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  Budget 2016: Here's the list of what's cheaper & what's dearer

  February 29, 2016 18:58 IST

  New Delhi: Cars, cigarettes, branded garments, air travel will become more expensive, while footwear, solar lamps and routers are slated to becheaper following a host of changes in the tax structure in the Budget for

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  Budget 2016: For every Re in govt kitty, 21 paise to come from borrowing

  February 29, 2016 18:34 IST

  New Delhi: For every rupee in the government coffer, 21 paise will come from market borrowing in 2016-17, while 19 paise would be spent towards interest payment. According to the Budget 2016-17 documents presented inParliament today

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  Budget 2016: Tax proposals belie market hopes, Sensex down by 152 points

  February 29, 2016 17:50 IST

  Mumbai: The Union Budget 2016 fell short of the crease for markets as the benchmark Sensex ran up heavy losses following a series of tax proposals but covered up much of the lost ground and

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  Budget 2016 draws bouquets from industry, brickbats from opposition

  February 29, 2016 17:50 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Budget for the year 2016-17 presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, his second full budget in the government's tenure, has been hailed as a pro-poor, pro-farmer and pro-agriculture budget by Prime

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  Budget 2016: Air India to receive Rs 1,713 crore govt funding

  February 29, 2016 16:58 IST

  New Delhi: National carrier Air India, which is expected to slash its net losses by around 40 per cent this fiscal, will receive Rs 1,713 crore government funding for the next fiscal.In the Union Budget

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  Full text of FM Arun Jaitley's Budget speech

  February 29, 2016 16:29 IST

  Finance Minister Arun Jaitley present the Union budget for financial year 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha on Monday. Here is the full text of his speech in which listed out a series of measures to

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  Over 32 per cent increase in CBI Budget

  February 29, 2016 15:55 IST

  New Delhi: Country's premier probe agency CBI, which has been facing severe staff shortage, got a fillip with the allocation of about Rs 727.75 crore in the budget—nearly 32 per cent increase from Rs 550.08

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  BJP terms General Budget 'visionary, progressive'

  Politics | February 29, 2016 14:58 IST

  New Delhi: Terming the Union budget as "visionary and progressive", BJP today said that it gives priority to farmers and weaker sections and will also lead to empowerment of the youth."The budget is for everybody.

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  Budget 2016: 10 major tech announcements by FM Arun Jaitley

  February 29, 2016 14:49 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today presented his second full-fledged Union Budget for the financial year 2016-17 in the Lok Sabha today. There were some major announcements by the FM with regard to technological

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  Budget 2016: Govt proposes Krishi Kalyan Cess of 0.5% on all taxable services

  February 29, 2016 14:36 IST

  New Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while presenting the General Budget 2016-17 in Lok Sabha today, said that uniform application of Dividend Distribution Tax (DDT) to all investors distorts the fairness and progressive nature of

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  Budget 2016 focuses big on infra development; allocates Rs. 2.21 lakh crore

  February 29, 2016 14:32 IST

  New Delhi: While presenting the General Budget 2016-17 in Lok Sabha today, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that Infrastructure and Investment is the Fifth Support Pillar of Budget Theme ‘Transform India'.A total outlay

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  Budget 2016-17 built on agenda 'Transform India', says Finance Minister Arun Jaitley

  February 29, 2016 17:50 IST

  New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that the growth of GDP has accelerated to 7.6% in the current Financial Year. This was possible notwithstanding the contraction of global exports by 4.4% compared

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  Budget 2016: Govt promotes a tax-friendly regime through a new 'Dispute Resolution Scheme'

  February 29, 2016 13:55 IST

  New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while presenting the General Budget 2016-17 in Lok Sabha today, said that litigation is a scourge for tax friendly regime and creates an environment of distrust. Litigation also

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  Budget 2016: Major focus areas for the govt in the social sector

  February 29, 2016 13:57 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Budget 2016-17 presented by the government today saw significant focus on the social sector, with a slew of measures announced for India's poor, including in the health and education sector.The government

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  Govt proposes reforms in FDI policy in the areas of insurance and pensions, stock exchanges

  February 29, 2016 14:11 IST

  New Delhi: While presenting the General Budget 2016-17 in Lok Sabha today, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that to promote private participation in infrastructure projects, Public Utility (Resolution of Disputes) Bill will be

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  Budget 2016: Govt aims to double income of farmers by 2022

  February 29, 2016 14:27 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley while presenting the General Budget today said that his Government intends to go beyond Food Security and give back a sense of income security to our farmers.

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  Budget 2016 : Govt increases HRA exemption limit to Rs 60k

  February 29, 2016 13:45 IST

  New Delhi: While presenting the General Budget 2016-17 in Lok Sabha here today, the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the taxation is a major tool available to Government for removing poverty and inequality

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  Govt to invest Rs 2000 cr to provide LPG connection to poor households; to benefit 1.5 cr BPL families

  February 29, 2016 13:42 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Budget for the Financial Year 2016-17 contains several new measures for the Social Sector. Highlighting these measures in his Budget Speech in the Parliament here today, the Minister for Finance and

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  500 Multi Skill Training Institutes to be set-up across country, Rs.1,700 cr provided in the Budget 2016-17

  February 29, 2016 13:36 IST

  New Delhi: The Government has decided to set-up 1500 Multi Skill Training Institutes across the country for which Rs 1,700 crore has been set aside in the Budget 2016-17. Announcing this in his Budget Speech

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  Budget 2016: Focus on small tax payers, infrastructure and rural economy

  February 29, 2016 13:33 IST

  New Delhi: Relief to small tax payers and nudging the affluent to shell out more while focusing on the rural economy with much higher fiscal outlays stood out in the Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's Union