Consumer 2017

Budget 2017: Bharat Net allocation moves up to Rs 10,000 cr for 2017-18

Under the Bharat Net, optical fibre has been laid in 1,55,000 kms

Jaitley should adopt three-pronged approach in Budget to increase public health expenditure

Adopting a bottom-up approach and coming up with innovative and out-of-the-box solutions is the need of the hour

For myriad health challenges, Budget should aim at decentralisation and not focus on building systems

True decentralisation of knowledge, decision-making authority and financial control should be promoted, which is probably the only way to effectively solve the myriad health challenges in a diverse country like India

Digital payments: Budget may give sops to PoS, micro ATM makers

According to sources, the government may cut or eliminate excise duty on manufacturing of micro ATMs, finger print readers, biometric cards and PIN cards.

Gems and jewellery industry wants 5% import tax; PAN card limit to Rs 5 lakh for Budget

The dometic gems and jewellery industry has urged the government to increase the mandatory PAN card limit to Rs 5 lakh and above and reduce the import duty on gold to atleast 5 percent in the Budget

Govt may announce incentives for gems and jewellery in Budget

The industry has demanded cut in the import duty from the current 10 percent to 2 percent.

Going digital: How it evolved over last 2 years, what the Budget should do

Three things Union Budget should look at in context of digitisation: faster implementation, quality of basic digital infra, and impact of technology on jobs

Budget 2017: World Gold Council demands lowering of gold taxes from current 13%

At present, gold attracts Customs duty of 10 percent, excise duty of 1 percent and 1.5 percent value added tax (VAT), taking total taxes on the yellow metal to 13 percent.

India's healthcare spend remains dismal; why budget should focus on better utilisation of resources

Stepping up investment in public healthcare is pivotal to sustaining India’s economic growth

To boost e-commerce, Budget should simplify taxes first; here’s how it can be done

As the e-commerce space is getting dynamic and evolving rapidly with several new models like Analytics, Payment gateways, Social media, 3D printing etc. several challenges have surfaced in the area of taxation