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Indian Railways is undertaking several measures to modernise and strengthen its rail ticket booking system. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has set a new ticket booking record! Online booking of train tickets now accounts for 89% of total train ticket bookings on the Indian Railways network and this rush became evident when … Read more

MUMBAI: Small towns are fueling the growth of Flipkart’s quick commerce business Minutes. Cities such as Siliguri, Ambala, Barabanki, Bhagalpur and Durgapur are seeing huge consumer adoption with the overall customer base growing nearly 25 times year-on-year across such regions, the Walmart-owned company said.The broader Minutes business has expanded four times y-o-y since its launch … Read more

The Income Tax Assessing Officer (AO) issuing a notice under Section 148 on March 29, 2017. This is the case of a senior citizen woman who fought for nine years and won a case against the Income Tax Department’s tax demand. She had been issued a tax notice after it was found that she had … Read more

He said the government would continue taking stringent action against contractors and officials responsible for delays and substandard execution of infrastructure projects. Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has said that he wants to set a record blacklisting contractors who do poor quality work and also suspend officials.Gadkari said he had earlier expressed … Read more

MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor Rohit Jain flagged concentration risk among banks as most of them become dependent on a few cloud, technology and model providers, warning that a common technology dependency could allow a disruption at one provider to spread across multiple financial institutions.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai on Wednesday, Jain said … Read more

India’s ethanol production capacity has surpassed the requirements for blending, prompting the government to explore additional uses for the surplus. The government is looking to move beyond the 20 per cent ethanol-blending target as flex-fuel vehicles are expected to enter the market, advisor to the Prime Minister Tarun Kapoor said on Wednesday.Speaking at The India … Read more

The mistake subsequently translated into an additional tax demand. Filing your own income tax return can be a daunting and tedious process for many. That’s when you hire a consultant. But, what if the consultant mixes up your ITR between the new and old income tax regime? You may get a tax notice, and that’s … Read more

Digital asset firms court sovereign funds NEW DELHI: Digital asset firms will court sovereign investors at a Delhi roundtable this week as India pursues “faster, cheaper international payments” while insisting replacing the dollar is not on its agenda. Brics Digital Asset Round Table will gather 50 industry leaders.Organiser SWFI said iBrics summit investors manage $1 … Read more

The vouchers are closed-loop prepaid instruments issued by specific entities. The world of cryptocurrencies is a strange one. And the way some Indians are ‘round tripping’ cryptos is another interesting facet of it.Someone ‘earning’ crypto through either legitimate or illegal activities can also use it via international organisations, without the transaction necessarily passing through local … Read more

Rupee falls 10 paise to 94.66 against US dollar as crude nears $98 Rupee remained under pressure in early trade on Tuesday, slipping 10 paise to 94.66 against the US dollar as rising crude prices and geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment.The currency had opened at 94.49 against the dollar at … Read more