EPFO to watch result of 5% investment in stock markets before hike to 15%

Employees Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO, will watch the result of its 5 per cent investment in stock markets this fiscal before taking a call on increasing the proportion. Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya Friday said that they are putting in the market approximately five thousand to 6 th...

Tobacco crop will be purchased by traders, says govt

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitaraman assured tobacco farmers of Andhra Pradesh that their entire crop will be purchased by traders by the end of the month. She made the statement after visiting Prakasam district personally to assess the tobacco purchase situation, after three farme...

Govt confident of new GST regime to roll out from next fiscal: FM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today hoped that economic growth will be higher than 7.3 per cent, recorded last year. He said all macroeconomic parameters appear positive. Addressing global fund managers and institutional investors in Hong Kong on the last day of his four-day visit to Singapore and H...

Govt confident of new GST regime to roll out from next fiscal: FM

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said the government is confident of the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime to roll out from the next fiscal. Addressing a press conference in Hong Kong on the last day of his four-day visit to Singapore and Hong Kong, Mr Jaitley exuded confidence that GST wou...

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley pitches for more foreign investments in India

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today pitched for more foreign investments and said India would give better returns than many other countries. Jaitley, who is Hong Kong to meet foreign investors, assured that the government is working to expeditiously resolve tax disputes involving three overseas comp...

India will give better returns on investments: FM Arun Jaitley

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today asserted that India would give better returns on investments than many other countries. Addressing investors and business leaders in Hong Kong, Mr Jaitley said that foreign investments can provide great additional resources for infrastructure and other sectors in ...

Sitaraman assures tobacco farmers of Andhra Pradesh that entire crop will be purchased by traders by end of the month

Union Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitaraman assured tobacco farmers of Andhra Pradesh that their entire crop will be purchased by traders by the end of the month. She made the statement after visiting Prakasam district personally to assess the tobacco purchase situation, after three farme...

7% growth rate recorded in the first quarter of current fiscal is not just enough: Arun Jaitley

EPFO to watch result of its 5 per cent investment in stock markets this fiscal before taking a call on increasing proportion

Employees Provident Fund Organisation, EPFO, will watch the result of its 5 per cent investment in stock markets this fiscal before taking a call on increasing the proportion. Union Labour Minister Bandaru Dattatreya Friday said that they are putting in the market approximately five thousand to 6 th...

Seven per cent growth rate recorded in the first quarter of current fiscal is not just enough: Arun Jaitley