold Bond Scheme 2021-22 (Series VIII) will be opened for subscription during the period November 29 to December 3 with settlement date on December 7.

NEW DELHI:The Bhind police in Madhya Pradesh said a statement on Friday that during their investigation into the supply of ganja through the Amazon e-commerce portal, it was found that besides Babu Tex, the earlier company which was supplying ganja on the Amazon e-commerce portal , six more companies were registered on Amazon, which were supplying 2 kg pack of ganja under the guise of 'Stevia dry leaves' to the same purchasers to whom Babu Tex supplied the banned substance.

NEW DELHI: Indias leading industrialist and philanthropist, Anil Agarwal, Chairman of the Vedanta Group, one of the worlds biggest Oil & Gas and Metals companies, has been bestowed with the Philanthropy Award at the Asian Business Awards 2021 for his outstanding contribution towards humanitarianism initiatives centering on healthcare, education, sanitation, skill development and sustainable livelihood.

NEW DELHI: India's Q2FY22 GDP is expected to grow by 8.5 per cent on a year-on-year (YoY) basis amid support from a favourable base, Acuite Ratings and Research said.

NEW DELHI:Over the past five years, Indias mobile internet and digital services ecosystem has grown rapidly, owing to the pioneering efforts of large private sector players.

NEW DELHI: From daily essentials like tomatoes, milk as well as edible oils to transport fuels, rising prices have hampered the financial health of ordinary middle class families in India.

Consistent increase in the prices of houses and properties has propelled many to choose the HDFC home loan or home loan option through other lenders for meeting their dream of having their own home. However, HDFC home loan or various other lenders of home loan approve the application for home loan basis their credit risk assessment of the applicant basis their repayment capacity, income, credit score etc. Higher repayment tenures of as high as 30 years clubbed with big-ticket loan amounts also make it important for many applicants to prepare themselves financially before making such commitments.

KUSHINAGAR(UP):The first domestic flight from Kushinagar International Airport for Delhi will start from Friday.
The airport was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 20 and SpiceJet airlines will provide the air service.

NEW DELHI:  The Chief Justice N.V. Ramana on Tuesday pointed to the parties in the Future-Amazon case that they have filed bulky documents in the matter -- 21 volumes in the same case -- and it causes unnecessary inconvenience, as documents are repeated. The top court has scheduled the next hearing in the matter on December 8.

NEW DELHI: The rental arm of real estate developer DLF -- DLF Cyber City Developers -- on Monday raised Rs 1,000 crore through private placement of listed, secured and redeemable non-convertible debentures (NCDs).