Union finance ministry set up a council of experts headed by the Economic affairs secretary to suggest measures to enhance the competitiveness of India's financial sector. For this purpose, the ministry constituted the Standing Council of Experts whose members include Chief Economic Adviser (also Alternate Chair), Prithvi Haldea (Chairman, Prime Database), Nachiket Mor (Cha
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CLSA Mauritius offloads partial holding in Essar firms
Through open market transactions on the stock exchanges, CLSA Mauritius sold 33.54 lakh shares (amounting to 0.78 per cent) of Essar Ports for an average price of Rs 83.84 apiece valuing the deal at Rs 28.12 crore. In another transaction, the foreign fund house offloaded its entire stake of 1.28 per cent or 26.27 lakh scrips of Essar Shipping to Leman Diversified Fund. The shar
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Shell denies charges of miscalculation of share price
Shell India denied charges leveled by the union government against the company on tax evasion and said it is evaluating all options to challenge the recent order of the government. Recently, the central tax authorities issued a notice to the firm claiming Rs $2.7 bn on alleged mispricing of share
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Gujarat govt to set up IFSC in GIFT City
Gujarat government plans to set up an international financial services centre (IFSC) under Sections 18 and 55 of the SEZ Act on more than 268 acre land at the Gujarat International Financial Tec-City (GIFT City). The state government is awaiting the due-diligence approval of the ministries of commerce and finance for the IFSC. The IFSC would see financial transactions excl
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Govt to disclose final draft of GAAR in 10 days
The draft rules on general anti-avoidance rules (GAAR) prepared by an expert committee chaired by Parthasarathi Shome is sent to the prime minister and a final decision would be taken in 10 days. This information was given by Finance Minister P Chidambaram. The Shome committee suggested that the controversial rules be deferred until 2016-17 and that safeguards be put in place to ensure that taxpayers are not harassed by the rules that seek to deny tax bene