Economy & Policy

By Shantanu Sharma Geneva: India on Wednesday expressed concern that some suggestions on reforming the World Trade Organization (WTO) could give rise to fundamental changes in the institutional architecture of the trade body, which could…

India, Pakistan, Cuba and 44 countries of the African Group have come together seeking a moratorium on trade measures and providing sufficient flexibilities on intellectual property disciplines for developing countries to fight the…

Even as Maharashtra closed its 2021-22 sugar season on Tuesday producing historically highest sugar, the state is already staring at breaking this record in the next season starting October 1, said state's sugar commissioner Shekhar…

India on Wednesday said that a G20 and OECD like pact on levying customs duties on e-transmissions should be considered to end the monopolistic, rent-seeking and anti-competitive practices of big tech companies, and allow developing…

Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh on Wednesday inaugurated a six-lane highway in Surat made of steel slag -- a first for the country. The road constructed using 100 per cent steel-processed slag is a real example of converting…

India has reduced the base import prices of crude palm oil, soyoil, gold and silver, the government said late on Wednesday. The government revises base import prices of edible oils, gold and silver every fortnight, and the prices are…

“I like to call myself a future, or aspiring, cult leader,” Meltem Demirors, chief strategy officer of CoinShares — a publicly listed investment firm managing around $5 billion in assets — told Cointelegraph. Demirors, who first entered…

The Department of Pension and Pensioners' Welfare will launch an artificial intelligence-enabled common portal soon for the benefit of pensioners, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Wednesday. Interacting with beneficiaries of…

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a detailed procedure for sanction, post-audit, and review of refund claims under Goods and Services tax, in the light of the receipt of reports of different practices…

The panel of ministers on GST rate rationalisation is scheduled to meet on June 17 to discuss possible tweaking in tax rates, sources said. The Group of Ministers (GoM) is likely to discuss possible changes in the tax slab, they said,…