Page 11 - Vrishti Beniwal

Swiss agrees to share info on tax evaders without their approval

But refuses to cooperate in case of stolen data like HSBC Geneva

If petroleum is out, it's not GST: Parthasarathi Shome

Inteview with Advisor to Finance minister

CST to increase biz cost in Andhra and Telangana

Industry urges govt to defer or reduce the tax

India to provide info on US tax evaders

However, US refuses to share data on foreign assets of Indian entities

HDFC Bank may not get govt nod to raise FII limit

The bank has reached its 74% FII holding cap if parent HDFC's shareholding is considered

Scanner on slipping indirect tax collection

CBEC to dig into industry data, third-party sources to study sectors lagging in collections

Stamp Act revamp to benefit treasury

Cap on offences in 115-year-old law to be raised to Rs 1 lakh; FinMin circulates draft

Retail inflation rises to 8.31% in March

WPI inflation ends FY14 at a 3-month high driven by higher food prices

FinMin proposes uniform duty on securities transactions

For this, it has prepared a draft Bill to amend the Indian Stamp Act, 1989

BS People: GS Sandhu

Making a propitious start

FinMin not stamping postal bank plan

Two key depts in ministry cold to rationale for one; postal dept says it's more eligible than IDFC or Bandhan, feels 'strong lobby' scuttling its plans

Many more entities will get banking licences: G S Sandhu

Interview with Secretary, Department of Financial Services

Bank licence to corporate houses: FinMin proposes, RBI disposes

Profits can't be taxed in the hands of partners

Tax relief for partnership firms

Prez has re-promulgated Sebi Ordinance: FinMin

Says it strengthens Sebi's powers while brining in checks & balances

Banks are not family businesses: Rana Kapoor

Interview with MD & CEO, YES Bank

RBI's swap scheme raises external debt to $426 bn Dec-end

Commercial borrowings accounted for 31.5% of total external debt, followed by NRI deposits (23.2%) and multilateral debt (12.3%)

India Post trying to increase biz

India Post plans to network 25,000 urban post offices by the end of this year and open 2,800 additional ATMs by March 2015

Measures to check tax disputes in next Budget

Shome panel's prescription on these in its first report likely to be part of the proposals

Retrospective policy change is difficult to deal with... the yo-yoing is the problem: Piyush Gupta

Interview with Chief executive officer, DBS Group Holdings & DBS Bank