The Finance Ministry briefed the members of a Select Committee on the new Income Tax Bill, which aims to simplify the six-decade-old Act and make it user-friendly. The Bill, introduced by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, will replace terms like “assessment year” with “tax year”. The 31-member committee, led by BJP MP Jay Panda, will report by the Monsoon session.
Axis Bank set to raise $700 million through ECB swap facility
Axis Bank is set to secure seven hundred million dollars through a dedicated external commercial borrowing facility. This loan features two tranches with tenures of