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International Energy Agency releases World Energy Outlook, 2019

The Paris based International Energy Agency recently released its report on World Energy Outlook. The Agency has projected that the installed solar power in the world will increase...

November 20, 2019

OECD: Economic Outlook for South East Asia

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development released its report in Economic Outlook for South East Asia. The report was presented at the ASEAN summit, 2019. This year...

November 3, 2019

India to attend GFSEC ministerial meeting

Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan is to visit Russia and Japan between October 22 and October 26 2019. This is a follow...

October 22, 2019

Pakistan blacklisted by Asia-Pacific Group of FATF for its failure to comply with terror funding standards

The Asia-Pacific Group (APG) of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is a global watchdog for terror financing and money laundering. It has recently put Pakistan in the...

August 24, 2019

Structural Challenges with Indian Tax Regime

The Indian tax regime is said to be under a myriad of structural challenges. India has one of the highest effective corporate tax rates and personal income tax...

July 13, 2019

Boosting Private Investment

The budget 2019-20 has reduced the corporate tax rate (CTR) from 30 per cent to 25 per cent for all firms with a turnover of Rs 400 crore....

July 13, 2019

Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures (MLI)

India has ratified the Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures (MLI) and deposited the instrument of ratification to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Multilateral...

July 7, 2019

India ratifies OECD’s convention to check Tax Evasion

India has ratified Multilateral Convention to Implement Tax Treaty Related Measures (MLI) to prevent Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS). It will pave way for amendments to double...

July 4, 2019

Saudi Arabia becomes first Arab country to get FATF membership

Saudi Arabia has become the first Arab country to be granted full membership of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) following its Annual General Meeting at Orlando in Florida,...

June 28, 2019

India finds problems OECD Services Trade Restrictiveness Index

India has found problems with the current method under which the OECD index –Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (STRI) – ranks countries based on their services trade policies. As...

May 17, 2019

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