Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to tour State from November

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu to tour State from November

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu addressing a review meeting on real-time governance, at the Secretariat on Wednesday. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu has announced that he will start touring the State next month to inspect the implementation of various government schemes and programmes. “The aim is to ensure the benefits reach … Read more

Dabur India Q2 Update: GST reforms, portfolio resilience drive momentum

Dabur India Q2 Update: GST reforms, portfolio resilience drive momentum

Dabur India has released a preliminary update on its performance and demand trends for the quarter ended September 30, 2025 (Q2 FY26), highlighting that the recent GST reforms implemented by the Government represent a significant step towards improving affordability and enhancing purchasing power. Following this, the shares of Dabur India were trading 1% higher at … Read more

PM Modi interacts with entrepreneurs of Arunachal on GST reforms

PM Modi interacts with entrepreneurs of Arunachal on GST reforms

In this screengrab from a video posted on September 22, 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an interaction with traders and merchants, in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh. Photo: @NarendraModi via PTI Photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacted with local entrepreneurs and members of self-help groups in Arunachal Pradesh’s capital Itanagar on Monday (September 22, 2025). He … Read more

Nifty extends its losing streak into August. Will GST talks, upbeat GDP, and Modi’s China visit break the slide?

Nifty extends its losing streak into August. Will GST talks, upbeat GDP, and Modi’s China visit break the slide?

Indian equities closed out August with a second straight month of losses, as the Nifty fell 1.38% in a holiday-shortened month and recorded its weakest two-month stretch since early 2023. The benchmark index has been weighed down by U.S. tariff shocks, foreign fund outflows, and profit-taking across key sectors. Investors now face a pivotal week … Read more

Union Budget 2024: What India Inc is expecting from FM in terms of reforms in GST arena

Union Budget 2024: What India Inc is expecting from FM in terms of reforms in GST arena

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is preparing to present the first Budget in the third term of the BJP-led NDA government on July 23, 2024. While different sectors are forwarding and expressing their expectations, most of them are keen on a revision in indirect tax rates to boost consumer spending. Earlier it was reported that the … Read more

GST 2.0: Is this the right time? And what kind of reforms do we need?

GST 2.0: Is this the right time? And what kind of reforms do we need?

The tumultuous years of implementing goods and services tax (GST) in India seem to be over. This indirect and transaction based tax, implemented nationwide in July 2017, has settled in. Most of the teething issues, such as glitches in ‘invoice matching’ and delays in refund, which dragged on for years, have largely been dealt with. … Read more