Jaitley is widely expected to come out with reforms on subsidy front
Defence minister Rajnath Singh virtually conducted the final breakthrough blast of the Sela tunnel in Arunachal Pradesh and flagged of a 20,000-km-long motorcycle expedition of the BRO on Thursday.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley will kick off pre-budget consultations with different interest groups from Thursday, starting with the representatives of the farm sector.
The finance minister said while the 10 years of the United Progressive Alliance government were characterised by "policy paralysis", the Modi dispensation introduced structural reforms to make India a developed nation and give it a cleaner economy.
For the first time, Subramanian said, "the Economic Survey has embraced Big Data, and we mine this data to shed new light on the flow of goods and people within India."
The government on Thursday unveiled steps including Rs 38,000 crore investment for fast-tracking highways to augment the nation's arterial network.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will continue to pursue policies to support growth amid global slowdown.
Tax reforms, GST rollout, public sector divestments top India Inc agenda; call for seizing the occasion.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is keen to come out with reforms that can help cut fiscal deficit.
Tax sops unlikely for the sector in coming Budget.
Take some time off to write a postcard to the finance minister, tell Mr Arun Jaitley your wishlist for Union Budget 2018.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday doled out income tax sops by raising threshold exemption and investment limits by Rs 50,000, raised duties on cigarettes, tobacco, pan-masala and aerated drinks, widened service tax base and announced measures to spur growth manufacturing and revive investor confidence.
The Finance Minister's concerns come at a time when delays in 110 central infra projects due to regulatory hurdle issues have resulted in over Rs 1.57 lakh crore cost overruns.
Economists believe government might settle for a higher fiscal deficit target of 4.5 per cent to fund capex.
The DDCA issue is likely to create ruckus in Parliament on Monday with parties looking to target Finance Minister Arun Jaitley as he is "practically the number two in the government".
The CAIT has complained to the Commerce Ministry to take action against these companies.
Quoting Modi's oft-repeated statement that participation of states was important for country's growth, the finance minister said the government will take states along and address their issues.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget in Parliament on Saturday.
In his Budget, Jaitley announced a pay hike for the President to Rs 5 lakh per month, Rs 4 lakh for the VP and Rs 3.5 lakh for governors.
As part of the long-standing ritual, the sweet dish is prepared in a large vessel and consumed by a large number of official and support staff who are required to stay in the North Block office till the presentation of the Budget, which is February 28 this year.
All goods and services have been put in slabs of 5%, 12%, 18% and 28%
The Congress had on Thursday targeted Modi for the presence of Punjab National Bank fraud accused jewellery designer Nirav Modi in an Indian business delegation at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Naidu visited the All India Institute of Medical Sciences to enquire about his former cabinet colleague's health.
With stake sales to begin in some PSUs & banks, Jaitley and team to trot the globe to get more foreign investors.
The state of these public sector units is appalling and disinvestment or even closing some of them appears to be the only option to prevent exchequer from further bleeding.
The lack of change in policy can be hugely damaging not only for foreign investors but also for the Indian economy and domestic industry, says A K Bhattacharya.
Introduced in 2012, the General Anti-Avoidance Rules, were aimed at companies routing money through tax havens such as Mauritius, but implementation was delayed after an uproar from investors who feared harassment from tax authorities.
Jaitley said the Budget proposals would boost the realty sector, which would help meet the housing needs of a vast section of the population.
Here are 15 companies that research houses believe could see significant impact due to the Budget proposals.
Far from reducing inflation, some of the assumptions made in the Budget imply that the government is not at all expecting prices to come down.
The government has stuck to its ambitious fiscal deficit targets and has given the right messages on manufacturing which should keep sentiment in the equity market buoyant, it said.
What has been the impact of this Budget on your daily life?
They said Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has opened the door to a much wider level of US involvement in India's development plans in the coming years.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley talks to T N Ninan.
With the government putting strong emphasis on job creation, experts on Thursday said measures proposed in the union budget can help create 5-8 million jobs in next 3-4 years across various sectors.
FM earmarks Rs 7,060 crore for the project.
The Union Budget 2014-15 has proposed to set up new IITs and IIMs
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented the Budget in the Parliament on Thursday.
Amendment to the Income Tax Act with retrospective effect, undertaken by the United Progressive Alliance government in 2012 to protect revenue, had evoked sharp reactions from domestic as well as global investors.
The IT sector is confronted with a host of issues.
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