Union Budget 2018
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India Union Budget 2018: Mobile phone industry says custom duty hike to boost manufacturing
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 06:46 PM ISTFinance minister Arun Jaitley today announced a hike in customs duty on mobile phones to 20 per cent from 15 per cent in a bid to boost local value addition in domestic electronics manufacturing.
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India Union Budget 2018-19 Highlights: Budget proposes to hike Culture Ministry funding by 3.82%
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 06:44 PM ISTOf the total budgetary allocation, the Archaeological Survey of India would get Rs 974.56 crore, which is 5.42 per cent more than the previous allocation.
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India Union Budget 2018-19 Highlights: MEA gets an increase of Rs 213 cr; Nepal gets Rs 650 cr for projects
India | Feb 01, 2018, 06:34 PM ISTThe allocation comes amid External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s Nepal visit. She arrived in Kathmandu today for discussions with leaders of the Himalayan nation.
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India Union Budget 2018: Congress terms Budget defeatist, a big letdown
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 06:34 PM ISTThe budget proposals should have been "bold and radical", senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaram said.
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India Union Budget 2018: Rahul Gandhi targets Modi govt over MSP to farmers, job crisis
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 11:24 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley today announced to increase the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of crops to at least 1.5 times of the production cost.
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CBI gets nominal hike of 2.79 per cent in Budget
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 06:13 PM ISTThe CBI has been allocated Rs 698.38 crore by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget presented today which is Rs 19.01 crore or a little over 2.79 per cent higher compared to the revised estimates of Rs 679.37 crore for 2017-18.
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Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh praises Jaitley for 'visionary' Budget
India | Feb 01, 2018, 06:04 PM ISTMP CM praised Jaitley "for presenting a visionary and futuristic budget which will provide an impetus to creation of a New India. It touches the chord of each and every section of society - farmers, salaried taxpayers, senior citizens and the poor."
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India Union Budget 2018: Mumbai to get another suburban rail network, doubling of tracks
Business | Feb 01, 2018, 05:59 PM ISTThe Finance Minister said that to cater to the growth of Bengaluru metropolis, the government has planned a suburban rail network of 160 km at an estimated cost of Rs 17,000 crore.
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Union Budget 2018 promotes job creation, infrastructure: Goa CII
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 05:40 PM IST"The Budget promotes jobs creation, infrastructure, and focuses comprehensively on health, women, senior citizens, MSME and cashews sector," Sawant said.
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India Union Budget 2018: Moody's says 3.3% fiscal deficit achievable
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 04:59 PM ISTA slower broadening of the tax base after the note-ban and GST implementation as well as weather- related impacts on crops could contribute to revenue slippage, it warned.
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India Union Budget 2018 Highlights: Gobar Dhan scheme to convert cattle dung into bio fuel announced
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 04:43 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the launch of the Gobar Dhan scheme to manage and convert cattle dung and solid water into compost and bio-fuel.
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Budget 2018: World's largest govt-funded health care scheme, sops for farmers, poor; no relief in I-T rates
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 07:01 PM ISTIn the Budget 2017-18, Jaitley had reduced the income tax rate to 5 per cent from 10 per cent under the income slab from Rs 2.5 lakh per annum to Rs 5 lakh per annum.
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India Union Budget 2018-19 Highlights: Industry gives thumbs up to government's push on AI, Robotics
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 04:21 PM ISTFinance Minister Arun Jaitley said that NITI Aayog will initiate a national programme to direct efforts in AI and the Department of Science and Technology will launch a Mission on Cyber Physical Systems.
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India Union Budget 2018 Highlights: Centre allots Rs 790 cr for Delhi
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 04:22 PM ISTThe Delhi Govt was given Rs 449.99 crore as central assistance in the Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha.
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FM Arun Jaitley terms Budget 2018 as a budget for comman man
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India Union Budget 2018: Divestment target hiked by over 10% to Rs 80,000 cr in 2018-19
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 05:06 PM ISTAccording to Jaitley, the government has approved the listing of 14 CPSEs (Central Public Sector Enterprises), including two insurance companies, on the stock exchanges.
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India Union Budget 2018-19 Highlights: Railways get largest-ever allocation of Rs 1.48 lakh crore
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 05:06 PM IST"Railways capex for 2018-19 has been pegged at Rs 1,48,528 crore," Jaitley said in his Budget speech.
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India Union Budget 2018: RS adjourns after FM tables budget docs; LS adjourned till Monday
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 04:04 PM ISTAfter the House was adjourned, former prime minister Manmohan Singh walked up to the Finance Minister and greeted him for his budget presentation.
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Kejriwal slams Union Budget 2018, says BJP's step-motherly treatment to Delhi on
India | Feb 01, 2018, 04:03 PM IST"I had expected some financial assistance to important infrastructure projects for national capital. Am disappointed that Centre continues its step-motherly treatment to Delhi," the Aam Aadmi Party leader said in a tweet.
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India Union Budget 2018 Highlights: Imported cars, juices, mobiles, gold, silver to be costlier
Budget | Feb 01, 2018, 05:07 PM ISTThe government has hiked customs duty on numerous consumer goods.