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Yesterday the rupee had ended marginally lower by two paise at 68.20 despite the outlook for the dollar remaining lacklustre.

Rupee up 5 paise against dollar in early trade

Rupee is trading at 67.42 against the dollar in early trade.

2 Feb 2017 9:54 AM IST

People watch the stock market on Wednesday morning.

Equity market gives a big thumbs up to Union Budget 2017

The budget responsibly refrained from any significant changes in indirect taxes.

2 Feb 2017 2:52 AM IST

The redefinition of affordable housing in terms of carpet area instead of the built up area would increase the unit size by 20-30 per cent.

Union Budget 2017: The Affordable housing Boost

This is expected to encourage leading realtors to focus on it.

2 Feb 2017 2:43 AM IST

Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bank. (Photo: File)

Bankers lap up a 'balanced' Union Budget 2017

Chanda Kochhar of ICICI Bank said Arun Jaitley has tried to provide a growth impetus while maintaining fiscal prudence.

1 Feb 2017 7:35 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

1 crore households out of poverty by 2019: Govt

Jaitley said the govt would start a Mission Antyodaya for poverty alleviation in the country.

1 Feb 2017 7:30 PM IST

The two expressways each about 135 km long were planned in 2006 following a Supreme Court order to form a ring road outside Delhi for channelling non-Delhi-bound traffic.

Union Budget 2017: Highways allocation hiked to Rs 64,900 crore

Highways sector had a budgetary estimate of Rs 57,976 crore for current fiscal 2016-17.

1 Feb 2017 7:11 PM IST

IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad

IT minister terms the Budget 'digitally empowering'

Prasad said that initiatives announced today will help India become transparent economy.

1 Feb 2017 7:06 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Global uncertainty to impact emerging economies: FM

The world economy faces considerable uncertainty in the aftermath of major economic developments last year.

1 Feb 2017 6:49 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

Union Budget 2017: Govt to phase out FIPB; further ease FDI rules

Arun Jaitley says ministries concerned will approve foreign investments; 90 per cent of current FDIs through automatic...

1 Feb 2017 6:43 PM IST

The NSE 50-share Nifty was also up by 8.05 points, or 0.10 per cent, at 8,408.40.

Nifty up 155 points after Union Budget 2017

Nifty opened higher at 8,570.35 and hovered in a range of 8,722.40 and 8,537.50.

1 Feb 2017 6:25 PM IST

The Department of Telecom had placed for auction airwaves worth Rs 5.66 lakh crore in October 2016, which fetched total bids worth about just Rs 65,789 crore.

Govt halves revenue estimate from telecom to Rs 44,300 crore

In 2016-17, the government had estimated revenue of Rs 98,994.93 crore from telecom sector.

1 Feb 2017 6:18 PM IST

The capital outlay for the three defence services for the purchase of new equipment, weapons, aircraft, warships and other military vehicles stood at Rs 86,488 crore for 2016-17 as compared to Rs 78,586 crore for this fiscal.

Defence budget up over 6.2 per cent at Rs 2.74 lakh cr in 2017-18

Budget documents show that revised capital budget for this fiscal is Rs 71,700 crores.

1 Feb 2017 5:52 PM IST