http://www.goodreturns.in Latest Business News – Check out latest international share market news, finance news India, top business news, business news headlines and current Indian financial news at Oneindia Money. Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:00:25 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in http://images.oneindia.com/images/rss/goodreturns-logo.png Latest Business News – Check out latest international share market news, finance news India, top business news, business news headlines and current Indian financial news at Oneindia Money. http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/india-needs-invest-agriculture-doubling-farm-income-548649.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/india-needs-invest-agriculture-doubling-farm-income-548649.html India needs to make significant investments in modernisation of agriculture as well as food processing if the country wants to double farmer's income by 2022, German ambassador Martin Ney said. The German companies could help India immensely in transforming the agri-business Tue, 07 Mar 2017 16:18:48 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/exempt-special-economic-zones-gst-epces-548541.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/exempt-special-economic-zones-gst-epces-548541.html The Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZs (EPCES) has urged the government to exempt special economic zones from Goods and Services Tax (GST) levies, reported PTI.The issue was discussed at a workshop on GST impact on SEZs and export oriented Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:50:19 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/gold-down-as-us-rate-hike-likely-548531.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/gold-down-as-us-rate-hike-likely-548531.html Gold futures closed lower in the international market on Monday pressured by expectations for a U.S. interest-rate increase as early as this month, but with uncertainty surrounding a wide swath of geopolitics helping to limit any losses for the safe-haven asset.Traditionally, Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:50:19 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/govt-slashes-trade-mark-forms-e-filing-fees-548512.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/govt-slashes-trade-mark-forms-e-filing-fees-548512.html To promote ease of doing business, the government cut the number of trade mark forms from 74 to just eight and nearly halved the fee for e-filing applications to Rs 4,500. These changes were notified in the Trade Mark (TM) Rules, Tue, 07 Mar 2017 12:00:00 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/govt-sbi-reconsider-penalty-not-keeping-minimum-balance-548511.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/07/govt-sbi-reconsider-penalty-not-keeping-minimum-balance-548511.html The government asked State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, to reconsider its decision to levy penalty on non-maintenance of minimum balance, which the bank plans to hike manifold from April 1 impacting over 31 crore savings bank account holders. Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:11:07 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/suspension-on-expedited-h-1b-visa-affect-it-companies-548317.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/suspension-on-expedited-h-1b-visa-affect-it-companies-548317.html Industry body Nasscom said that US' decision to temporarily suspend the expedited premium processing of H-1B visas will lead to process delays for Indian IT firms too. However, Nasscom feels that the move will not be a "significant impediment" for the Mon, 06 Mar 2017 14:24:35 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/gst-council-vets-cgst-igst-laws-5-tax-on-small-hotels-548162.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/gst-council-vets-cgst-igst-laws-5-tax-on-small-hotels-548162.html The GST Council has fixed a 5 per cent tax rate on small hotels and restaurants and approved draft of key supporting legislations to enable rollout of the new indirect tax regime from July 1, reported PTI.The all-powerful Council approved the Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:00:10 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/authentication-uidai-548157.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/authentication-uidai-548157.html The Indian Government has said that Aadhaar-based authentication is fully safe and secure and there has been no misuse of biometrics data.Moreover, subsidy transfers linked to Aadhaar has led the exchequer to save Rs 49,000 crore during the last two-and-half years. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:00:10 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/govt-instructs-banks-enable-31st-reports-548154.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/govt-instructs-banks-enable-31st-reports-548154.html The Indian Government has said that it has instructed banks to link all savings accounts with mobile and Aadhaar numbers by March 31, 2017, and enable mobile banking for such customers. As per reports, all banks have been advised to undertake Mon, 06 Mar 2017 13:00:10 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/dearness-allowance-may-be-raised-2-4-from-jan-1-548119.