There’s a pressing need to plug the huge infrastructure gap the country faces and it is infrastructure which is going to give the growth engine a big shove.
Capital markets regulator Sebi today asked the stock exchanges including, the BSE and the NSE, to keep the markets open on Budget day, following requests made in this regard.
In previous budget, a number of new projects were piloted with an allocation of Rs 100 crore. The 2015 budget needs to assess the progress of these projects and provide appropriate allocations to take them forward...
In the last Budget, the government had increased the slab by Rs 50,000 from the existing Rs 1 lakh bringing cheers to many but still it isn't sufficient.
Bimal Jalan: Don't be so dogmatic about trimming the fiscal deficit that you crimp economic growth.
The first full budget of the Modi government will be out on February 28. Here’s what India heads of IT giants such as Microsoft, Cisco, Dell, and AMD expect from Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley's upcoming Budget.
According to Lakshminarayanan, partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, first and foremost the govenrment will have to pass the Constitution Amendament Bill in Parliament
For advertising professionals Srijoyee Ghosh and Sanhita Ghosh in Bengaluru routine expenses eat into much of their salaries.
If the government manages to encourage individuals to invest in financial assets, this money can be, in turn, channelized to fill the investment gap in infrastructure sector, Muhnot said.
Boosting financial services sector is critical to ensure sustainable growth of the economy and the budget needs to incentivize the growth of the financial services sector, says Abizer Diwanji, Head of financial services, at EY.
The government’s decision not to extend excise duty concession has come as a setback to the consumer durable industry, says Anirudh Dhoot, Director, Videocon.
Before the Finance minister of the country presents the budget to Parliament on the last day of February, a lot of hard work goes on behind the locked doors of the Ministry of Finance in North Block. Here’s what you might have missed on the budget preparation process.
The survey was able to target employees from 18 broad sectors, with maximum share contributed by employees from IT/ITes sector (17 percent).
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley participating in the Halwa Ceremony to celebrate printing of Budget document.
The process of printing documents for the Budget 2015-16 began today with the ritual 'halwa ceremony', which was attended by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the North Block office.
Just a week ahead of the rail budget, the government has ruled out the possibility of reducing train fares
The Commission should make all efforts to encourage the growth of the ESDM sector in the country and will ensure that the country will play an important role in the emerging world information society.
The IT industry body has asked the government to address regulatory and tax challenges for technology startups and SMEs, like difficulties in access to funding for low asset based firms...
Devendra Shah, Chairman of Parag Milk Foods Pvt Ltd, India’s largest private dairy, feels that in Budget 2015 a few sectors such as food, pharma, capital goods and infrastructure will get a push.
Delayed payment of service tax further attracts huge interest at the rate of 18 percent and for delayed payment beyond six months, interest rate increases to 24 percent and beyond 12 months to 30 percent, the letter said.
The sector is in need of policy reforms, Seshasai said.
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi's emphasis on utilising social media to reach out to people, the first interviews of the Finance Minister and Railway Minister, after they present their respective budgets.
Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has called a meeting of leaders of political parties on 22 February to ensure smooth run of the Budget Session
Sanjay Rohatgi, President of Symantec India, a Fortune 500 company, operating global data-intelligence networks, providing security, backup and availability solutions, tells Firstpost what he expects from the upcoming Budget which will be presented by Finance Minsiter Arun Jaitley on 28 February:
The new Indian government will unveil more reforms in the coming days, including in the budget this month to woo foreign investment, Sushma Swaraj said in a speech in a Muscat.
The present government is focusing more on solar and wind energy and the finance minister is likely to announce some tax incentives for the sector in his forthcoming Budget.
Faced with liquidity crunch, fertiliser industry body FAI has written to FM seeking arrangement of funds to clear outstanding subsidy arrears
Inverted duty structure refers to taxation of inputs at higher rates than finished products that results in build-up of credits and cascading costs.
Nullifying any fear of outflow of foreign funds from the country, Deutsche Bank CEO Ravneet Gill said that the prevailing global economic conditions coupled with a business-friendly leadership will help the country to ward off any negative impact on its finances.