According to FADA, automobile retail trade and service industry comprises a network of 9,500 automobile dealers and their service stations engaged in sale, service/repair and spares of vehicles across segments, is an essential link in automotive business and a significant stakeholder.
In Budget 2015, the finance minister has opted to take the slow road and has doubled the cess on coal to "balance the need to tax pollution and the price of power" in his words.
FM proposed rationalisation of various tax exemptions.
Concessional rate of tax on dividends received by Indian companies from foreign subsidiaries will be done away with from April 1, a change that may hamper global expansion of Indian companies and compel some firms to move their headquarters out of India to geographies such as Singapore and Dubai. At present, dividends received by Indian companies from their foreign subsidiaries are subject to a concessional tax rate of 15 per cent under Section 115BBD of the Income Tax (I-T) Act. The provisions of this section shall not apply from assessment year 2023-24 onwards, according to the Finance Bill.
This is the BJP's first full-year Budget.
Budget has laid emphasis on increasing social spends
Large moves in equity and in currency are expected during March settlement.
Post Office has 1,54,000 rural branches.
The diesel variant offers fuel economy of 26.59 kmpl.
The Bench did not agree with the submission that in the past, Centre had postponed presentation of Budget due to assembly polls.
Though not a blockbuster budget it does not undermine the fact that key issues were addressed and the finance minister certainly did not under-deliver, says Vatsal Srivastava.
All these measures will revitalise the manufacturing sector, which has been in doldrums.
DLF Ltd on Friday said it was reviewing an order from the country's market regulator that fined the company and its top management $8.4 million.
Jaitley's fifth Budget has provided little relief to the middle class.
Budget fails to cheer realty players.
Following the demonetisation move, the recast in direct tax moves is expected to give a boost the economy.
The Rail Budget is full of hollow promises, the Congress leader said.
More funds are expected to be allocated for the new crop insurance scheme, PMSKY and RKVY.
Using lines of a popular Hindi song, "Kya hua tera vaada (what happed to your promises)," Lalu attacked the PM.
The government will conduct a spectrum auction this year, which will facilitate the roll-out of 5G services by private telecom operators during the financial year 2022-23, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Tuesday. "Spectrum auctions will be conducted in 2022 to facilitate the roll-out of 5G mobile services within 2022-23 by private telecom providers," Sitharaman said. She said the telecommunications sector in general and 5G, in particular, can enable growth and offer job opportunities.
The additional amount will be exclusively earmarked for the hospitality and related segments to help them recover to pre-pandemic levels. Presenting the Budget 2022-23 in Parliament, the finance minister said the Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme will be revamped with required infusion of funds.
The finance minister defended the change in the tax rates.
The Budget shouldn't be stuck on fiscal numbers, the PMO apparently said.
Corporate honchos from real estate sector to manufacturing to textile say the Budget does not have enough to help their sectors
The people of the nation co-operated and patiently waited for the government's promised "ache din", and now they want their just rewards, says Adhil Shetty.
This finance minister has come of age. That's not condescension. It is a praise, says Omkar Goswami.
The rupee bounced back by 10 paise to end at 68.62 on Friday.
The government on Tuesday announced revoking of anti-dumping duties on certain steel products imported from countries including China, a move aimed at containing high prices of metals and promoting domestic manufacturing.
Budget 2014 is a strong first step to slowly re-architecting and reviving our economy and transform India, says Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
Finance firms in these SEZs likely to get tax breaks.
It was widely expected that this time around, the government would be less likely to initiate fresh reforms and rather loosen its belt a little to give various segments of the economy, especially the multitudes that truly constitute India, something to smile about, says Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
There has been nothing consolidated in the Budget for this section that may transform entrepreneurship in any meaningful way
For maintaining sustained demand in domestic consumption and household investment, the economy must generate enough jobs in the formal sector,says Shubhashis Gangopadhyay.
While the finance minister had a great opportunity to come out with flying colours while presenting this last Budget of his government, he didn't, says Omkar Goswami.
Two stock market experts discuss their wishlists for Union Budget 2017 with Rediff.com's Aslam Hunani.
It is a Budget 'high on promises but low on design,' the agency said.
Arguably one of the toughest engineering challenges in hand, the Indian Railways plans to complete the Chenab bridge in Jammu and Kashmir by 2016, making it the world's highest rail bridge.
Rail Budget showcases a vision to reorganise, restructure and rejuvenate Railways
Aditya Birla Money MD talks about liquidity concerns in the market.
20 new industrial clusters will be developed in 2014-15.