Excise exemptions may be whittled in Budget to offset higher govt salaries, pensions
Economists have cautioned that any deferment of the government's fiscal goals would prove counter-productive and raise the interest payment burden.
Room for rise of up to 2 percentage points, move to help meet higher expenditure need in FY17
The GST bill's draft says tax would be levied on Maximum Retail Price
Common items between Centre and states - bread, eggs, milk, vegetables, cereals, books and salt - will continue to be exempted.
Union Budget had projected the fiscal deficit at Rs 5.56 lakh crore.
NDDB had helped dairy farmers direct their own development, placing control of the resources they created in their own hands.
For the first time the government is organising an event where consolidated efforts would be made to help start-ups.
Indian farming was transformed after the mid-60s.
The well-irrigated states of Punjab, Haryana, Karnataka, western Uttar Pradesh and coastal states such as Odisha are, for the first time, feeling the effects of a poor monsoon.
Most farmers depend on rainwater for farming.
The norms will affect companies in pharma, energy, manufacturing, software sectors.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes is set to rationalise I-T rules.
In India, 173 people defecate in the open for every square km.
The Centre has decided to create a buffer stock of 350,000 tonnes.
Andhra Pradesh posted 8.14% consumer inflation in October.
'We need to do more to accelerate growth.'
The festival season holds out hope for the real estate industry as demand from end users increases in many markets.
Procurement will be done through domestic purchases as well as imports.
The banks used for the fraud include ING Vysya Bank, ICICI Bank, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank, Dhanlaxmi Bank, YES Bank and DCB Bank.
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