The World Customs Organization is an intergovernmental organization headquartered in Brussels, Belgium. The WCO is noted for its work in areas covering the development of international conventions, instruments, and tools on topics such as commodity classification, valuation, rules of origin, collection of customs revenue, supply chain security, international trade facilitation, customs enforcement activities, combating counterfeiting in support of Intellectual Property Rights, drugs enforcement, illegal weapons trading, integrity promotion, and delivering sustainable capacity building to assist with customs reforms and modernization. Read More
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is likely to stay conservative about the nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth and set it at 9.5-10 per cent in the FY21 budget as the time for 'picking optimistic target' experiments are over, say sources. ...
The dismal economic growth has forced the government to step on the gas ahead of the Union Budget with sources saying that it is not just North Block assigned to the Budget but even Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself taking on an active role. ...
Alleging that airlines jack up ticket prices by 3-5 times during weekends and festive season, air travellers group Air Passengers Association of India (APAI) has written to Prime Minister's Office (PMO) for reining in the carriers. ...
Amid a raging political debate on electoral bonds, an intervention application was filed on Friday by an NGO in the Supreme Court seeking stay on the Electoral Bond Scheme 2018, notified by the Centre on January 2, 2018. ...
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested one person, Surendra Mittal, in connection with a fake letter issued from the PMO to the Maharshtra CMO, an official said here on Tuesday. ...
Concerns are being raised about the financial problems at Karvy after several investors have complained that payouts by the broking firm are being delayed. ...
