Propaganda claims PM doing everything for the good of country and its people Our existence should not depend on the mercy or compassion of the messiah. Instead, it requires the spirit of a creatively nuanced […]
If 99 per cent of the demonetized currency has returned to the banks, as the RBI has said, it means the fight against black money through demonetization was not properly thought through. The Prime Minister […]
MUMBAI (TIP): A Times of India report published July 21 says that the pall of gloom owing to protectionist policies has not kept Indians residing in the US from investing in real estate. By purchasing […]
Cow is not sacred and beef is not forbidden to Hindus, according to Vedas The author finds no mention in Hindu scriptures about cow being referred to as “mother” or as “holy”. He finds no […]
Putting up a brave face, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has downplayed concerns over growth slowdown. Experts commenting on the economy growing at 6.1 per cent in the January-March quarter unanimously pin the blame on demonetization. While India has lost the […]
Congress leader Chidambaram says figures prove Cong right on note ban NEW DELHI (TIP): Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said, June 1, the new GDP growth figures had proved the Congress and the opposition right about the consequences of demonetization with the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Bank accounts used for transfer of funds to and from other nations will have to provide additional details of transactions and identity by April 30 or get blocked, the income tax department […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Income Tax department will investigate over 60,000 individuals under the second phase of the ‘Operation Clean Money’ which was launched on Friday with a view to detecting black money generation post […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is likely to decide against circulating proposed new Rs 200 banknotes through ATMs to avoid another chaotic recalibration process similar to the one that followed the […]
Large cash deposits in savings bank accounts of citizens have been under scrutiny after the government scrapped high-value banknotes from November 9, 2016 NEW DELHI (TIP): The taxmen or bank officials may question anyone receiving […]
NEW YORK (TIP): Indian American community in New York celebrated victory of BJP in U.P., Uttarakhand and other states. Community leaders of various organizations joined in congratulating Modi for landslide victory. “Modi magic has worked […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): PepsiCo India may emerge from the setback caused by demonetisation only by the April-June quarter, global chief executive officer Indra Nooyi said, the seventh leader among consumer companies to voice concerns over […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): In a pre-election Budget aimed at softening the demonetization blow, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 1 halved the basic income tax rate to 5 per cent and lowered the rate for […]
The historic decision of Nov 9, 2016 to demonetize currency notes of Rs. 500/1000, which represents 86 %of the total currency in circulation, was ‘overdue’ since the last time in 1978. Many reports suggest that […]
A cost-benefit analysis of demonetization needs to take into account the inconvenience caused and the millions of man days lost in queues and lay-offs. The honorable Prime Minister promised the people an India of their […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Reserve Bank of India on Thursday clarified that account-holders can make multiple cash deposits in withdrawn currencies till December 30. RBI had on Wednesday reversed an earlier directive requiring banks to question customers […]
If the government thought media was exaggerating the prevailing “cash chaos” and focusing excessively on urban India, its own officers’ report has confirmed that the situation is far worse in rural India. A team of […]
Trump’s election as US President and demonetization in India arrived like conjoined twins on November 9. Joseph Schumpeter’s phrase “creative destruction”, used in 1942 to characterize industrial evolution, is the hopeful outcome. Experts are divided […]
We do not want another ‘god’ as the political leader of our country…We must not only not have any more gods…we must also ‘devalue‘ the exaggerated importance that we have given to the office of […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is likely to introduce a disclosure scheme under which anyone with unaccounted income can come clean by paying 50% tax before December 30. A fourth of the amount remaining after […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The political thrust and parry over the demonetization of high-value currency notes intensified on November 25 with Prime Minister Narendra Modi using the Constitution Day event to take on the Opposition for […]
VARANASI (TIP): Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh has hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s demonetisation move as a “courageous” experiment to eliminate black money, corruption and counterfeit currency. Though it was implemented without making “proper arrangement”, […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): A decline in sales is prompting automobile companies to slash production as demonetisation has adversely impacted buyer sentiment and hit footfalls at showrooms. Few companies were willing to talk on record over […]
There has been a spate of mixed reactions from the NRIS living in America after India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has imposed nation-wide ban on existing Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes in a move […]
Post-demonetization, the country is in a state of economic convulsion. To keep it from turning into a social seizure, the government has appealed to patriotic fervor, raising every notion from the soldier’s suffering to the […]
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