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All Stories for Fiscal Year
Finance Ministry seeks input from other ministries for Arun Jaitley's last budget speech before 2019 polls
• 6 years agoThe Finance Ministry has sought inputs from different central ministries for Arun Jaitley's budget speech, which would be the last budget of the current BJP-led NDA government before the 2019 general polls.
No plan to shift to Jan-Dec financial year from 2018: Santosh Kumar Gangwar
Ians • 8 years agoThe April-March financial year was adopted in India in 1867 to align it with that of the British government.
Union Budget 2017 on 1 Feb: End of a colonial hangover for speedy implementation of schemes
Debobrat Ghose • 8 years agoDeparting from the colonial-era tradition of presenting the Union Budget on the last working day of February, the government on Tuesday finally announced that it will now be presented on 1 February
Top goal for BlackBerry to make devices profitable this year
Fp Archives • 9 years agoBlackBerry Ltd's top priority for this year is making its devices business profitable, its chief executive said on Wednesday, even as it weighs the future of its hardware operation.
Govt may review restrictions on gold imports by March-end: FM
Fp Archives • 11 years agoThe Indian government could review restrictions on gold imports, which include a record 10 percent import duty, by the end of this year, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Monday.
GDP growth may hit decade low of 5-5% this fiscal: FM
Fp Archives • 12 years agoThe last time full-year growth fell below six percent was in 2002-03 when the economy expanded four pe cent. A slump in industrial activity combined with a drought, have dragged on India's performance this fiscal year
India will struggle to meet fiscal deficit target: Pranab
Fp Staff • 13 years agoIndia will struggle to meet a fiscal deficit target of 4.6 percent for the fiscal year that ends in March, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Wednesday.
Indirect taxes collection target challenging, but achievable, says Arun Jaitley
Fp Archives • 11 years agoFinance Minister Arun Jaitley today said Rs 6.23 lakh crore indirect taxes collection target for the current fiscal is a challenging one but efforts are on to achieve the same by taking steps to boost growth.