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India May Shield Exporters From Rupee, Finance Minister Says

26 September 2007 at 17:05

Indian Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said the government may take steps to help exporters cope with a nine year-high exchange rate and a U.S. slowdown. ``If I have to help the exporters, I can only do so by fiscal steps,'' Chidambaram said

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TRP's may seek loan from Psu's

22 September 2007 at 17:07

As many as 3,545 people have qualified so far and government is keen that they can start business in the current yearA few state-owned banks are working on a scheme to provide soft loans to newly-minted tax return preparers (TRPs) to buy office equip

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Banks must end goondagardi: SC

22 September 2007 at 10:51

NEW DELHI: Taking a serious view on the use of muscle power by banks and financial institutions for recovering loans, the Supreme Court on Friday observed that they cannot engage " goondas " to harass people. There is a rule of law that must be adher

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FINMIN MAY BLOCK RETAIL CESS

18 September 2007 at 20:24

The cess on large retail players may not come through at all. The finance ministry is unlikely to endorse a proposal made by the department of industrial policy & promotion (DIPP) to levy a cess on organised retail to create a fund that would finance

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ALTERNATIVE DEPB SCHEME SOON: MINISTER

18 September 2007 at 20:18

The Commerce Ministry is working on an alternative Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) scheme. "It is in the final stage," Union Minister for Commerce and Industry, Mr Kamal Nath, said but refused to elaborate.Responding to queries after inaugurating t

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18 September 2007 at 00:02

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Opportunity for CAs to work in Scotia Canada

14 September 2007 at 13:52

OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IN NOVA SCOTIA, CANADAProfessional Development Committee (PDC) of ICAI is working with BusinessDevelopment, Emerging Markets team of Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI) to facilitaterecruitment of members of ICAI for employment in No

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Branding management accountants as bean growers, not counters

13 September 2007 at 21:33

Chennai, Sept. 13: Repositioning the management accountant, and showcasing him as a strategist and performance management specialist are among the themes that the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) is planning to pursue at the '

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Indian banks not affected by subprime - RBI deputy

13 September 2007 at 11:55

Indian banks are not affected by the U.S. subprime crisis and are largely on course to meet the Basel-II guidelines by March 2008, the central bank's deputy governor, V. Leeladhar, said on Thursday."By and large Indian banks are not affected by the s

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Fair market value for FBT on Esops may be a day's work

10 September 2007 at 17:25

Taxmen are narrowing down their choices from their stock of options on finding the right price for taxing Esops. The employee stock option plan (Esop) valuation norms for listed companies are likely to rely on the opening and closing price of the scr

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