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Decoding Budget 2018: No changes in personal income tax
Decoding Budget 2018: No changes in personal income tax

Budgets are good case studies to explain how political business cycle operates with public support
Incentive to corporate sector, selling of public utilities and privatisation in Union Budget 2018 is justified for public needs i.e. capital for development.

Hasmukh Adhia alleys investors' fears, says LTCG tax not causing sell-off at markets; blames global slump
Hasmukh Adhia, who is also Revenue Secretary, said income of government from Securities Transaction Tax (STT) is a paltry Rs 9,000 cr

Budget 2018: Why mutual fund investments continue to remain attractive saving option despite return of LTCG tax
Report says despite re-introduction of LTCG tax, investments made in equity related mutual funds still remained profitable.

Budget 2018: Arun Jaitley's fifth full budget is not just farmer-friendly but is for Digital India too
Arun Jaitley has doubled allocation on Digital India programme to Rs 3,073 crore in 2018-19 in his Budget speech

Budget 2018: Govt revising fiscal deficit target to 3.5% won't impact overall economic growth, says Moody's
Moody's says medium-term target to reduce central govt debt-to-GDP ratio to 40 percent is supportive of sovereign credit profile

Budget is funny business: Comedian Abijit Ganguly's take on budget 2018
Watch stand-up comedian Abijit Ganguly's take on budget 2018

Budget 2018: LTCG from equities can't run for cover not even take shelter under NHAI bonds
Arun Jaitley feels need for humoring stock market by taxing STCG and LTCG there from at concessional rates of 15 percent and 10 percent respectively.

Budget 2018: Creating newer education vistas through technology in rural areas big message from Arun Jaitley
For years, Indian rural landscape has been bogged by issues like poverty, lack of learning infrastructure, lack of gender parity etc

Budget 2018: DEA secretary says govt will try to convince Fitch, S&P, other rating agencies on fiscal path
Moody's on Thursday said fiscal deficit projection of 3.3 percent for FY19 is in line with its forecast and the target will be achieved.

Budget 2018: Reduction in corporate tax, long term gains tax will make investments in SME stocks lucrative
The value of these companies or SMEs will increase as the future earnings projections will go up because of the reduced tax

Budget 2018: Sensex crashes 800 points, Nifty below 10,800; Fitch says high debt burden constrains rating upgrade
The flagship Sensex nosedived by 766.09 points to quote at 35,080 points in pre-close session with all the sectoral indices trading in the negative zone