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Tuesday, 6 February 2018

06 February 2018 News

6th February 2K18

Economic Times

Ø  Cos claiming deduction must file timely returns: CBDT
Ø  Tata Motors reports Rs 184 crore Q3 profit 
Ø  'Corp tax to come down to 25% once exemptions end' 
Ø  Bitcoin extends slide with a more than 10% fall
Ø  Jerome Powell sworn in as chairman of Federal Reserve
Ø  Supreme Court refuses to halt bidding process for Jaypee Infratech
Ø  Food Min proposes hike in sugar import duty to 100%

Business Standard

Ø  Centre released Rs 516 billion to states under MGNREGA in 2017-18
Ø  Govt to bar cryptocurrencies from its payments system
Ø  Sebi seeks clarification on IPO plans of 5 cos, including Bandhan, IREDA
Ø  Steel workers vote in favour of Thyssenkrupp-Tata Steel labour deal, merger
Ø  Colgate-Palmolive Q3 beats estimates, net profit up 33.5% to Rs 1.70 bn
Ø  Strong India sales help Suzuki Motor post 68% rise in Q3 profit

Business Line

Ø  Services business index rises to 51.7 in January
Ø  Budget strikes a balance between fiscal prudence and growth: Moody's
Ø  CBDT issues 24 FAQs on long term capital gains taxation
Ø  Fiscal deficit slippage due to non-inclusion of GST
Ø  Maruti Suzuki receives over 30K bookings for the new Swift
Ø  NACL gets nod from shareholders to raise Rs.300 crore

Mint

Ø  Singtel to invest Rs 2,649 crore in Bharti Airtel
Ø  Supreme Court refuses to stay Jaypee Infratech’s bidding process
Ø  SC issues notice to Bharti Airtel, Vodafone, Idea on CCI’s challenge
Ø  Bitcoin users come under Enforcement Directorate, I-T scanner
Ø  Greenko Group, Hero Future Energies eye Essel Infraprojects’ solar business
Ø  BoB reduces MCLR rates for tenors below one year

Financial Express

Ø  India Post Payments Bank pan-India rollout from May
Ø  States not in favour of petrol, diesel inclusion into GST: FM
Ø  Companies pay 22-23% corporate tax on average: FM
Ø  Government plans to build rice silos in main growing states

Financial Chronicle

Ø  RBI likely to keep interest rate on hold for third time in a row
Ø  FM signals fiscal slippage amid revenue uncertainty
Ø  Actual rollout of Modi’s mega schemes not before mid-FY19
Ø  Tax on LTCG good for steady growth of equity market: Garg