Bloomberg India’s government eased some rules relating to indirect-tax compliance to ease the burden of citizens during the pandemic period. Reduced penalty and waiver of late fees on delayed goods and services tax payments were among the measures announced by the Finance Ministry on Sunday. Taxpayers were also allowed more time to file GST returns. For persons with turnover above ...

Bloomberg Russia increased its oil production in April thanks to a more generous Opec+ quota. The nation pumped 42.81 million tons of crude and condensate last month, according to preliminary data from the energy ministry’s CDU-TEK unit. That equates to 10.46 million barrels a day, or 1.9% more than in March. The data don’t provide a breakdown between crude and ...

Bloomberg Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp added momentum to a nascent recovery in the US oil industry as they reported bumper cash flow, a dramatic improvement after a torrid 2020. The energy giants generated enough cash to cover dividends, debt payments and project spending in the first quarter, the first time they’ve managed to do that in more than ...