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  India Union Budget 2018 Top Highlights: FM Arun Jaitley raises MUDRA lending target to Rs 4 lakh cr for FY’19

  Budget | February 01, 2018 15:48 IST

  Launched in April 2015, Rs 4.6 lakh crore credit has been sanctioned under the scheme so far to 10.38 crore beneficiaries.

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  Union Budget 2018: Key points from FM Arun Jaitley's speech that you can't afford to miss

  Politics | February 01, 2018 15:44 IST

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  India Union Budget 2018 Top Highlights: No relief in I-T rates, but cess hiked to raise Rs 11,000 cr

  Budget | February 01, 2018 17:07 IST

  "The government had made many positive changes in the personal income-tax rate applicable to individuals in the last three years," Jaitley said in his Budget speech.

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  India Union Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley fails fiscal consolidation test, says P Chidambaram

  Budget | February 01, 2018 15:24 IST

  Presenting the Budget, FM Jaitley said that the fiscal deficit will overshoot to 3.5 per cent from the earlier estimate of 3.2 per cent in the current fiscal, ending March 31.

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  India Union Budget 2018 Top Highlights: Policy to develop gold as an asset class, says Arun Jaitley

  Budget | February 01, 2018 15:23 IST

  "The government will also establish a system of consumer friendly and trade efficient system of regulated gold exchanges in the country," Jaitley said.

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  India Union Budget 2018 Top Highlights: Home Ministry gets Rs 93,450 cr, a 5.6% hike

  Budget | February 01, 2018 15:18 IST

  Presenting the Budget in Parliament, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced the outlay of 93,450 crore for the Home Ministry.

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  India Union Budget 2018 Top Highlights: Rs 1 lakh cr to boost research, PM Fellowship for B.techs, says Arun Jaitley

  Budget | February 01, 2018 17:07 IST

  The government also announced a Prime Minister Fellowship scheme under which 1,000 B.Techs will be provided opportunity to pursue Ph.Ds in IITs and IISc.

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  India Union Budget 2018 Top Highlights: Infra allocation hiked by over 20% to Rs 5.97 lakh cr in 2018-19

  Budget | February 01, 2018 17:08 IST

  "In order to create employment and aid growth, government's estimated budgetary and extra budgetary expenditure on infrastructure for 2018-19 is being increased to Rs 5.97 lakh crore, Jaitley said.

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  Union Budget 2018: Railways get highest-ever capital expenditure; fares remain unchanged

  Budget | February 02, 2018 15:29 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a capital expenditure of Rs 1.48 lakh crore for the Indian Railways in his Budget 2018 speech, the largest ever.

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  India Union Budget 2018 Top Highlights: Corporate tax cut to 25% for firms with upto Rs 250 cr turnover

  Budget | February 01, 2018 14:47 IST

  Presenting Budget 2018-19 in the Lok Sabha, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley recalled that in his budget last year he had announced a similar reduction for companies with annual turnover of less than Rs 50 crore in fiscal 2015-16.

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  India Union Budget 2018: Budget development-friendly, will strengthen 'new India' vision, says PM Modi

  Budget | February 01, 2018 14:35 IST

  Congratulating Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and his team, Modi said farmers, Dalits and tribal communities will gain from the budget.

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  Union Budget 2018 In Pics -II

  India | February 01, 2018 14:27 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented the Union Budget 2018-19 – Modi government’s last full-fledged budget ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

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  Budget 2018: Imported mobile phones to get costlier, boost to ‘Make in India’

  Budget | February 01, 2018 15:01 IST

  The move to raise duty on mobile phones is likely to hurt players like Apple that import most of their phones from China, thereby compelling them to consider manufacturing higher number of models in india.

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  India Union Budget 2018-19 Highlights: Every business enterprise to be provided with unique ID, says Jaitley

  Budget | February 01, 2018 13:50 IST

  "Aadhaar has provided an identity to every Indian. Aadhaar has eased delivery of so many public services to our people. Every enterprise, major or small, also needs a unique identity," Jaitley said.

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  Budget 2018: Defence allocation hiked by 7.81 per cent to Rs 2.95 lakh crore

  Budget | February 01, 2018 17:54 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will develop two defence industrial production corridors and bring out an industry-friendly military production policy to promote the domestic defence industry.

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  Union Budget 2018 In Pics -I

  India | February 01, 2018 13:36 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley during his budget speech said that this year, the focus is on strengthening agriculture sector.

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  India Union Budget 2018-19 Highlights: PM Fellowship for 1,000 B.Techs for Ph.D at IITs, IISc, says Jaitley

  Budget | February 01, 2018 13:30 IST

  "Under this scheme, we will identify 1,000 best B.Tech. students each year from premier institutions and provide them facilities to do Ph.Ds in the Indian Institutes of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science," Jaitley said.

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  Budget 2018: Govt has decided to contribute 12% of wages to new employees under EPF, says Jaitley

  Budget | February 01, 2018 19:39 IST

  The announcement was made by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley while presenting the Budget 2018-19, which is the last one being tabled by the current government in Parliament before the general elections due in the first half of 2019.

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  Union Budget 2018: Key takeaways from FM Arun Jaitley's speech

  News | February 01, 2018 14:24 IST

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  Union Budget Key Highlights: Income tax slabs unchanged, Rs 1.48 lakh crore for Railways and more

  Budget | February 02, 2018 15:22 IST

  Unveiling the Union Budget 2018-19, the Modi government today kept the personal income tax slabs unchanged, while allowing a standard deduction of Rs 40,000.