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TOP STORIES ON BUDGET 2016
- Modi's make-or-break Budget 2017. Read about it
- Govt can run a tight ship if needed, says Jayant Sinha
The Budget is for villages, farmers and poor and for the rise of India, Sinha said seeking to rebuff criticism that the government was pro corporates.
- The key Budget proposal that you probably missed
The chatterati are agitated by outdoor pollution affecting all our cities. Yet indoor pollution has always been a far greater health hazard.
- How FM is trying to raise rural incomes to revive growth
After two years of trying to drive investment in manufacturing and services, the government returned to tend to rural India, the battered core of the economy.
- Budget gives science a boost
The total 'plan allocation' of Ministry of Science and Tech for the financial years 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16 was Rs 5145 cr, Rs 5495 cr and Rs 7200.80 cr respectively.
Budget Headlines
- Rajan says government's budget 'fiscally prudent'
- Budget tries to satisfy interest of Narendra Modi, Moody's: Shashi Tharoor
- Exemptions in Budget 2016 are for essential needs: PM Modi
- FM Arun Jaitley rolls back proposal to tax EPF
- Market resilience may be here to stay with stronger-than-expected fiscal deficit target
- Rs 70,000 crore allocated for 7th pay commission in Budget
- Too many regulations the biggest roadblock in India, says Adi Godrej
- Commodity, export bodies get budgetary shock as allocation for APEDA cut by 28%
- Road sector stocks may reap budgetary gains
- Budget 2016 drops Rajiv Gandhi’s name from many schemes
- Labour ministry leads effort for PF tax rollback
- Two-point tax scale may tilt against taxpayers, say experts
- M&M hikes prices by up to Rs 47,000 from April 1
- Budget impact: Younger subscribers worst hit by EPF tax
- Fiscal policy puts ball in Raghuram Rajan’s court now: Jayant Sinha
- Retrospective tax not fully addressed in Budget 2016: UK investors
- Maruti, Honda & Hyundai up car prices to cover infra cess pain
- Time for a closer look at the black-hole called EPS
- Cap on employers’ EPF contribution may be scrapped
- Do not invest only to save tax, caution experts
- 10 ideas from citizens made it to the Budget 2016 this year
- Concrete steps towards a stable tax regime: Kanabar
- Experts sceptical of budget booster to Jan Aushadhi
- Diesel tax will not dent overall margins: Pawan Goenka
- Budget a fine balancing act: Geogit BNP Paribas official
- Central pay hike budgeted for in ministries' allocations: Govt
- 1% TCS on cars above Rs 10L may impact ease of doing biz: M&M
- Why new additional tax on dividend income may not hit promoters much
- Budget tries to address the twin objectives of growth and inclusivity
- A 25-year-old could lose 18% of retirement income
Common man's Budget
Homemakers' Budget
Sales may get thanda as colas lose thunder
Supply of affordable homes to get a boost
Cars, air travel, movies & eating out to be costlier
Budget for salaried
Budget ups tax compliance burden: Advance tax due 3 months earlier now
Government fixes loophole to make non-compete fee taxable for professionals
A 25-year-old could lose 18% of retirement income
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BUDGET AND MARKET
Market update
How to make a Bharat-focused portfolio after Budget 2016
Experts say investors should tweak portfolios towards the 'Bharat' theme or slightly increase exposure to stocks that cater to that theme.
Hero Motor back in demand on Budget’s rural thrust
Hero Moto’s stock has outperformed the BSE Auto index by 14% since January after being an underperformer in the past two years.
Costly gold may drive up demand for silver in rural India
Gold and diamond jewellery are set to turn costlier following the imposition of 1% excise duty in the Union Budget for 2016-17.
Gold jewellers’ lobby wants excise levy hike rolled back
IBJA, with over 50,000 jewellers has already called for a nationwide strike to protest the new levy effective Tuesday till further notice.
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Market update
Market experts
Monsoon will be a key variable for market
Considering the volatile market conditions, the govt's disinvestment plan for the next financial year, even though trimmed, still looks formidable.
We expect dialogues with government to improve investment climate
"When the burden goes from fair to an extremely high load, at that point we go away from win-win to a win-lose situation"
Budget provides for growth in a very difficult environment
"As far as rural discretionary consumption is concerned, the budget is a welcome change."
India is ready for interest rate cut
"I am a little bit nervous about the 3.5 per cent fiscal deficit target being maintained"
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AUTO
VE Commercial Vehicle eyes 10% growth in FY-18, to invest Rs 500 crore for BS-VI technology
- Volkswagen launches Polo GT Sport priced up to Rs 9.21 lakh
- Maruti's new Dzire to drive without Swift badge
- Hero MotoCorp eyes 250cc segment, electric vehicles
Banks levy numerous fees on customers for services. Is it cost cover or easy money?
