- 12 Dec 2025 05:28 PM
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Finance’s next frontier: What to expect at the 18th Mint BFSI summit
The chief of India’s market regulator and the deputy governor of the country’s central bank will headline the 18th edition of the Mint BFSI Summit in Mumbai today. The day-long summit comes at a time when India’s financial services landscape is being reshaped by new regulations, evolving customer expectations, and rapid advances in technology.
Read More- 12 Dec 2025 05:28 PM
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Finance’s next frontier: What to expect at the 18th Mint BFSI summit
The chief of India’s market regulator and the deputy governor of the country’s central bank will headline the 18th edition of the Mint BFSI Summit in Mumbai today. The day-long summit comes at a time when India’s financial services landscape is being reshaped by new regulations, evolving customer expectations, and rapid advances in technology.
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- 11 Dec 2025 05:43 PM
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Rise in e-way bills signals improved economic activity in November
An increase in the number of e-way bills generated for the shipment of goods within and across states suggested there was an uptick in economic activity in November after a dip in October, according to data available from GSTN, the company that processes tax returns.
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- 11 Dec 2025 05:55 PM
In charts: Will India’s passenger car market continue revving up after November surge?
Car registrations barely grew between January and September 2025, compared to the same period last year. But a turnaround in October and an unusually strong November suggest a recovery may be taking hold.
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- 11 Dec 2025 06:16 PM
Why December 2025 is the best car-buying window - there's more to it than GST cuts
The Indian automotive sector is gearing up to end the calendar year on an exceptionally strong note, fuelled by a combination of record-breaking festive sales, favourable tax reforms and the onset of the traditional year-end stock-clearance period. This cocktail of conditions has created one of the most consumer-friendly buying windows in recent years—an opportunity amplified by the lasting impact of the recent goods and services tax rate cuts.
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- 10 Dec 2025 05:40 PM
Retail inflation likely inched up to 0.8% in November: Mint poll
India’s retail inflation likely inched up to 0.8% in November from a record low of 0.25% in October, largely driven by fading base effects, a Mint poll of 20 economists showed. While inflation is expected to have bottomed-out in October, prices pressures are expected to remain weak both in foods (due to a good monsoon and harvest) and non-foods (due to GST cuts and possibly weak demand).
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- 10 Dec 2025 05:55 PM
GST Council Introduces Provisional Refunds for Inverted Duty Structure: MOF
The Minister of Finance addressed concerns regarding challenges from the Inverted Duty Structure (IDS) under GST, highlighting that GST rates are prescribed by the GST Council, which in its 56th meeting on 3rd September 2025 recommended rationalizing the existing 4-tiered structure into a simplified 2-rate system—18% standard and 5% merit rate—with a 40% de-merit rate for select goods and services. While IDS has historically caused issues with blocked Input Tax Credit (ITC), the Council clarified that no ITC blockage is prescribed under current law.
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- 10 Dec 2025 05:51 PM
Most GST Compensation Dues Cleared, Only Two States Pending: Govt
Source: https://taxguru.in/goods-and-service-tax/gst-compensation-dues-cleared-states-pending-govt.html
The Minister of State for Finance clarified in Rajya Sabha on 2nd December 2025 that almost all GST compensation dues have been paid to States/UTs for FY 2017-18 to 2021-22, except Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, pending submission of audited AG certificates.
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- 10 Dec 2025 05:44 PM
ADB raises India FY26 GDP forecast to 7.2%
Source: https://www.livemint.com/economy/adb-raises-india-fy26-gdp-forecast-to-72-11765347616650.html
The improved forecast for India follows a stronger-than-expected 8.2% expansion in the September quarter.
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- 10 Dec 2025 05:47 PM
Government Mandates Retail Sale Price Display on Pan Masala Packs
The Ministry of Consumer Affairs has issued the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Second (Amendment) Rules, 2025, mandating that all pan masala packs, irrespective of size or weight, must display the Retail Sale Price (RSP) and comply with all other declarations under the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011.
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