Kanoria wants more simplifications and easing of the processes with respect to taxation issues.
You will make promises reflecting your plan for the railways, which may or may not fit the financial resources you have. If your vision includes making the rickety railways a modern facility, go ahead by all means and find the money for it from many sources.
Stock market is expected to remain volatile during the week due to key events such as presentation of economic survey and General Budget, say experts.
Besides an elaborate exercise of water conservation including setting up of water recycling plants will also be announced by Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu in his maiden budget address in the Lok Sabha on February 26.
Modi government's first full year Rail Budget will focus less on populist measures and more on attracting investment, modernisation of trains as well as transparency in railway systems.
Sanchit Vir Gogia, Chief Analyst, Greyhound Research says that announcements made in Budget 2014 have remained mere aspirations.
In order to promote North East connectivity, Prabhu will also announce introduction of DEMU services in north eastern states as a national project.
The basic issue is not that profits of the railways need to be derived from passenger fares but how can freight be made more profitable
If airlines can open bookings a year in advance there is no reason why the Indian Railways should not
What do people want from a Railway budget? CNN-IBN together with Today's Chanakya, conducted a survey to find out what the aam aadmi wish list for the rail budget was.
Partha Iyengar, Vice President and Head of Research - India, Gartner explains how Digital India and Make in India have huge potential to transform India.
Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu is set to present his maiden budget for the department Thursday amid expectations of a clear roadmap to re-energise one of the largest railroad networks in the world that's been floundering in recent decades due to a mix of political populism, lack of vision and funds crunch.
The budget will signal the direction of long-term reforms needed to revamp the world's fourth-largest rail network, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said today.
Brokerage Motilal Oswal expects railways to report an improvement in finances, bolstered by freight revenue, announce new innovative sources of funding and make some headway in taking the PPP schemes forward.
Anwar Shirpurwala, Executive Director of India's apex body of IT hardware manufacturers, MAIT, explains how India has a big opportunity in ICT manufacturing and how Budget 2015 can meet them.
Until the time the government remains the majority owner in state-run banks, it can’t escape from the responsibility of funding these entities
The government could address various tax issues pertaining to the real estate investment trust and infrastructure investment trust regime to make it more attractive.
The government in its upcoming budget must ensure a simplified tax regime to relieve the burden of exorbitant taxes on this account.
The Budget will take the Modi government one step higher if not 10 steps. Thanks to PM Modi, Arun Jaitley will present a budget which will attract investors from across the globe to India. Jaitley will focus on Below the Poverty Line people, widows, orphans and those who want to grow with the funds the government will provide under various schemes.
The action taken report by the finance ministry says it has accepted the recommendation on Centre-state transfers “in principle”
MF houses do not allot net asset value of debt or equity funds on non-business days and the allotments to funds are resumed on the following business day.
A rating action will prove costly for local firms in the form of heightened risk perceptions and corresponding increase in their borrowing costs
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his first full-fledged Budget on February 28, is likely to lay down the roadmap for economic reforms and fiscal consolidation with a view to boost growth.
The government even while encouraging tax culture must not look down upon tax savings through infrastructure-centric investments
India is the world's largest importer of defence equipments with tens of billions of dollars in annual purchases of critical equipment for the armed forces.
The Commission headed by former Reserve Bank of India governor, YV Reddy, has gone a step further beyond the resource sharing recommendations all Finance Commissions do and outlined a new paradigm of Centre-state relations.
The tourism sector plays a very strategic role in the country’s economy and we are hoping infrastructural improvement especially in the smaller towns and cities that house key tourism destinations, says Sharat Dhall, president, Yatra.com.
The 14th Finance Commission report has been tabled in parliament today. Here are some of the key recommendations that Firstpost has been able to put together from reports available so far