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Congress support women's reservation: Priyanka Gandhi says if Constitution Amendment Bill passed, democracy will be finishedPriyanka Gandhi supports women's reservation but criticizes the BJP's bills as politically motivated. She stated that without a caste censu...
Funds available from day 1 in 2018-19, start projects early: Govt tells all ministriesThis has led to the desired results as much larger expenditures were incurred on various projects during the first quarter last year, the m...
PM Narendra Modi hard sells pro-farmer budget proposalsModi, who was speaking at a conference in New Delhi, defended his govt's last full-year budget by breaking down how it will benefit Indian ...
Traders wary of Modi's Budget math amid India bonds selloffMarket is having trouble digesting the proposal of relying on alternate sources to raise cash.
Modi government is almost ready with it plan to create an Amazon for agri productsNot many would remember what has turned out to be an ambitious programme for the NDA regime today actually began in a modest way at the APM...
Arun Jaitley's Budget 2018 speech: Read full text hereReferring to the Government’s commitment to the welfare of farmers and doubling farmers’ income by 2022, the Finance Minister announced a s...
Budget 'deeply disappointing', lacked accountability: Cong's Anand SharmaThe Cong leader also hit out at Modi for cashing in on the idea that whatever was happening in the country was "for the first time".
Undecided between charisma and delivery, Modi makes Jaitley walk a tricky roadModi knows that if promises secured a majority, the inability to be true to those — or demonstrate that delivery is underway — may undermin...
Budget 2018 may bring larger safety net for poorMedical insurance cover for the poor and workers of the unorganised sector is likely to go up by several times after this budget.
Budget 2018: Government to come up with framework for investment in sea plane operations: Arun JaitleySea planes have been making headlines since PM Modi flew across the river Sabarmati to Dharoi dam as part of his election campaign.
Infrastructure firms seek higher allocations, ease in borrowings this BudgetSembcorp CEO and India head Vipul Tuli said the power sector should be made a part of the GST framework in 2018.
Will job creation get priority over farm sector in Budget 2018?Lack of enough jobs, especially when the Indian population is predominantly young, is an issue that cuts across the divides of rural-urban,...
Middle class thinks it would get a raw deal in Budget 2018, says ET.com surveyThe erosion of the BJP's rural base in the Gujarat elections can force the government to offer more benefits to the rural sector than other...
What India's hospitality sector wants from Jaitley in Budget 2018Tourism is largely underpenetrated and hotels is the main component in travel. GST has raised the tax burden by 3 times, the industry says.
View: Make it big, Mr Jaitley. India really needs a boostThe fiscal deficit matters because it is a claim on the savings of the non-government sector. But the size of the budget is important too.
Modi rules out a populist Budget & then drops hints what it could beThough Modi refused to speak on the Budget, one can get an idea about the govt's budgetary priorities from what Modi emphasised in his inte...
Arun Jaitley should contain fiscal deficit in Budget 2018-19: US-based economistThe government is aiming to contain fiscal deficit for the current fiscal at 3.2 per cent of GDP. Jaitley is scheduled to present the Union...
What telecom companies expect from Budget 2018Telcos feel financial stress levels could ease significantly if the Budget paves the way for cuts in key telecom levies such as SUC and lic...
Watch out Modi, Moody's will be tracking this Budget very closelyFears of fiscal slippage have come alive as the government plans to borrow an additional Rs 50,000 crore in this financial year.
Modi government unlikely to table FRDI Bill in Budget SessionIt also comes at a time when concerns have been raised in some quarters about certain provisions of the bill, which was introduced in the L...