- Arohan Financial Services to enter MP and UP markets
- RBI Governor Urjit Patel suggests merging public sector banks
- Govt preparing norms for credit enhancement fund to bolster infra bonds ratings
Jaquar acquires Euro Sanitaryware; to invest Rs 310 crore in FY18
- VLCC buys Vanity Cube for home delivery
- Ensure uninterrupted supply of liquor of all brands in Delhi: Government
- Arvind Limited launches its ready-to-wear brand in Gujarat,Karnataka
BHEL bags Rs 10,000 cr contract from Bangladesh
- Govt to auction mines for coal-to-gas, CTL projects in FY18
- Schneider to develop Naya Raipur smart city, signs pact
- Ballarpur Industries in talks to sell Malaysian arm to China's Nine Dragons
CCI orders detailed probe against pharma major Roche
- Jubilant Life gets USFDA nod for hypertension drug
- Alembic Pharma gets USFDA nod for anti-hypertension drugs
- Availability, accessibility key to affordable drugs
Top admen dwell on the power of print media as April 29 deadline for contest's entries draws near
- Olive Group to triple casual fine dining restaurants by 2022
- The next decade is a time of major expansion in India: Christopher J Nassetta, president and CEO, Hilton
- JLL sells India housing brokerage to former country head Anuj Puri
India Unlimited
Financial Inclusion
Mission to increase digital transactions to 2,500 crore; 20 lakh Aadhaar Pay machines
Make in India
View: Trump's 'Buy American', Modi's 'Make in India' can together boost each other
Smart Cities
L&T set to convert Pune into smart city, gets LoI
Swachh Bharat
Urban Ministry approaches Election Commission to allow Swachh Bharat ads
Visit India
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24X7 Power
India poised for huge growth in solar energy: Piyush Goyal
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VIDEOS
- Damp squib or landmark budget? Opposition leaders’ views
- Investor’s guide: Budget 2017 special
- This had to be a 'spend more, not save more' Budget: FM
- Budget 2017: FM Arun Jaitley's full speech
- Budget will lead to GDP acceleration: RS Prasad
- Big disappointment on corporate tax front: Swaminathan Aiyar
- Service charge on e-tickets booked through IRCTC to be withdrawn: Arun
- Budget 2017: Reactions from market experts
- Budget has nothing for farmers, says Rahul
- Basic customs duty reduced from 5% to 2.5% on LNG terminals: FM
- GST likely to bring more taxes to Centre, states: FM
- Carpet area to be counted for affordable housing: FM
- 125 lakh people have adopted BHIM app so far: Jaitley
- Plan to extend basket of financial instruments to which the capital ga
- MAT can be carried forward for 15 years by companies as against 10 yea
- Maximum donation a political party can receive in cash is Rs 2,000 fro
- Jaitley reduces existing rate of taxation for individuals with income
- IRCON and IRCTC to be listed on stock exchanges: FM Jaitley
- Defence expenditure excluding pension at Rs 2.74 lakh crore: FM Arun J
- One of the main objectives of govt is to remove component of black mon
- A new law likely to confiscate assets of the big-time economic offende
- 'Aadhaar Pay' to be launched soon, Jaitley says
- A new metro rail policy will be announced, this will open up new jobs
- Rail safety fund with a corpus of Rs 100,000cr to be created: FM
- Govt is focused towards women and child welfare schemes: FM
- Budget allocation to MNREGA increased to a record Rs 48,000 cr: FM
- Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana work accelerated to 133 km roads per
- 100% village electrification will be achieved by May 1,2018: FM Jaitle
- Two new AIIMS to be set up in Gujarat and Jharkhand: FM
- Arun Jaitley raises credit to farmers to 10 lakh crore
- Farmers, rural employment and infrastructure development are main focu
- India is expected to be fastest growing economy: FM
- Current account deficit declined in first half of 2016-17: FM
- Demonetisation is a bold and decisive measure: FM Jaitley
- There are three major challenges for emerging economy: FM
- Budget 2017: Need to take long term view on GDP growth, says Niti Aayo
RAILWAY BUDGET
How Modi's stamp is evident in Prabhu's Rail Budget
Modi was having regular meetings with Suresh Prabhu and his team that was working on the railway budget, sources at Rail Bhavan told ET.
- To propel Railways into future, Prabhu enters engine room
- Freight gets weight in Prabhu's Rail Budget
- Railways low on fuel, still bullish on modernisation
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Economic Survey Leads
How Eco Survey reflects realities of global economy
The Survey acknowledges the current state of our demographic dividend. Growth cannot be one-sided, esp when we have had episodes of jobless growth in the past.
- Economic Survey 2016 raises red flag on FDI from small nations
- Need to create more jobs, climb technology ladder for faster growth
- New bankruptcy law, rehabilitation of stalled projects can speed up business exits
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