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Press Release The Business Confidence Index Quarter 1 2014-15 NCAER    Continued Upward Trajectory: Business Confidence on its Accelerated Growth Trend   The BCI rose by 13 per cent in June 2014 over April 2014 overshadowing the 3.8 per cent increase in April 2014 over January 2014. Out of the four components of BCI three...   Read More

HT Correspondent Hindustan Times  New Delhi August 29 2014 First Published: 18:06 IST(29/8/2014) | Last Updated: 11:15 IST(30/8/2014)   The Indian economy expanded at its fastest pace in two-and-a-half years in the quarter ending June on the back of a turnaround in manufacturing as sentiment was boosted by the Narendra Modi government’s measures to help...   Read More

NEW DELHI: Business confidence index continued to show upward trend for the quarter ended June 2014 on improving economic conditions and positive investment climate economic think-tank NCAER said today. The index rose by 17 per cent in June 2014 over April 2014 this year the think-tank said. "Out of the four components of BCI three...   Read More

Only 28 per cent of men aged 20-29 and with a college degree had a salaried job in 2005 which had slowly grown to 33 per cent by 2012.   From Naxalbari to the Arab Spring our popular imagination has seen the youth as the harbinger of revolution that breaks down the bastions of privilege....   Read More

DELHI – India moved closer towards implementing a Goods and Services Tax (GST) with the conclusion of the latest meeting by the Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers this Wednesday. While numerous hurdles remain central and state Finance Ministers agreed on several important items that are expected to speed up the implementation process: Two-part levy:...   Read More

With State Finance Ministers having dropped the issue of compensation in lieu of a cut in the central sales tax from the agenda of their upcoming meeting on implementing the Goods and Services Tax (GST) the major hurdle appears to have cleared in reforming India's indirect tax regime.   Seen as a key to facilitating...   Read More

In reply to an RTI query the Union finance ministry   said the UPA II government had commissioned a study in 2011 to ascertain the quantum of illegal money in the Indian economy. It said the study was being carried out by Delhi-based National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) National Council of Applied...   Read More

India might not have much to write home about when it comes to tourist arrivals when compared to the rest of the world but the industry is nevertheless tremendously important for the country. Despite its size and the wealth of sites to visit India counted as only the 38th-most visited nation according the United Nations....   Read More

While the Narendra Modi-led BJP government is all set to present its maiden budget on July 10 the common people and industry have high expectations from the finance minister especially when it comes to fulfill the promise of `Acche Din Aane Wale Hain`. In the forthcoming budget besides maintaining trend of fiscal consolidation it is...   Read More

The Kerala Cabinet has given sanction to Kerala Vision 2030. Expert committees will be constituted to synchronise the ideas put forward by Vision 2030 in annual as well as five-year plans and to advice the government and formulate necessary policies and institutions said chief minister Oommen Chandy. Detailed directions will be prepared to assess and...   Read More