Ministry considering tax sops for India's first global financial centre, steps to liberalise futures and options markets.
Agri experts are meeting FinMin ministry officials on Monday to give their inputs on the Budget.
This would include state capitals and 53 cities with a population of 10 lakh each.
The states will be asked to tap the Centre's JAM trinity.
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
For a long time, the Indian economy has been drifting without a credible monetary anchor.
Inter-ministerial programmes have run into obstacles as rules written by bureaucrats hamper rather than promote investments.
The GST bill's draft says tax would be levied on Maximum Retail Price
SBI data shows the per-capita payouts for scheme have shot up this year.
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.
Would all the planes standing around in the floodwaters able to fly out this weekend, if the waters recede? Or would they need to go for a health check-up?
Options include raising both excise and service tax rates in FY16
The norms will affect companies in pharma, energy, manufacturing, software sectors.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes is set to rationalise I-T rules.
There are about 500,000 fair price shops in states and UTs combined.
Andhra Pradesh posted 8.14% consumer inflation in October.
The notes argue that it will widen the talent base available to govt to deliver increasingly complex services to a demanding population.
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