Union Budget 2018
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Govt, Opposition to hold all-party meets today ahead of Budget session
Budget | Jan 28, 2018, 08:47 AM ISTTwo all-party meetings are scheduled to be held today, ahead of the Budget Session of Parliament which will start on Monday, IANS quoted government sources as saying.
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Lok Sabha Speaker calls all-party meet on Jan 28 ahead of Budget Session of Parliament
Budget | Jan 27, 2018, 11:53 PM ISTThe Union Budget will be tabled on February 1. The session will go into a break on February 9.
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Union Budget 2018: British-Indian bodies seek corporate tax cut, labour reforms in India
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:26 PM ISTThe UK is the largest G20 investor in India, with around USD 24 billion invested in the country.
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Union Budget 2018: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley hints at relief for taxpayers, further rejig of GST
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:20 PM ISTJaitley further said the stabilisation of the GST structure offered the government an opportunity to increase its base and rationalise its structure as it continued to evolve.
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Union Budget 2018: 5 expectations from mutual funds
Budget | Jun 27, 2019, 04:28 PM ISTThe sector expects government to introduce sops relating to mutual fund pension products this budget.
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Union Budget 2018: Why so much distress in agriculture sector and what’s on agenda
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 04:59 PM ISTAgriculture sector is expected to grow at 2.12% in the current fiscal against 4.1% in the preceding year, according to Central Statistics Office.
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Finance Ministry calculating capital required to reposition public sector banks: Jaitley
Business | Jan 24, 2018, 04:56 PM IST"The main objective of this flows from the Government's responsibility to keep public sector banks in good health," FM Jaitley told media at a press conference in New Delhi.
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Union Budget 2018: Know all about important documents, terminologies
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:20 PM ISTWhile tabling the Budget, the Finance Minister tells the country about government’s revenues and expenditures, besides showing how the government plans to use public resources to meet policy goals.
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Expert take: 4 things senior citizens need in Union Budget 2018
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:20 PM ISTIn an exclusive interview to India TV, Deepak Mendiratta, Managing Editor of HII Insurance Broking Services Private Limited, says as far as consumers are concerned, industry expectations from this year's budget is really high.
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Budget 2018: Senior citizens expect cheaper healthcare, health insurance, but what does 2018 have in store?
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:21 PM ISTIn this year's budget, the top most expectation continues to be income tax benefit. In the current fiscal, the taxpayers are expecting more tax advantage under section 80D.
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Union Budget 2018: Govt may hike agri-credit target to Rs 11 lakh crore
Budget | Jan 22, 2018, 08:45 PM ISTThe interest subvention is given to public sector banks (PSBs), private lenders, cooperative banks and regional rural banks (RRBs) on use of own funds and to Nabard for refinance for RRBs and cooperative banks.
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Union Budget 2018 may not be populist, indicates PM, rejects unemployment criticism
Budget | Jan 21, 2018, 11:17 PM ISTIn an interview, PM Modi pledged that his government will stay on the course of the reforms agenda that has pulled out India from being among the ‘fragile five’ economies of the world to being a ‘bright spot’.
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Railway Budget 2018: Safety, speed, comfort – three key expectations
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:24 PM ISTSafety, speed and comfort – the three key priorities of Indian Railways encapsulate the three expectations from the Railway Budget in the financial year 2018-19.
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Union Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley performs ‘halwa ceremony’ to mark commencement of printing documents
Budget | Jan 20, 2018, 06:43 PM ISTTraditionally, the sweet dish is cooked in large quantity and the Finance Minister serves it to the officials in the ministry, who remain incommunicado and stay in the North Block.
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Union Budget to prioritise agriculture, infra investments: Nitin Gadkari
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:24 PM ISTI hope that the Finance Minister will give more priority to agri and infrastructure investments in the forthcoming budget, Nitin Gadkari said.
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GST on 29 items, 54 services cut, here's the full list of what all just got cheaper
Business | Jan 22, 2018, 07:42 PM ISTFinance Minister Jaitley said the decisions on changing the tax rates were taken on the recommendations of the fitment committee and the changes will come into force from Jan 25.
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Union Budget 2018 must stimulate agriculture sector to help fertiliser players: ICRA
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:24 PM ISTIn recent years, subsidy allocation to the industry has fallen short of requirements resulting in recurring backlog of subsidy.
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Union Budget 2018: Government may hike healthcare spending by 11 pc
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:23 PM ISTAccording to a report by news agency Reuters, the government is likely to raise its public health spending by 11 per cent in the upcoming budget, slated to be tabled in the Parliament on February 1.
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Union Budget 2018: Here’s what the nation expects from Arun Jaitley
Budget | Jan 22, 2018, 07:43 PM ISTWhile what comes out of Arun Jaitley’s briefcase remains suspense till February 1, here is what the common man expects from the upcoming budget.
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Union Budget 2018 | Govt needs to increase healthcare outlay in budget: ICRA
Budget | Jan 31, 2018, 07:23 PM ISTPublic sector investment on healthcare accounts for less than 1.5 per cent of GDP, which is one of the lowest globally, and the government intends to increase the expenditure to 2.5 per cent of GDP by 2025.