Interview Budget 2015

Budget 2015 should focus on making India safer for women, says Thomas Cook's Madhavan Menon

Madhavan Menon, Managing Director, Thomas Cook India lists what the travel sector needs from Budget 2015.

Issues on service tax need clarifications, says Kuoni India's chief Rajeev Wagle

Wagle said his key pre-budget recommendations are prioritisation of key issues such as safety and infrastructure, infrastructure enhancement and rationalisation of taxes.

GST from 1 April, 2016: What Adi Godrej wants from Budget 2015

Firstpost catches up with industrialists to assess what they'd like to hear from the Finance Minister in Budget 2015.

Budget 2015: Give more funds to arts and humanities sector, says Suweksha Gupta

College student Suweksha Gupta wants the next Budget to do away with this imbalance and favours adequate budgetary allocation for educational institutions dealing with arts and humanities.

Budget 2015: Make in India is still a hurdle, says Harkirat Singh of Woodland

Harkirat Singh, Managing Director of Woodland wants manufacturing to be given recognised status. Here's what else he's hoping for.

'FM will have to take concrete steps to implement GST'

According to Lakshminarayanan, partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells, first and foremost the govenrment will have to pass the Constitution Amendament Bill in Parliament

Budget 2015 should have roadmap for India, says Sushil Muhnot, CMD of Bank of Maharashtra

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.

Budget 2015: For economy to grow at 7.5%, financial sector should grow 20%, says E&Y's Abizer Diwanji

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.

Budget 2015: Reconsider increase in excise duty sops, urges Anirudh Dhoot, Director, Videocon

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.

Tax holiday for integrated dairy projects: What Devendra Shah, head of Parag Milk Foods, wants from Budget 2015

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.