India moved a step closer to a harsher regime for those hiding wealth overseas with the government introducing legislation in Parliament that makes such concealment a criminal offence. Tax advisors, financial advisors, banks or financial institutions caught aiding any Indian in stashing black money overseas will also face jail terms ...

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao (Save girl child, educate girl child) is a Government of India scheme that aims to generate awareness and improving the efficiency of welfare services meant for women. Prime Minister Modi launched the programme on January 22, 2015 from Panipat, Haryana. The scheme was initiated with an initial corpus of Rs 100 crore. According to ...

West Asian companies likely to build five crude reserves in India: The government may rope in private refiners and state firms from West Asia to build five new crude reserves worth Rs 20,000 crore and is also considering tax incentives to attract foreign firms to build and use the assets. ...