The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was up 0.08% to 98.21. Representational file image. | Photo Credit: Reuters The rupee fell 12 paise to close at 88.14 (provisional) against the U.S. dollar on Thursday (September 4, 2025) amid sustained foreign fund outflows and a stronger greenback. However,…
gst,Goods and Services Tax | Photo Credit: shylendrahoode The Goods and Services Tax Council approved rate cuts for several food products, consumer electronics, products in the agriculture sector, renewable energy, textile, health and more on Wednesday (September 3, 2025). After the rationalisation, the GST system is now made of two rates – 5% and 18%…
The 30-share Sensex settled 150.30 points or 0.19%, higher at 80,718.01 and the 50-share NSE Nifty ended marginally higher by 19.25 points or 0.08%, at 24,734.30. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Stock markets rose for the second consecutive day on Thursday (September 4, 2025), with the benchmark BSE Sensex closing higher by 150 points after…
Gold prices retreated from record highs by plunging ₹1,000 to ₹1,06,070 per 10 grams in the national capital on Thursday (September 4, 2025), as traders booked profits in tandem with a weak trend in global markets. The precious metal of 99.9% purity had settled at ₹1,07,070 per 10 grams, its all-time high level on Wednesday…
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) unveiled tax cuts for hundreds of consumer items – from soap to cars – in the biggest overhaul of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), set to take effect from September 22. Briefing reporters after a marathon daylong GST Council meeting, Ms. Sitharaman said all decisions…
All individual life insurance policies, whether term life, ULIP or endowment policies and subsequent reinsurance are exempt from GST, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on September 3, 2025. (Representational image) | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock Photo Insurance stocks were in heavy demand on Thursday (September 4, 2025), with Star Health surging over 9%, as life insurance…
Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade. File Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty surged in early trade on Thursday (September 4, 2025) as investors became cheerful after the GST Council approved a complete overhaul of the tangled Goods and Services Tax regime. The 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 888.96 points to 81,456.67…
GST reforms to provide relief to families, ease compliance for businesses: India Inc India Inc on Thursday hailed the GST Council’s “forward-looking decisions” — moving to two rates of 5 per cent and 18 per cent from 22 September, simplifying refunds and MSME procedures, and exempting individual life and health insurance from the indirect tax…
The GST Council approved limiting slabs to 5% and 18% effective from September 22, the first day of Navaratri. Image for representation only. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Small cars and entry-level bikes are set to get cheaper as the GST Council on Wednesday (September 3, 2025) approved a complete overhaul of the tangled Goods…
The two sides signed the Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement (TEPA) on March 10, 2024. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The free trade agreement between India and four-European nation bloc EFTA, which will come into force from October 1, will have legally binding provisions on trade and sustainable development, Switzerland said on Wednesday (September 3,…
