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  A tame budget for real estate: Kishor Pate of Amit Enterprises

  February 28, 2015 17:14 IST

  New Delhi: Modi government's Budget has fallen short of expectations and not delivered on many of the expected counts. It has not provided any direct relief for the common man. It has not increased personal

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  Budget 2015 low on big bang reforms, says JLL

  February 28, 2015 16:21 IST

  New Delhi: In Union Budget 2015, Finance Minister has conveyed a message wherein the benefits lie only in the fine print. For the common man, though the cumulative savings implied by various provisions are stated

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  Budget 2015: Smoking, eating out, air travel to cost more; leather footwear, ovens to be cheaper

  February 28, 2015 16:33 IST

  New Delhi: Smoking and consumption of other tobacco items will be more expensive, while an increase in service tax rate would make costlier a whole lot of other activities including air travel, eating out and

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  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Union Budget 2015 speech: Full text

  February 28, 2015 17:07 IST

  New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley laid out on Saturday a budget aimed at reigniting rapid growth, seeking to offer respite to the highly-taxed corporates as well as a promise of abundant jobs and social

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  Budget 2015 gives lion's share to infra to boost economic growth

  February 28, 2015 15:38 IST

  New Delhi: Asserting that India's infrastructure is a mismatch with its growth ambitions, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday proposed a sizeable Rs 70,000 crore increase in investment in the sector besides a slew of

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  Govt to allow voluntary disclosure of black money?

  February 28, 2015 15:22 IST

  New Delhi: The Narendra Modi government may start a voluntary disclosure of income scheme (VDIS) where individuals and corporates will be allowed to disclose wealth earned through tax avoidance and without being penalised made to

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  Budget 2015: Govt to reduce corporate tax to 25% over four years

  February 28, 2015 15:32 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced that India will reduce corporate tax on businesses to 25 percent from present 30 % over a period of four years. With the move government aims

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  Budget 2015: India to build five ultra mega power projects

  February 28, 2015 14:54 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said his government is planning to build five new ultra mega power projects totalling 20,000 MW which will unlock investment of up to Rs.100,000 crore.The step has been

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  Budget 2015: Jaitley says, facilities at heritage sites to be restored

  February 28, 2015 14:51 IST

  New Delhi: Acknowledging the need to improve facilities at the Unesco World Heritage Sites in India, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday proposed to initiate the restoration process of eight sites including Leh Palace and churches

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  Budget 2015: Wealth tax abolished; extra 2% surcharge on super rich

  February 28, 2015 14:42 IST

  New Delhi: Asking rich and wealthy to pay higher tax, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today abolished the wealth tax but increased the surcharge to 12 per cent on individuals earning Rs 1 crore and above

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  India to have gold coins with Ashoka Chakra minted on it soon

  February 28, 2015 14:23 IST

  New Delhi: India will soon have its own gold coin, with the Ashoka Chakra minted on it.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday proposed to produce gold coins domestically with the Ashoka Chakra emblem to help the

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  Budget 2015: New law to track black money, says Jaitley

  February 28, 2015 13:19 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the government was committed to tracing black money stashed abroad and a comprehensive new law will be framed to track it."On black money, a new structure including

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  Budget 2015: Fund of Rs.1,000 crore for startup, says Jaitley

  February 28, 2015 12:53 IST

  New Delhi: In order to boost the spirit of entrepreneurship, the government plans to set up Self Employment and Talent Utilisation body and would keep aside Rs.1,000 crore to help startups, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

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  Budget 2015: Decoding Finance Minister's poetry during the budget speech

  February 28, 2015 12:52 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitely has started presenting Union Budget 2015 in Lok Sabha. While people all across India are glued to TV sets to know about the budget, the minister started the speech

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  Budget 2015: Defence outlay Rs.246,727 crore

  February 28, 2015 13:04 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said that the government had provided an outlay of Rs.246,727 crore for defence for 2015-16.Jaitley said in his budget speech that the government was following a policy of

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  Arun Jaitley: We turned cleanliness into a movement

  February 28, 2015 12:34 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said that the NDA government has been able to convert cleanliness into a movement and `Swachh Bharat' was among the key achievements.Presenting the union budget in the Lok

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  Budget 2015: Fiscal deficit pegged at 3.9%; to reach 3% by FY'18

  February 28, 2015 12:27 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today pegged fiscal deficit for 2015-16 at 3.9 per cent of GDP and proposed to lower it to 3 per cent by 2017-18, a year later than planned earlier.Unveiling

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  Budget 2015: Jaitley says Indian economy fastest-growing in the world

  February 28, 2015 12:25 IST

  New Delhi: Presenting the national budget for the next fiscal, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Saturday said the state of the country's economy was better placed today with its credibility re-established by a series of measures

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  Highlights of Budget 2015

  February 28, 2015 12:41 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented India's national budget for 2015-16 amid high expectations from all stakeholders in lifting overall growth, reinforced by the positive agenda set by the Economic Survey for "big

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  Sensex gains 262 points in early trade ahead of Budget

  February 28, 2015 11:10 IST

  Mumbai: The benchmark BSE Sensex surged over 262 points and the NSE Nifty regained the 8,900-mark in early trade of a special stock market session today on continued capital inflows and increased buying by retail