03:30 pm: Govt will explore use of blockchain technology for ushering in digital economy, says FM Arun Jaitley
03:29 pm: Supreme Court's Chief Justice of India bench to hear all the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) cases, as per the new roaster system (ANI)
03:28 pm: Keeping focus on 'ease of living' the budget has kept people of all segments in mind: Jitendra Singh, MoS, PMO (ANI)
03:27 pm: Congress is forgetting that in the year before 2009 election, the Congress party had allowed fiscal deficit situation to deteriorate from 2.9% to over 5% within same yr. If that is fiscal prudence then we will have to revisit the definition of fiscal prudence in India: Piyush Goyal (ANI)
03:25 pm: It is a transformational budget, and it will bring about a positive change in everyone's lives. Its a budget for the common man, the farmers and for the nation: Ananth Kumar, Union Minister (ANI)
03:24 pm: IOC says 28 Russians who won Olympic doping case appeals are not sure to be invited to compete at Pyeongchang Games (The Associated Press)
03:23 pm: The success rates from previous Gold related schemes was not as much as we had expected, this is why we have come up with new policies: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
03:21 pm: The Central govt is not in favour of just abandoning the fiscal deficit; he has a great sense of responsibility: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
03:20 pm: The budget of a country reflects the political conviction and the mood of the Central government: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
03:19 pm: I have not raised the exemption limit as such, but if you look at the previous records, I have provided relief to the middle class and other such sections of the society: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
03:18 pm: India is a country where there has been a lot of non-compliance, which is why we have been coming up with a number of schemes for all people of the society: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
03:07 pm: Depends on which sector of the budget you are looking at, India is a large economy: FM Arun Jaitley post Union Budget 2018 presentation, on how Budget 2018 should be looked upon
03:05 pm: The increase in excise duty on a number of products has been consciously done. We had brought them down in the past years, so this time the pattern has changed: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
03:04 pm: I understand that the defence needs more money, but we are also supposed to understand the tax generation structure: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
03:02 pm: Myanmar court denies bail to Reuters journalists held under secrecy law (AFP)
03:00 pm: Budget is capable of strengthening the infrastructure. As far as private sector is concerned, budget is capable of generating new job opportunities: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
02:55 pm: The capital expenditure could come from the Budget, it could also come from the non-budgetary sources: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
02:53 pm: Post GST, there is an increase in the personal Income Tax: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
02:50 pm: Last year, post demonetisation the corporate taxes were not rising. But now we have seen a sudden spike in the number of tax payers and the tax returns filed: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
02:47 pm: Budget 2018 will bring in a number of benefits for the middle class families, but it will bring majority of benefits for the farmers: FM Arun Jaitley post Budget 2018 presentation
