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India's oil ministry seeks cut in excise duty on petrol, diesel in budget
A litre of petrol costs 72.23 rupees while diesel is sold at 63.01 rupees.
23 Jan 2018 11:18 AM
Jaitley, state FMs discuss fiscal policies, budgetary steps in pre-budget meet
The Union Budget for 2018-19 will be presented in Parliament on February 1.
18 Jan 2018 5:03 PM
Food subsidy bill may swell by 10 pc in 2018-19 budget
For the 2017-18 fiscal, the government has earmarked Rs 1,45,338 crore for food subsidy.
16 Jan 2018 1:53 PM
Budget ’18: Centre may slash top I-T slab from 30 per cent to 25 per cent
Relief likely for taxpayers with annual income above Rs 10 lakh.
16 Jan 2018 1:48 AM
Crop insurance scheme likely to get Rs 13,000 crore in FY19 budget
For current fiscal government had initially given a budget of Rs 9,000.75 crore for PMFBY.
10 Jan 2018 12:39 PM
Won’t be a populist Budget, says Niti VC
Kumar, however, opines that the Budget will mainly focus on improving the welfare of common man.
09 Jan 2018 12:58 AM
Union Budget on Feb 1; Parliament session to begin on Jan 29
Recommendation for Budget Session dates were made by CCPA headed by Home Minister Rajnath Singh.
06 Jan 2018 12:09 PM
Budget Session to start from January 29
The Budget will be presented by Jaitley for the fiscal year 2018-19.
06 Jan 2018 3:14 AM
Budget, earnings, monsoon to influence market in 2018
The 30-share key index touched its lifetime high of 34,137.97 on December 27.
03 Jan 2018 3:12 PM
Railways not to seek more funds from Union Budget: Piyush Goyal
The Budget that Jaitley presented on February 1 this year broke the tradition since 1924 of having a separate railway budget.
19 Nov 2017 12:43 PM
115 ‘backward’ districts’ uplift plan still awaits FinMin nod despite PMO push
Sources said that an empowered panel headed by Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant had prepared the blueprint of the entire scheme.
06 Nov 2017 1:01 AM
FinMin releases timeline for India's first post-GST budget proposals
The pre-budget meetings of ministries and departments will start from October 9.
14 Sep 2017 10:01 AM
FinMin to start work on Union Budget 2018-19 next week
This Union Budget will be India's first post-GST Budget and will not be concerned with service and excise levies.
10 Sep 2017 11:03 AM
Fiscal deficit at July-end touches 92.4 per cent of budget
During the same period of last financial year, 2016-17, it was 73.7 per cent of the target.
01 Sep 2017 10:00 AM
Ahead of polls, PM Modi to hasten reforms
The brainstorming sessions will focus on agricultural reforms addressing agrarian distress.
06 Jul 2017 6:53 AM
Stiffer law for fugitive economic offenders
The finance ministry on Thursday made the draft Bill available for public comments.
19 May 2017 6:56 AM
Bids for pivotal railway projects to be issued soon
In the Pink Book, the Centre has also allocated Rs 10 lakh for CST-Panvel elevated fast corridor and Rs 10, 000 for Bandra-Virar corridor.
23 Feb 2017 2:23 AM
Amit Mitra: New tax laws could be misused to harass people
He added that the opposition should have raised the issue on the Assembly floor, as the move will lead to harassment for the common people.
17 Feb 2017 6:20 AM
Unlike Congress, we didn’t favour big businessmen, says Arun Jaitley
Jaitley said if the BJP forms a government, the Centre and state government will work together to develop the state.
15 Feb 2017 3:35 AM
Poll funding ‘reforms’ a smokescreen?
The new rules still leave scope for political parties to receive donations in cash, for which they need not make any disclosure.
07 Feb 2017 1:42 AM
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