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Budget 2022: Travel and tourism ignored once again, says TAAI
February 1, 2022
Travel Agents Association of India, (TAAI), India’s premier and largest travel and tourism association, expressed deep dissatisfaction with the Union Budget 2022 presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament on Tuesday. “Our trade has suffered tremendousl...
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4 years of GST: Anything but a Good, Simple Tax
July 10, 2021
When the Narendra Modi government rushed with the implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), within weeks of its passage in the Parliament, several economists and opposition leaders had cautioned the government against a hurried implementation, advocating that that more ...
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A royal downfall of Cox & Kings
November 13, 2019
One of the biggest and oldest travel companies in India is set to go into liquidation amid concerns over governance and transparency.
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Budget 2019: Offerings for tourism sector
July 13, 2019
The tourism industry has hailed the Union Budget of 2019 as a boost to the growing tourism sector of India.
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Road to tourism
June 8, 2019
A new legislature period, the same dynamic Prime Minister, but how does our tourism policy match up to the expectations?
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Elections are here again, but where are the jobs?
April 22, 2019
As India votes in the 17th general elections, unemployment has reached a crisis level. According to a leaked employment survey, joblessness is the highest in the last five decades.
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Élections générales 2019
April 17, 2019
Du 11 avril au 19 mai, la plus grande démocratie du monde va faire la démonstration de sa force lors des élections législatives nationales, menant à la nomination du Premier ministre et de son gouvernement. Au-delà de son ampleur, ce scrutin fera l’objet d’une âpre bat...
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Takehiko Nakao
May 31, 2018
Takehiko Nakao, president, Asian Development Bank (ADB) talks to Biz@India about the institution’s new initiatives across Asia and how it is working with micro finances and other schemes. How does ADB see the global economic situation? ADB has a strong point of view about 2017,...
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Growth Curve
May 31, 2018
Major reforms like demonetisation and GST brought the GDP to a three year low. However, the World Bank has stated that the Indian economy is projected to grow by 7.3 pc in 2018 and 7.5 pc in 2019 as it has recovered from the impact of demonetisation and rollout of the GST. On Oct...
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Decoding India’s Economic Survey 2018
February 9, 2018
The Economic Survey 2017-18 presented by India’s Finance Minister ArunJaitley on 29 January conveyed caution as well as optimism, while scripting the way forward for the future.
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Triple drubbing for BJP in Rajasthan bypolls
February 8, 2018
The BJP lost the by-elections—both the Lok Sabha seats in Alwar and Ajmer, and the Mandalgarh assembly seat—to a resurgent Congress.There were more than half a dozen reasons as to why BJP lost in this western State.
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Confronting tax evasion in India
November 20, 2017
Despite a 'largely compliant' status in the recently released OECD tax transparency report, India's plans to support sustainable development through investments in infrastructure, health and other major issues face challenges due to an unremitting tax skirting rampant among overs...
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