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/dearness-allowance-may-be-raised-2-4-from-jan-1-548119.html The Centre is likely to announce a hike of 2-4 per cent in dearness allowance for its about 50 lakh employees and 58 lakh pensioners later this month. Dearness allowance and dearness relief are provided to employees and pensioners to neutralise Mon, 06 Mar 2017 11:57:44 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/enrol-with-epfo-esic-through-single-form-soon-548118.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/enrol-with-epfo-esic-through-single-form-soon-548118.html Government is planning to introduce this common registration form soon and the basic idea is to make the job easier for firms by cutting down layers of paperwork they go through for the process of registration. Companies will soon have to Mon, 06 Mar 2017 10:48:02 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/sbi-charge-penalty-not-keeping-minimum-balance-548114.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/06/sbi-charge-penalty-not-keeping-minimum-balance-548114.html After a gap of five years, State Bank of India has decided to reintroduce penalty on non-maintenance of minimum balance in accounts from April 1, and revised charges on other services, including ATMs. The country's largest bank will permit savings bank Mon, 06 Mar 2017 09:12:17 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/04/markets-next-week-expect-volatility-ahead-election-results-548107.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/04/markets-next-week-expect-volatility-ahead-election-results-548107.html Markets are expected to be volatile ahead of next week's assembly elections, particularly in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh. The results are largely seen as a referendum to the de-monetization and could give an indication on what lies ahead in the Sat, 04 Mar 2017 02:53:59 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/nps-subscribers-can-shuffle-fund-allocation-twice-year-547882.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/nps-subscribers-can-shuffle-fund-allocation-twice-year-547882.html Pension fund regulator PFRDA has tweaked investment norms to allow subscribers of National Pension System to change their asset allocation twice in a financial year. The new norms will come into effect from next financial year beginning April 1, the Pension Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:00:00 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/railways-launch-integrated-app-total-travel-solutions-547883.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/railways-launch-integrated-app-total-travel-solutions-547883.html The Railways will launch an integrated mobile application for all travel-related services, including ticketing, hiring taxis and porters, in order to make a journey hassle-free. The mobile app is set to be launched in May. Though there are various mobile applications Fri, 03 Mar 2017 15:55:00 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/operation-clean-money-above-rs-250-crore-undisclosed-income-547751.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/operation-clean-money-above-rs-250-crore-undisclosed-income-547751.html The Income Tax department has detected over Rs 250 crore of undisclosed income of hundreds of people who made huge deposits post demonetization but didn't respond to taxmen's queries on it under 'Operation Clean Money'. No Threat To Taxpayers Under 'Operation Clean Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:00:00 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/gold-robust-dollar-547767.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/gold-robust-dollar-547767.html Gold futures closed lower in the international market on Thursday after the U.S. dollar touched its highest levels since January on the back of increased suggestions from Federal Reserve officials fora near-term interest-rate hike.Higher rates can diminish demand for assets like Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:50:26 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/india-see-1-000-ultra-rich-people-joining-millionaire-club-547749.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/india-see-1-000-ultra-rich-people-joining-millionaire-club-547749.html India is home to 2 per cent of the world's millionaires and 5 per cent of billionaires, which is expected to see an annual addition of 1,000 new super-rich individuals every year in the coming decade, says a report. According to Fri, 03 Mar 2017 11:12:23 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/aadhaar-maybe-must-book-train-tickets-online-soon-547745.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/03/aadhaar-maybe-must-book-train-tickets-online-soon-547745.html The Railways will soon move towards Aadhaar-based online ticketing system to prevent touts from blocking a bulk of tickets, end fraudulent bookings and curb cases of impersonation. Aadhaar number has been made mandatory for senior citizens to avail concessions in train Fri, 03 Mar 2017 10:23:20 +0530 http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/02/govt-asks-banks-provide-mobile-banking-all-march-31-547492.html http://www.goodreturns.in/news/2017/03/02/govt-asks-banks-provide-mobile-banking-all-march-31-547492.html The government has asked all banks to provide mobile banking facility to all customers by March 31 in a bid to push digital transactions. "What we have asked the banks to do is to enable all customers who have mobiles for Thu, 02 Mar 2017 15:10:13 +0530