Luminaries from the world of business and politics on Wednesday said in the death of N A Palkhivala, the country had lost a multi-faceted personality.
He advised banks to facilitate appropriate credit expansion.
Government may bring a new law on black money during the ongoing Parliament session.
Rahul Gandhi said Modi should instil confidence in the employees and voters by withdrawing the proposal.
The President may not have agreed with the government on many occasions. Not once was this ever made public -- though he told off ministers in private.
He maintained it is not 'hope' but the 'fact' of a stable government provided by UPA and the numerous measures taken in the last 18 months that have provided stability and strength to the Indian economy.
The government is doing things in agriculture that count for little, says Shreekant Sambrani.
Senior citizens, differently-abled, pregnant women and medically sick travellers will be given a preference
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Budget speech has announced a host of measures, including hiking tax exemption limit, incentives for the housing sector and relief in indirect taxes on auto and other sectors to promote industrial output and boost growth.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her second Budget a little more than a month from now. Like any other FM, Sitharaman will depend on her team of bureaucrats and advisors to frame and present the Budget.
The total height of the statue from its base is planned to be 240 metre consisting base level of 58 metre and statue of 182 metre.
Samridhi Bhardwaj analyses the dynamics of duty-free liquor allowance in India.
The announcement of a deferral is expected to be part of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Budget speech on February 29.
The revenue department had sent notices to FIIs demanding 20 per cent MAT
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Friday announced in his Budget speech that two separate companies would be formed to raise the airports in Delhi and Mumbai to international standards.
Slamming the Union budget as 'insipid' and lacking in stimulus for growth, the Congress on Saturday said it does not address the main issue of unemployment and describes the mindset of the government.
Road builders have been asking for one to resolve various contract disputes and renegotiate others.
He will recommend innovative methods and processes for the improvement.
Leading conglomerate ITC will soon increase prices of cigarette brands like Classic and Gold Flake Kings by up to 15 per cent per pack.
Arun Jaitley opted for a fiscal deficit of 3.9% in 2015-16.
This may free up resources for productive or lending purposes.
The Budget will focus on Gujarat's GIFT City.
This will violate the time-honoured convention that a government elected for a five-year tenure presents only five full Budgets, but the NDA government will no doubt present it as yet another initiative of Mr Modi.
The finance minister is likely to announce the government's vision for a tax-friendly regime by raising the I-T exemption limit from the current Rs 250,000 per annum.
A few companies continue to pay taxes at 15-20%.
The model is now being worked out between NITI Aayog and health ministry, he said, adding the date of implementation would be next financial year and some time in the course of the year it will be worked out.
The government planned to borrow 10-15 per cent of the total borrowing offshore. That works out to at least Rs 71,000 crore, or about $10.4 billion at Friday's exchange rate.
'No matter how many government schemes there are for the poor, the system works more for the privileged, less for the little guy,' notes T N Ninan.
The government would take a number of steps to energise and deepen the country's corporate bond as well as currency derivatives market.
In the Budget speech, Arun Jaitley had first spoken about the need to have a range.
It is likely to have a similar tax efficient pass through status, for PPP and other infrastructure projects.
As the House took up the debate on Motion of Thanks on the President's Address, the Bharatiya Janata Party launched a frontal attack on opposition parties specially the Congress for their stance against the CAA, saying they were trying to divide the nation.
The government is open to providing more capital than that announced in the Budget.
'If the total amount is spent, it will be highest Budget spend on MGNREGA.'
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