World Bank President calls on Jayalalithaa; enquires about projects implemented by TN

The President of the World Bank Dr.Jim Yong Kim called on the Tamilnadu Chief Minister Ms. Jayalalithaa at the State Secretariat and enquired of the various projects implemented by the State Government with the financial assistance of the World Bank.In a press release on Monday, the State Government...

Direct tax collection will exceed target this fiscal: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that direct tax collection would exceed budget target of 7.36 lakh crore rupees in the current financial year. Addressing the 30th annual conference of Principal Chief Commissioners and other senior officials of Income Tax department in New Delh...

World Bank Chief says India has quality Human resource in world

World Bank Chief Jim Yong Kim on Monday said that India has quality Human resource in the world. Speaking to newspersons at the Chennai Airport, Kim said that the World Bank Branch at Chennai, which had 70 employees in, the beginning had grown to a larger one with 700 employees working in it present...

Direct tax collection will exceed target this fiscal: Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that direct tax collection would exceed budget target of 7.36 lakh crore rupees in the current financial year. Addressing the 30th annual conference of Principal Chief Commissioners and other senior officials of Income Tax department in New Delh...

FM says, tax collection will exceed target during current financial year

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that tax collection during the current fiscal would exceed budget estimate target of 13.64 lakh crore rupees. Addressing the 30th annual conference of Principal Chief Commissioners and other senior officials of Income Tax department in New Delhi...

FM: Tax collection expected to exceed budget estimate target this fiscal

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has expressed confidence that tax collection during the current fiscal would exceed budget estimate target of 13.64 lakh crore rupees. Addressing the 30th annual conference of Principal Chief Commissioners and other senior officials of Income Tax department in New Delhi...

Petroleum Minister: No hike in LPG, kerosene prices

Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has said that Cooking gas and kerosene prices will not be hiked keeping in view the impact of such a step on the people. Talking to reporters in Patna yesterday, he said this will benefit the middle class people and those who use kerosene as cooking fuel. Pradha...

Govt gives major push to FDI in Budget

To make the economy more robust and free from the resource crunch, the government this time did not disappoint the market and gave a major push to Foreign Direct Investment, FDI in the Budget. The Finance Minister announced a substantial increase in the FDI cap in defence and insurance sectors from ...

World Bank Chief arrives in New Delhi; to meet PM Narendra Modi

World Bank President Jim Yong Kim arrives in New Delhi today on a three-day visit to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi in order to understand his development priorities.Mr. Kim will also meet with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his stay in the country. Kim in a statement said that the historic...

WB chief to meet PM Modi to understand his development priorities