Budget 2024: A picture of growth, welfare and fiscal rectitudeThe Budget also demonstrates the government’s focus on fiscal consolidation, with a reduction in the fiscal deficit to 5.8% for FY24 vs. a ...
01 Feb, 2024, 10.07 PM IST
India unveils income tax bonanza a year before electionsThe government will lift the exemption bar to up to 700,000 rupees a year from a previous threshold of 500,000 rupees as it cut the maximum...
01 Feb, 2023, 05.49 PM IST
OMC shares hit by agri cess on fuel; fineprint shows zero impact“This is madness! Farm cess of Rs 2.5 per litre on Petrol Rs 4 per litre on diesel and people thought no increase in taxes…,” said Sandip S...
01 Feb, 2021, 01.48 PM IST
Strategic sales should see lot of global interest, need more of them: Vaibhav SanghaviThe FPI flow Indian market is seeing now is largely passive flow, which is a default investment from emerging markets allocation. But activ...
03 Feb, 2020, 07.30 PM IST
Bond market cheers FM's plan for offshore borrowing; gilts see jumpIndia sovereign debt-to-GDP raio is one of the lowest, Nirmala Sitharaman said.
05 Jul, 2019, 02.02 PM IST
Decoding Interim Budget 2019: 10 takeaways from fineprint readingThe Budget pegged the fiscal deficit for financial year ending on March 31, at 3.4 per cent.
01 Feb, 2019, 05.52 PM IST
Investors could lap up Ulips to skirt LTCG tax: ReportWhile on Budget day, the market was on see- saw ride and closed marginally down, on Friday, it saw the worst plunge since November 2014 wit...
04 Feb, 2018, 02.28 PM IST
'Electoral bonds must ensure transparent political funding'"Reducing the political anonymous donations limit to Rs 2,000 from Rs 20,000 per individual may not be fool-proof but is certainly a step f...
07 Feb, 2017, 04.36 PM IST
Is Budget fineprint as impressive as the first impression? Read thisLet's get it from the horse's mouth. Some of the top economists, tax consultants and market analysts do the hairsplitting of the Budget fin...
01 Feb, 2017, 03.28 PM IST
What changed for the market while you were sleepingNews bytes about the Budget, crude prices and a possible US Fed hike are among the small and big cues that may change your market today.
01 Mar, 2016, 08.23 AM IST
Budget 2013: New home loan tax deduction positive, but fine-print restrictiveThe fine print of tax deduction dampen the spirits of many. A borrower can claim this deduction only if the loan amount is less than Rs 25 ...
01 Mar, 2013, 03.30 PM IST
Jewellers see red on plans to put them under Money Laundering ActThough there is an apprehension among the gold traders that the budget may see another round of import duty hike.
27 Feb, 2013, 08.40 AM IST
- Rail Budget 2012-13: Fare hike to burden common man, says Yashwant Sinha
Sinha was reacting to the Rail Budget presented by Railway Minister Dinesh Trivedi in which he announced increase in passenger fares.
14 Mar, 2012, 05.30 PM IST
- Union Budget 2010: Amnesty: Back with a vengeance?
The Budget fine-print reveals that life could get a little easier for evaders, both companies and individuals, that have tax dues of over R...
04 Mar, 2010, 02.18 AM IST
- Service tax refund fails to cheer exporters
Despite the continuous increase in the list of services for which exporters would be given refunds, many exporters are not enthused.
08 Apr, 2008, 04.11 AM IST
- Ad-mad compnies can paint the town red
Large ad spenders such as autocos, oil, consumer durable and non-durable companies, telecom and FMCG players with budgets ranging between R...
02 May, 2005, 11.57 PM IST
- Study sops aren't a class apart
Though Jaswant Singh's first budget seems to abound in sops, there is also a need for individuals to closely look at the fineprint. Conside...
13 Mar, 2003, 09.58 AM IST