Saturday, 17 June 2017

Meet Hasmukh Adhia, the most vital cog in PM Modi's plan to help India keep its date with GST

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Meet Hasmukh Adhia, the most vital cog in PM Modi's plan to help India keep its date with GST
Everyone in Delhi's corridors of power speaks in hushed tones when asked about the clout of this top babu — a former Modi aide during his Gujarat days.
The mood among traders ahead of GST: A ground report from Kanpur
Union Minister of State for Finance Santosh Gangwar explains that, except for temporary hiccups, the taxation system will be streamlined in the long run.
Reducing perishable component can prevent price crash due to bumper crop
Due to lack of proper storage, almost 18% of fruits and vegetables perish every year in India; only 2% of fruits and vegetables are processed.
Twin tracks: Bengaluru and Kochi metros get going
Bengaluru Metro officials have attributed the delays mainly to the technical challenges of building tunnels, stations and laying tracks underground.
India is betting big on electric vehicles, but where does that leave the makers of hybrids?
Electric vehicles (EVs) will be taxed at 12% even as hybrids are bracketed along with luxury cars in the 43% tax stratosphere.
With Wimbledon around the corner, ET Magazine takes you through some Grand Slam highlights
Rohan Bopanna became only the fourth Indian to win a Grand Slam tournament when he won the mixed doubles at Roland Garros, in partnership with Gabriela Dabrowski.
Pepperfry and Urban Ladder's 'offline' idea to ward off global brands
India's largest furniture retailers (both bristle at the etailer tag) are making this strategic shift at a time when the industry itself is in transition.
Worry about people, not jobs: Garry Kasparov
In an email interview with ET, New York-based Kasparov shares his views on chess, AI, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
When CEA Arvind Subramanian spent 35 hours over 7 days in a classroom, teaching economics
Welcome to Professor Subramanian's class on Indian economics where, for seven days, he demystified GST, demonetisation — and economics itself.
Farming of food crops is not remunerative: MS Swaminathan
"Farmers must be assured that the government will extend necessary help to enable them to continue farming in a profitable way."
GST may mean short term pain for consumers but a good bargain for brighter future: Pratik Jain, PwC
Earlier this week, the government published a list of 89 items, where the GST incidence is believed to be lower than the effective incidence of current taxes.
How death of Khaplang may change complex equations in the India-China-Myanmar triangle
ULFA shot off a series of press releases condemning the visit of the Dalai Lama to Arunanchal Pradesh recently and had warned him not to speak against China.
How the national elephant census went about the job of counting the beast
500 volunteers responded to the Forest Department's call to be part of the all-India synchronised Asian elephant population estimation.
Documenta 14 in Kassel and Art Basel in Switzerland draw in the crowds
The Basel has a huge retrospective of the German photographer's works, spanning his career from 1989 to 2017, from portraits to abstract works
How a person's ethnic background can spot a lie in him reveals new study
The Lancaster study has implications for forensic risk assessments, discrimination proceedings and the evaluation of asylum seekers.
All very Wellington: New Zealand's capital has some quirky things to offer
Towards the far end of the market, there was a little courtyard with wooden benches and tables, where a musician was gently strumming on a guitar.
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