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  Income Tax Slabs revised

  Business | February 01, 2020 14:29 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday delivered major relief to tax payers by slashing tax rates and restructuring the tax slabs. Sitharaman proposed to bring a personal income tax regime, where income tax rates will be reduced, so now, person earning between Rs 5 to 7.5 lakhs will be required to pay tax at 10 per cent against current 20 per cent.

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  Budget 2020: More than 300 items may see customs duty hike in Budget

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:36 IST

  The import duty hike on footwear is a move to thwart the increase in imports of undervalued and cheap footwear. While the majority of imports are coming from ASEAN countries, with which India has a free trade agreement, it is suspected that China is re-routing large quantities of footwear through these countries.

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  Budget 2020: Bad news! Taxpayers lose Rs 98,900 crore in Public Sector Banks

  Business | February 01, 2020 17:43 IST

  Budget 2020: There's bad news for taxpayers as Economic Survey 2019-2020 report makes an alarming revelation. According to the Economic Survey, in 2019, taxpayers' total money invested in public Sector Banks (Sarkari banks) by the government has suffered a massive loss.

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  Budget 2020: What women expect from Nirmala Sitharaman?

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:23 IST

  Budget 2020: The last budget, presented in July, emphasised on self-help groups (SGHS) and announced that every woman member of SGHS, holding a Jan Dhan account will be allowed an overdraft of ₹ 5,000.

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  Budget 2020: What salaried employees would expect?

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:22 IST

  As Nirmala Sitharaman presents Union Budget 2020, all eyes are on the big announcements by the Finance Minister.

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  Budget 2020: Not Ivory towers, real estate sector needs a solid foundation

  Business | February 01, 2020 8:22 IST

  The government has publically committed that it will provide housing to all by the year 2022. For this, the government needs to rejuvenate the sector. The government needs to make drastic reforms. This makes it all the more important that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gives real estate sector a relief in Union Budget 2020.

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  Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present her second Budget today

  Business | February 01, 2020 7:23 IST

  Budget 2020: As the Budget presentation comes amid an economic slowdown, expectations are high that the Union budget could provide the much-needed boost or balm-propel investments and demand and, most importantly, lift sentiment.

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  Budget 2020: Attention Mutual Fund investor! You can’t make any fresh investment, redemption today

  Business | February 01, 2020 7:03 IST

  Union Budget 2020: Are you Mutual fund investor? Then this news is very for you as the Union Budget for FY 2020-21 will be presented today. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will be presenting the Budget in Parliament. So, Mutual funds investors will not be able to make a fresh investment or sell their units on the Budget day

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  Will Budget 2020 be a one that will revive economy

  India | February 01, 2020 10:47 IST

  Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table her second union budget with a vision to revive the economy. Catch all the live updates here.

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  Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to present Budget 2020 today

  News | February 01, 2020 7:17 IST

  This is the second Budget of the Narendra Modi government after it retained power for the second time in a row in May 2019 general elections

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  Union Budget 2020: What Nirmala Sitharaman needs to do to tackle Climate Change

  Business | February 01, 2020 0:07 IST

  As Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman gets ready to present the Union Budget 2020, the whole country is waiting to see whether the government will also focus on the common good in addition to improving the fiscal situation.

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  Union Budget 2020: Here's what aviation sector is expecting from Nirmala Sitharaman

  Business | February 01, 2020 0:08 IST

  India's civil aviation sector has emerged as one of the fastest-growing industries in the country during the last three years. India is currently considered the third largest domestic civil aviation market in the world. However, it’s been a difficult time for India’s aviation sector

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  Here's what automobiles sector, local vendors expect from Union Budget

  News | January 31, 2020 23:23 IST

  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2020 in Parliament at 11 am on February 01.

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  Budget 2020: VP Venkaiah Naidu chaired meeting with Rajya Sabha leaders

  News | January 31, 2020 23:22 IST

  Vice President Venkaiah Naidu chaired a meeting of floor leaders of Rajya Sabha at his residence on January 31.

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  Budget 2020 Expectations: 'It will pave way for 5 trillion dollar economy by 2025'

  Business | January 31, 2020 21:12 IST

  Budget 2020-21 will show buoyancy in revenue realisation and propose to make heavy investment in infrastructure, agriculture, rural development, education and health sectors said Dr. Agarwal.

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  Budget 2020: What's in store and what are the challenges?

  Business | February 01, 2020 2:05 IST

  Union Budget 2020: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has quite a task ahead of her as she prepares to present Union Budget 2020 in the Lok Sabha on Saturday (February 1). The economy is not in the best of shapes. International Monetary Fund (IMF) has already slashed India's growth forecast from 6.1 per cent to 4.8 per cent. Prices of goods are high and the common man is looking at Budget 2020 just as he is at his own pocket.

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  Economic Survey 2020 has laid road map of Indian economy, says JD Agarwal

  Business | January 31, 2020 20:26 IST

  Economic Survey has rightly lauded the economic performance of the Indian economy in 2019-20 on various economic parameters, despite weak environment for global manufacturing, trade and demand, feels Dr. Agarwal.

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  Economic Survey completely disconnected with common man's problems: Congress

  Business | January 31, 2020 20:23 IST

  The Congress on Friday hit out at the government on the Economic Survey, saying it is "completely disconnected" with the reality as the country is facing difficult times on the economic front and it is not bothered about the problems faced by the common man.

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  Budget session should be focused on economic matters: PM Modi

  News | January 31, 2020 20:33 IST

  Ahead of the commencement of the Budget Session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said he wanted a "vast, qualitative discussion on economy in both houses" of the Parliament.

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  Union Budget 2020: Here's what education sector is expecting from Budget

  Business | January 31, 2020 19:57 IST

  Union Budget 2020 Expectation: All eyes are on the government right now as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is all set to present the Union Budget 2020 in Lok Sabha on February 1. As all the economy sectors are making high hopes from Sitharaman, it is yet to be seen who gets how much. The education sector is also expecting deserving allocation in the upcoming budget.