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Fiscal deficit for April-January period hits 113.7% of full-year revised target

The fiscal deficit, reflection of government borrowings to meet revenue-expenditure gap, was 113.7 percent in the 10-month period of 2017-18 as compared to 105.7 percent in the year-ago period.

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant pitches for EVs, calls for constant checks on old vehicles

NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said the future lies in zero emission vehicles and urged Delhi Municipal Corporation to push for eco-friendly measures

Budget 2018 has taken steps in the right direction to increase penetration of insurance in India

The government-insurance partnership will drive the crop and health insurance schemes announced.

Budget and Beyond: Urban middle class should be educated to understand farmers need to be paid more, says Chidambaram

Chidambaram says the urban middle class should be educated to understand that farmers need to be paid more.

Budget 2018: Urgent need for research, regulation and innovation in health insurance

About 80 percent of India’s citizens have no health insurance cover as a result and our country’s health spend is just around 4 percent of GDP,

UK-India Business Council perspective of Budget 2018: Nothing to fear, nothing to cheer

The ease of doing business efforts will continue apace because Modi and Jaitley are pragmatic.

Budget 2018: Taxes will go up due to increase in health and education cess

The Budget expectations on indirect tax front were already low-spirited, given the little room to tweak indirect taxes.

Three public sector general insurance companies to meet on Friday to discuss merger

The three public sector general insurance companies will be meeting on 16 February to deliberate on the proposed merger plan, a top official of United India Insurance said

Budget 2018: India Inc terms Arun Jaitley's proposals as 'populist, election-oriented'

India Inc has said the finance minister's initiatives will give a further fillip to growth, especially in the hinterland.

Shell cos crackdown: Govt removes exemptions from income tax return filing

Seeking to crackdown on shell companies, the government has proposed to remove exemption available to firms with tax liability of up to Rs 3,000 from filing I-T returns beginning next fiscal