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The reform road map that the GST needs

India, Aug. 26 -- The Goods and Services Tax (GST), launched in 2017, was meant to be a "good and simple tax". Finance minister Arun Jaitley had rightly said during its launch, "There will be problems... Read More


Consumer helpline sees spurt in dispute complaints, refunds

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- A majority of consumers using a national toll-free helpline to log complaints have received refunds worth crores for an array of faulty products and deficient services, potential... Read More


Consumer helpline sees spurt in dispute complaints, refunds

New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- A majority of consumers using a national toll-free helpline to log complaints have received refunds worth crores for an array of faulty products and deficient services, potential... Read More


Incentives to be sent directly to employees in central job scheme

New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Wage incentives to first-time employees under the PM Viksit Bharat Rozgar Yojana, a central plan to spur jobs, will be credited directly to staffers' accounts and firms deregiste... Read More


Farmers shift to maize as biofuel push drives sales

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- A longstanding trend of farmers preferring cereal crops over scarce pulses and oilseeds has been bolstered by a craze for maize and its area shows a meteoric rise over the past f... Read More


Centre orders probe into herbicide toxicity

New Delhi, Aug. 18 -- The Centre on Sunday ordered a probe into alleged reports of toxicity resulting from the use of herbicide in soyabean fields, which could be linked to agricultural chemicals not ... Read More


Farmers shift to maize as biofuel push drives sales

India, Aug. 18 -- A longstanding trend of farmers preferring cereal crops over scarce pulses and oilseeds has been bolstered by a craze for maize and its area shows a meteoric rise over the past few y... Read More


Centre orders probe into herbicide toxicity

India, Aug. 18 -- The Centre on Sunday ordered a probe into alleged reports of toxicity resulting from the use of herbicide in soyabean fields, which could be linked to agricultural chemicals not conf... Read More


Will stand as a wall to protect farmers: PM Modi

New Delhi, Aug. 16 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for greater self-reliance, local manufacturing of everything from fertilisers to EV batteries, and pledged to protect farmers amid trade tensi... Read More


Will stand as a wall to protect farmers: Modi

India, Aug. 15 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi pushed for greater self-reliance, local manufacturing of everything from fertilisers to EV batteries, and pledged to protect farmers amid trade tensions ... Read More