During April-May, growth in the eight core industries slowed to 3.3 per cent as against 4.9 per cent in the year-ago period.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday tabled the pre-Budget Economic Survey in the Lok Sabha.
The finance minister may stagger some of the recommendations.
The peak rate of 30% applies on annual income of individuals above Rs 10 lakhs.
There are 30 listed PSUs in which the public holding is less than 25%.
Pollution is impacting the lifespan of Indians.
NDA government has shunned populism.
'One thing is sure: After this Budget, no Ambani-Adani tag will be attached to the government.'
The economy is projected to clock 7.4 per cent growth.
The government has promised to keep the deficit at 4.1%
Education remains one of the key focuses of the new government.
A high CAD puts pressure on the rupee, which in turn makes imports expensive and fuels inflation.
With a focus on direct, indirect, and corporate tax structures, the Budget 2016-17 offers a balanced taxation structure
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.
The government on Thursday announced a new 24-hour TV channel dedicated to agriculture sector with an outlay of Rs 100 crore for providing real-time information to farmers.
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Riding high on improved market sentiment, especially after the Narendra Modi government took charge in late May, more and more investors are going for real estate compared to stocks and gold, according to a survey.
Jaitley has managed the difficult feat of sticking to the fiscal correction.
Google launched Wallet in 2011.
54 year-old Shyam Kothari succumbed to cancer
For 2015-16, the planned outlay for the department was Rs 2,568 crore.
The Budget announcement of taxing 'virtual digital assets' or crypto currencies will help the income-tax department measure the "depth" of this trade in the country, know the investors and the nature of their investments and it does not "attach any legality" to these transactions, Central Board of Direct Taxes chairman J B Mohapatra said.
Arun Jaitley said he would put the DTC Bill in cold storage.
The import tariff value is the base price at which the customs duty is determined.
Globally, gold added 0.4 per cent to $1,228.65 an ounce in Singapore.
The rupee resumed higher at 59.69 per dollar as against the last closing level of 59.73 at the Interbank Foreign Exchange market.
A few companies continue to pay taxes at 15-20%.
The government's top leadership was happy with Prabhu's Budget.
There would be a marginal 3% increase in freight rates.
To generate ample private sector interest, there is a need to introduce market-linked tariff rates.
Leeway on CRR and SLR was a long-standing demand from banks, which the RBI did not agree to till recently.
Several of the mutual fund schemes have plans like dividend, growth and bonus.
'We expect the Reserve Bank of India to deliver a 25 bps rate cut in April to support growth.'
The Finance Minister, however, left the current income tax slabs unchanged.
Agriculture credit is likely to exceed the target of Rs 7,00,000 crore while farm exports are expected to increase to over $45 billion in the current fiscal, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said today.
Consumer prices rose an annual 5.11 per cent (2012 base) in January.
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao is for protection and education of girl child
DDT is levied at the rate of 20% on dividend paid by cos to shareholders.
Coal, land, insurance bills are cited as govt's commitment to reforms.
The government on Wednesday said it will raise Rs 72,500 crore through disinvestment of PSUs, including listing of three railway PSUs IRCTC, IRFC and IRCON, and proposed merger and consolidation to create globally competitive public sector units.
The interconnection charge has been reduced.
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