Agriculture, social services, education, defence and so on will be brought into the digital fold and every gram panchayat will be connected to the internet.
BSNL will allow free local and STD calls to other BSNL mobile phone users as well as 100 MB data for seven days for its prepaid users.
Forget about interim Budgets, one cannot easily recall even a full Budget of any government in recent times having rolled out benefits of this order to such a large number of people, says A K Bhattacharya.
'In practice, GST will increase the pain of compliance, if not the cost, a lot.' 'It also has clauses that offer scope to create a single market for corruption,' warns Devangshu Datta.
With the implementation of the goods and services tax less than 75 days away -- assuming July 1 as the roll-out date -- Sudipto Dey provides a guide to how businesses can navigate the transition.
Home loan rate for new customer is 9.9 per cent.
Modi accused the TMC of killing the aspirations of the middle-class people in the state and said the ruling party in West Bengal is known for 'triple T -- Trinamool Tolabaji Tax'.
Budget should be a platform for govt to take bold steps.
The bench also rejected the submission of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for Essar Oil Ltd, that the hearing be adjourned for four weeks.
Incentives for industries have been rolled back and teachers have gone without salary for months as the state grapples with the after-effects of the ban
There is anti-incumbency in urban areas. Rural Punjab, the Akali base, will hold the key.
The Nitish Kumar government has worked hard to help change the perception about Bihar by improving law and order situation and usher in development on several fronts, Assocham Secretary General D S Rawat told reporters.
Kotak Life Insurance has launched e-Lifetime plan which has unique features.
Modi said there has been a 'silent revolution'.
'The number of first-time investors into MFs can grow four times more than the current rate if we are able to accept the bank KYCs.'
New government will have to mobilise money to complete pending irrigation, infra projects
There were heightened expectations from Budget 2017 after the impact of note ban on different sections but most remain unfulfilled.
BJP's success in two state elections gave Modi room to cut through a thicket of regulations and state controls.
In its essence, GST is a national level system of value added taxation of goods and services, says Shankar Acharya.
Measures may include tax slab and rate revisions for individuals, companies.
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Trump is the first nominee of a major party in over a century to have no experience whatsoever of any political, administrative or military office.
Senior bureaucrats say the government has planned a 'feel-good' Budget after the 'pain' of demonetisation.
'The issue of the larger homeland of Nagalim, the dream of the Nagas to hold sway over swathes of Manipur, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, is just that, a dream.' 'The NSCN has been told categorically that the government is not going to concede on this issue.'
If money allocations, investment commitments are a sign of better things to come, the state can be optimistic.
Neutrality and jurisdiction in international trade need to be discussed threadbare before GST is implemented in India.
The govt has incentivised the worst of investment products.
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The government has at last commenced important structural reforms.
Cash withdrawal limits likely to continue
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday presented the Union Budget for 2016-17.
FM indicates adherence to fiscal road map, benign tax rates, correction in inverted duty structure
India's banks are propping up too many weak producers.
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'Parties like ours and others like the Lok Janshatki Party will ensure that the BJP remains on the straight and narrow path,' says Shiromani Akali Dal leader Naresh Gujral
The industry status will help the sector access bank lending at average interest rates
Education remains one of the key focuses of the new government.
'The Budget has maintained fiscal prudence while announcing a number of steps to boost growth, particularly in infrastructure and rural sectors.'
Railways must pull back its share of freight traffic.
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