As the Union Budget 2026 for the financial year 2026-27 is scheduled to be presented in Parliament on Sunday, February 1, 2026, at 11 am, one of the major fiscal elements influencing policy decisions ...

The Union government led by Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi had initiated several key economic reforms during the last one decade. But nothing could be viewed as more transformational than the ...

By Smita Singh A critical aspect of GST implementation over the past 8 years to some extent has been policy variability. In ...

The components include solar power equipment, solar cookers and lamps, windmills and generators, waste-to-energy systems, biogas plants, and tidal or wave energy installations. Image: Vikram Solar.

India’s proposed Goods and Services Tax reform, cutting rates on vehicles from more than 29% to 18%, could deliver a significant fiscal stimulus and ignite a fresh wave of consumer demand ahead of ...

Monday - Friday, 11:00 - 12:00 SIN/HK | 0500 - 06:00 CET India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced plans to reform the country's goods and services tax regime. The regime is expected to have ...

India's GST Council has reduced the GST rate on solar cells – whether or not assembled into modules – from 12% to 5%, effective Sept. 22. The tax cut is expected to make solar cells and modules more ...

India has shown rare fiscal maturity in 2025 by successfully concluding GST 2.0 and retiring the compensation cess—gains that ...

The Goods and Services Tax was introduced with the promise of simplification, uniformity, and certainty. However, for several years after its implementation, GST functioned with a deficiency—the ...

India plans to impose a significant tax on the fund that online gaming firms collect from consumers in a major blow to the fast-growing industry that was quick to label the move as “catastrophic” and ...

Elaborating on the company's bullish outlook, he said supplies are going to start this month for at least three products, including the new Punch, Sierra, as well as Safari and Harrier petrol.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's greatest tax reform - replacing an array of provincial duties with a nationwide goods and services tax - is transforming the logistics industry in a country where moving ...