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GST Council recommends removal of arrest provisions, other reforms

Next-Gen reforms made as per recommendations of the GST Council in its 56th meeting last year had focussed on rate rationalisation and reduction of...

AI-related investment support global economic activity: RBI

However, it warned that the downside risk also originates from potential sharp corrections in AI-related asset valuations which pose contagion risks to global financial...

Reactions to RBI Monetary Policy

“This move is aimed at anchoring inflation expectations while maintaining macroeconomic stability. Although the increase in the repo rate will play some part in...

Of Tariffs and Tussles

TRUMP’S COUNTERATTACK On the other hand, Donald Trump has chosen to go ballistic on justices who, he termed, did not have the “ courage to...

Sealing Trade Pacts

New Delhi stood its ground. Significantly enough, it sealed three major trade pacts last year. Towards the end of 2025, a free trade pact...

Festive Sparks, Fiscal Sparkle

The IMF (International Monetary Fund) and the Re­serve Bank of India (RBI) have indeed raised India’s GDP (gross domestic product) growth in FY26 to...

GST 2.0: Great Sabka Tax or Great Slow Tax?

More often than not, people tend to compare India with China. The size of their population, perhaps, justifies such comparisons. But the systems operating...

Surmounting MNC challenges

HE IS A tall personality in the corporate world of Tamil Nadu. Conversations with him often turn out to be an exciting educational experience....

On a better wicket?

These are tough times. Controllable factors are increasingly shrinking, and the uncontrollable ones are expanding at a rapid pace. Too many uncertainties are being...

Will the domestic momentum sustain?

Amid fast-spreading uncertainty around us, positive news is coming on the domestic economic front. This will bring a sense of cheer and a feeling...

IE, the voice of development is back!

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMIST (IE) is the product of two Ps - Patience and Perseverance - assiduously practised by its founder late S. Viswanathan. For over...

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GST Council recommends removal of arrest provisions, other reforms

Next-Gen reforms made as per recommendations of the GST...

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However, it warned that the downside risk also originates...

Reactions to RBI Monetary Policy

“This move is aimed at anchoring inflation expectations while...

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