Kumar Dipankar And Ashish Agashe

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Behind the scenes: Sitharaman chaired 3 separate meetings on GSTN preparedness for GST 2.0
Rediff.com8 Sep 2025

To ensure a glitch-free rollout of the next-generation GST with reduced rates and...

Will RBI's new Guv usher a growth-propping rate cut in 2025?
Rediff.com22 Dec 2024

The RBI under former governor Shaktikanta Das resisted pressures to cut interest rates...

PSU banks urged to review their gold loan portfolio
Rediff.com13 Mar 2024

The finance ministry has directed all state-owned banks to review their gold loan...

How much tax did the govt mop up in the past 2 years?
Rediff.com2 Feb 2024

The income tax department has garnered about Rs 4,600 crore in taxes from 56 lakh...

Amritpal Singh: Rise of 'Bhindranwale 2.0' in Punjab
Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

Donning a flowing white chola' and a navy blue turban and often escorted by armed...

Modi wants G20 to draw inspiration from 'vibrancy of Indian economy'
Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed hope that G20 will draw inspiration...

Das urges G20 nations to resolutely address global challenges
Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Friday called upon G20 nations to resolutely address...

Jhunjhunwala: The RARE big bull and unabashed wealth creator
Rediff.com14 Aug 2022

Stock market investments are always said to involve risks and people who made big...

Rescue acts, growth measures dominate RBI's platter in 2020
Rediff.com30 Dec 2020

Delivering a public speech hours after the RBI launched a rescue act for Yes Bank on...

Why migrants cycle hundreds of kms to reach home
Rediff.com12 May 2020

After five weeks of lockdown, migrant workers' patience ran out and so did the money,...

Will 2020 bring cheer to Indian banking sector?
Rediff.com30 Dec 2019

Amid slowdown blues, the government has unveiled a raft of measures over the past few...

Busy Mumbaikars take break, join in anti-CAA protest
Rediff.com19 Dec 2019

Denizens of the fast-paced financial capital, who value their time over everything...

Tale of two sets of passengers on a rainy night
Rediff.com2 Jul 2019

'There were no airhostesses and stewards to bring us food, water and the news of when...

From PNB scam to Patels's exit, events that shaped India's banking sector
Rediff.com26 Dec 2018

For the baning sector, 2018 was a 'Year of Exits' - borrowers fled from the country as...

'Can you drop me till wherever mob allows': Woes of a Mumbaikar
Rediff.com3 Jan 2018

A first person account of the train-walk-bike-taxi journey on Wednesday to the office,...

As rains paralysed Mumbai, people slept in offices, train stations
Rediff.com30 Aug 2017

The place of work turned into place of stay or a dormitory for the office goers and...

India lauds Brazil's support for actions to combat terror: Modi
Rediff.com17 Oct 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also thanked Brazilian President Michel Temer for...

I blacklisted Agusta, not the UPA: Jaitley
Rediff.com4 May 2016

Rubbishing Congress' claim of having blacklisted AgustaWestland, Finance Minister Arun...

Jaitley vows corruption-free governance, reasonable tax rates
Rediff.com19 Nov 2015

Seeking investments to boost growth, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday vowed a...

Tale of two quakes: Horror @ Everest, tremors in Kolkata
Rediff.com12 May 2015

The strong temblor that shook Nepal and parts of northern and eastern India on Tuesday...