Investors are keenly focused on new govt's first full-year Budget.
After Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presented his fifth straight budget in the Lok Sabha, Bharatiya Janata Party members and ministers from the Cabinet reacted positively to the Budget. Here are some of the reactions.
The Budget will 'further reignite our growth engine, signalling the dawn of a prosperous future.'
The pilots of India's budget carrier SpiceJet would now be trained by flight training establishment of the Dubai carrier, Emirates.
Expanding its network in northern India, budget airlines Spicejet on Thursday launched its six-day a week service to Jammu and Srinagar.
In what could be the first, state-sponsored airline company in the country, the Kerala cabinet on Wednesday gave an in-principle approval for setting up an aviation company in the joint sector to operate international services.
A flight on one of India's budget airlines offers the best opportunity to view the country's economic boom.
International rating agency Standard & Poor's has said India's budget deficit is likely to exceed the government's target of 4.3 per cent for the current fiscal year, which ends in March, a newspaper reported Wednesday.
Modest growth projections hits IT sector.
The regulator budget is projected to have deficit of Rs 76.6 cr; fee hike will help turn this into a surplus of Rs 105.7 crore.
Disruption is totally unacceptable in Parliamentary system, the President said.
Air-India's budget service to destinations in the Gulf from Kerala is expected to start in April, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy told the state assembly on Tuesday.
On July 8, 2004, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will present the Union Budget for fiscal 2004-05. Take the Rediff Business Quiz and know how much you know about the budgets.
Moody's assigns a 'Baa3' rating on India, with a stable outlook.
To provide similar extended time limit for payment of tax deducted from payments made to non-residents, it is proposed that the deductor shall be allowed to claim deduction for payments made to non-residents in the previous year of payment.
Fitch Ratings says in a report published on Thursday that the spillover effects of a weaker rupee have not significantly hurt India's creditworthiness, and hence would not trigger any rating action as this point.
As the United States and China joust for supremacy, India might remain on the sidelines with its limited resources.
Move to help India export hi-end vehicles.
'The BJP has everything to lose if it performs poorly in UP. It dreads a repeat of Bihar,' says Rajeev Sharma.
The general masses have high expectations from the Budget.
Budget speeches have been replete with incomprehensible and even hilarious statements, says Rathin Roy.
Indian bond yields may not spike if the government opts to increase spending when it unveils its annual budget in late February.
Japan Plus to facilitate and fast-track investment proposals.
The larger virtue of maintaining fiscal credibility should not be unduly diluted by quibbles on the fiscal math, says Sajjid Chinoy.
'Maybe, India will never be reformed and maybe India will continue to have a quagmire for the rest of history.'
Jaitley promised higher investment in roads and railways.
That "Rollback Budget" ushered in an era of rollback.
There have been two changes announced so far as MF taxation is concerned.
2015 will witness exciting new car launches that will prompt you to buy at one of them.
India's good fortune, experts in the US feel, is not the result of a fundamentally strong economy, but because it is the best of a bad set of options.
'Power sits lightly on Arun Jaitley's shoulders. Just because earth-shaking election results have brought his party in power, he has not gone recklessly ambitious. "Too soon, too fast" is not what he likes,' says Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com about Budget 2014.
In an interview with Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com, he talks about the economic policies of the Narendra Modi government and whether achche din is really coming.
Mohandas Pai took part in an hour-long chat on rediff.com
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances