Union Budget 2016

BJP asks its MPs to publicise pro-farmer aspect of Budget, highlight 'national interest' commitment

With the Budget Session scheduled to take go on a break from Thursday, top BJP authority on Tuesday asked party MPs to publicise the "pro-poor" and "pro-farmer" aspects of the budget during the break with the top leaders asserting that it has created a "sense of victory" among the masses.

Racist mindset: Arun Jaitley slams Rahul Gandhi's 'fair and lovely' remark in Lok Sabha

Arun Jaitley said, "I have no problem with this phrase.. But this phrase is politically incorrect. It shows a racist mindset that what is not fair is not lovely."

Education on a Budget: More than fund allocation, increased attention can energise the education sector

If the current budget and the indications are anything to go by, we have a good chance to aim for a turnaround in the education scenario in the country.

PM Modi busy with mann ki baat instead of jan ki baat: Tharoor slams government

Opposition in Lok Sabha on Thursday accused the government of slashing expenditure on various social sector schemes, cutting food and fertiliser subsidies and burdening the common man through the latest budget by doing nothing to check rising prices.

Ahead of Assembly polls, Amit Shah asks MPs to take 'budget to the people'

Ahead of the Assembly elections in five states, the BJP has asked its MPs to play a proactive role in making people aware about the Union Budget presented in the current Parliament session.

No tax on EPF: How Narendra Modi swung into action to save his govt's image

The Narendra Modi government has bowed to public pressure and completely withdrawn its unpopular budget proposal to tax 60 percent of an individual's EPF corpus at the time of withdrawal.

Health sector has been given 'top' priority in budget: Nadda

There has been a "sizable" increase of 21 per cent in this year's budget allocation for the health sector, the government on Tuesday said.

Real Estate Bill will be a reality in this Budget session: Venkiah Naidu

Naidu on Monday confidently said that the Real Estate Bill will become a "reality" during the ongoing Budget session of Parliament.

For the financially literate, both EPF and NPS are actually con-jobs

The money you invest in EPF actually goes into government paper, where yields are typically lower than in fixed deposits. So, it is government that benefits by getting access to your EPF money.

Honda Cars India raises prices to offset the impact of infrastructure cess

Prices hiked by up to Rs 79,000