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  Budget 2016: New health protection scheme to provide health cover up to Rs.1 lakh per family

  February 29, 2016 13:37 IST

  New Delhi: The Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs and Information and Broadcasitng, Arun Jaitley has announced a New Health Protection Scheme in the Budget 2016-17. In his Budget address in the Parliament today, the Finance

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  Budget 2016: Government announces new scheme to bring black money

  February 29, 2016 13:23 IST

  New Delhi: The Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, while presenting the General Budget 2016-17 in Lok Sabha here today, proposed a scheme to declare undisclosed income by paying 45% tax in a given compliance window. Jaitley

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  Government allocates Rs.9,000 crore for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

  February 29, 2016 12:02 IST

  New Delhi: The central government on Monday announced allocation of Rs.9,000 crore for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign) in the country."The concept of Swachh Bharat was very close to the heart of Father

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  Budget 2016: FM Jaitley faces tough task for balancing needs

  February 29, 2016 9:21 IST

  New Delhi: Finance minister Arun Jaitley faces a tough task of balancing the needs of farm sector as well as the industry when he presents his third Budget on Monday, even as he seeks to

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  Budget 2016: 10 expectations from Arun Jaitley

  February 29, 2016 9:21 IST

  New Delhi: With the Union Budget for 2016-17 scheduled to be presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on February 29th, the aam aadmi has a lot of expectations from him.Increase in the income tax exemption

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  Bihar presents Rs 1.44 lakh cr budget, imposes no fresh tax

  Politics | February 27, 2016 7:29 IST

  Patna: Bihar finance minister Abdul Bari Siddiqui today presented a Rs 1.44 lakh crore state budget for 2016-17 with no fresh tax proposals.Presenting a revenue surplus budget of Rs 14,649.46 crore for 2016-17, an increase

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  Disappointment over rail budget dents railroad firms stocks

  February 25, 2016 14:49 IST

  Mumbai: Disappointment over lack of any big ticket projects in the railway budget proposals for 2016-17 dented stocks of companies associated with the Indian railroads during a volatile mid-afternoon trade session on Thursday.Despite the fact

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  Indian Railways for 100 per cent transparency in all its operations

  February 25, 2016 14:30 IST

  New Delhi: The Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said that the transparency is an important tenet of this Government. Presenting the Railway Budget 2016-17 in Parliament today he said , Indian Railway's mission is

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  Railways to provide 17000 Bio-Toilets in trains under Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat Mission

  February 25, 2016 14:39 IST

  New Delhi: The Minister of Railways, Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu said that in pursuance of our mission Swachh Rail Swachh Bharat, that Indian Railways will provide 17,000 bio-toilets in trains and additional toilets at 475 stations

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  Five things home-buyers look forward to in Budget 2016

  February 29, 2016 9:53 IST

  New Delhi/Mumbai: The Union Budget is a keenly watched annual event that has an impact on individuals and industry in equal measure. In fact, the way government measures announced in the Budget affect individuals have

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  Will our MPs listen to President and allow Parliament to function?

  Politics | February 24, 2016 10:15 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament has been set in motion with the President Pranab Mukherjee addressing the join sitting of the two houses Tuesday.Budget session, in one sense, is the most important session

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  India's fiscal position to stay weaker than peers: Moody's

  February 23, 2016 17:39 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of India's budget for the next fiscal, Moody's Investors Service today said the country's fiscal position will remain weaker than other emerging economies in the near term even if fiscal consolidation continued

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  Obsolete legistations are being scrapped and some being amended to encourage the governments ease of doing bu

  Politics | February 23, 2016 13:57 IST

  New Delhi: Obsolete legistations are being scrapped and some being amended to encourage the governments ease of doing business policy, President Pranab Mukherjee said today highlighting the role of laws in cutting down red tape

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  Govt committed to forging mutually respectable ties with Pak:Pranab Mukherjee

  Politics | February 23, 2016 12:50 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukherjee today said the government is committed to forging a "mutually respectful relationship" with Pakistan while asserting that "firm and effective" steps will be taken to deal with any situation arising out

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  Firm steps to deal with cross-border terror: President

  Politics | February 23, 2016 12:42 IST

  New Delhi: Firm steps would be taken to deal with cross-border terrorism, President Pranab Mukherjee said today, soon after such attacks including the one on the Pathankot airbase. "Let me congratulate the security forces in successfully

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  Budget 2016: Finance ministry to go green, print less copies of Survey, Budget

  Politics | February 23, 2016 8:55 IST

  New Delhi: Following up on the recommendations of a Parliamentary Standing Committee, Finance Ministry has decided to go green and print lesser number of copies of the Economic Survey and Budget.The copies of the two

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  Budget 2016: Countdown begins for what Arun Jaitley, Suresh Prabhu have in store

  February 29, 2016 11:43 IST

  New Delhi: From average tax-payers and rail commuters to global investors and analysts, all eyes for the next seven days are on two crucial Indian budgets to be tabled by the ministers overseeing the finance

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  Rail Budget 2016: Safety to cleanliness, 5 things people want fixed

  India | February 20, 2016 23:20 IST

  New Delhi: Railway minister Suresh Prabhu will present the country's Rail Budget for the year 2016-17 on February 25, four days before the Union Budget is unveiled in Parliament. The Indian Railways is one of

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  Budget likely to meet numbers for first time in 5 years: V Mohandas Pai

  February 19, 2016 22:30 IST

  Hyderabad: For the first time in five years, revised revenue and expenditure estimates for 2015-16 are expected to be higher than the budget ones, says Infosys' former top executive T V Mohandas Pai.He, however, stressed

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  Parliament's budget session to commence on February 23

  Politics | February 04, 2016 15:57 IST

  New Delhi: The Budget Session of Parliament will commence on February 23 that will focus largely on the financial business of the government, which will present the general budget on Feb 29.But there will be