'India championing for oil prices benchmark in Asia' India, which is championing for a benchmark for oil prices in Asia, has received positive signs from several countries for a crucial meeting in January aimed at "stability, security and sustainability" in the Asian oil market, Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Mani Shankar Aiyar said today (Oct 17, 2004).
Taxmen to scrutinise all exemptions above Rs 2 lakh Income tax assessees claiming over Rs 2 lakh as exemption will now come under the lens of taxmen in the face of the drive to check evasion, especially under the garb of "agriculture income."
INTERNATIONAL '48,000 US jobs shifted to India, China in Jan-Mar' More than 48,000 American jobs were shifted overseas, including to countries like India and China, in the January-March quarter this fiscal, according to a new report.
