Law on e-commerce needed to protect online consumers: IIM study

Last Updated: Monday, September 7, 2015, 10:25

"To effectively protect a consumer buying goods or services through e-commerce would need a separate law, as other countries have," said the study conducted by IIM Ahmedabad.

Govt must build trust for compliance window success: Kidwai

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 16:25

The government needs to assure against any "witch-hunt" to make the compliance window under the new black money law a success and it's a "pity" that the people do not believe its credibility, HSBC's India head Naina Lal Kidwai has said.

FSSAI to frame norms for product approval in 6 months

Last Updated: Monday, August 31, 2015, 16:02

After scrapping product approval process following court orders, including the Maggi case, food safety watchdog FSSAI has invited legal firms to help frame new norms for approvals.

Black money: Swiss banks ask Indians to utilise 'compliance window'

Last Updated: Sunday, August 30, 2015, 18:04

Spooked by the new black money law, a number of Swiss and other European banks have begun asking Indian clients to disclose their accounts to the tax authorities back home as they fear being accused of 'abetting' the hoarding of untaxed assets.

FinMin says no plan to take general insurance companies public

Last Updated: Sunday, August 30, 2015, 13:19

The new Insurance Act allows the government to disinvest its stake in five general insurance companies -- New India Assurance, United India Insurance, National Insurance, Oriental Insurance and sole reinsurer GIC Re.

Arbitration law amendment cleared for speedy disposal of commercial disputes

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 26, 2015, 21:43

The amendments to the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 came up for discussion before the Cabinet for the third time.

Govt to issue 2nd set of FAQs on black money law soon: Das

Last Updated: Friday, August 21, 2015, 18:56

In a bid to clarify issues related to the black money law the government will soon come out with second set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs).

CBDT to clarify on bank a/c disclosures under black money law

Last Updated: Monday, August 17, 2015, 16:07

As per the rules released by the I-T department in July, CBDT had asked persons having undisclosed foreign bank accounts to provide sum total of credits since the opening of the account.

GST: Session not prorogued, govt options open

Last Updated: Thursday, August 13, 2015, 18:36

Government on Thursday appeared to be keeping its options open on convening a special session of Parliament for enacting the GST law on which Finance Minister Arun Jaitley declared that it was determined to stick to the rollout deadline of April 1, 2016.

Two IT firm employees arrested for source code theft

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 11, 2015, 15:03

The Cyber crime branch has arrested two employees of a Gurgaon-based software company over allegations of source code theft.

Shine in Modi govt wearing off; black money law vengeful: Rahul Bajaj

Last Updated: Friday, August 7, 2015, 23:23

Bajaj, who has been an ardent admirer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the past, said the government was creating roadblocks for itself in many of its initiatives, including in terms of ease of doing business.

Cabinet clears amendments to Arbitration Act

Last Updated: Wednesday, August 5, 2015, 22:39

Seeking to ensure faster settlement of commercial disputes, Cabinet Wednesday cleared a proposal to amend the Arbitration Act which sets a fixed timeline for arbitrators to resolve cases.