The main areas of discussion during the meeting included issues relating to bringing in more capital to the infrastructure sector such as highways, railways, telecom and automobiles, including incentives for electric vehicles as well as for the renewable energy sector.
In a pre-budget representation, the All-India Bank Employees Association said, "to facilitate loan recoveries, laws should be enacted/amended to confiscate personal assets of the directors in case of default by a company."
The following are the key budget announcements that are expected to impact the common man.
Goyal also announced relief for realty firms by extending tax rebate on development of affordable housing until next fiscal and not charging tax for two years on notional rent of unsold units.
As Finance Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday announced that the government will include an anti-camcording provision in the Cinematography Act to control piracy, members of the Hindi film fraternity lauded the government for it.
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