The Centre might be tempted to make the portals responsible because it is always easy to deal with a few hundred portals than lakhs of anonymous and invisible sellers.
...Full StoryThe working civilians have had the mortification of seeing their HRA go down by 20 per cent across the board.
...Full StoryIt will hasten the demise of cash economy, the process started by demonetisation.
...Full StoryA mother may be moved by the actor's advice on polio vaccination but a wily trader would empathise only with and listen to another wily trader.
...Full StoryThere is no reason why a beginning cannot be made with the Indian Railways.
...Full StoryThey are not a vote bank for Modi government, hence they should not expect much.
...Full StoryWhat Modi government is set to do to check abuses by drug manufacturers is dubious – nay, worse than the disease.
...Full StoryThe central government is well aware of the fiscal trap pay hike largesse portends.
...Full StoryThe move has made our tax rates steeper once we cross the Rs 5 lakh threshold.
...Full StoryBanks must take a leaf out of telcos' books - let's try ATM pooling a la tower pooling.
...Full StoryYes, it must be said at the risk of sounding sacrilegious.
...Full StoryTo tip or not is entirely the discretion of the customer, satisfied or dissatisfied.
...Full StoryWhat was the need to hurry?
...Full StoryHere's what the crooks, who gave the government a slip by laundering their black money through back doors of banks, are scared of and why.
...Full StoryThe PM should call the Congress vice president's bluff over the Sahara papers.
...Full StoryIf they come together and join hands, they would be able to stop the invasion into their territories.
...Full StoryNothing can be more far-fetched than need-based exemptions.
...Full StoryThe mainstreaming of our economy has just begun.
...Full StoryWhen you exempt a few types of income or organisations from tax, they beckon the crooks.
...Full StoryA bold amendment is required to make bigamy and polygamy a cognisable offence.
...Full StoryRBI and other banks are guilty of not using the tried and tested weapons.
...Full StoryThe actor has already had a dalliance with a rival brand, Airtel.
...Full StoryIf Parliament can have a major role in the impeachment of judges, there is no reason why it should be kept out of the loop in the matter of appointment.
...Full StoryThe monsoons are at the back of a FICCI survey that fuels this optimism.
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